In retrospect, I should have counted. Last night I watched 2 hours of CTV on the local affiliate (from 8 pm – 10 pm). Fully half of the advertising consisted of happy, shiny people spots bought and paid for by various departments of the Saskatchewan Government – your tax dollars.
These included health worker “recruitment” ads. That’s right – a department that claims to be short of funds and even shorter of workers, thinks their recruiting budget is best spent within the province.
Sure, they do.
As I said, I should have counted. But considering the number of commercial breaks over two hours of prime time, and that there were two – three in each break, there had to be at least twenty of these ads.
And that’s not all – here’s what’s going on behind the scenes;
My husband is a physician in Saskatoon. He received a packet from the
government today. The cover letter was signed by Lorne Calvert and details
what he calls “my government” has used our taxpayer dollars to fund. The
letter was accompanied by a poster about “Building Futures” and approximately 20 copies of a brochure printed on nice, heavy stock. The brochure is at
[this link].
And I would be happy to fax the letter.
Yet another example of the NDP using tax dollars to buy votes and campaign.
And this time they are surreptitiously asking physicians to aid in their campaign.
The letter is on the Premier’s letterhead;
The Government of Saskatchewan has made significant enhancements to programs and services that support young families. We want to ensure Saskatchewan is the best place for young people to live, work and build strong futures.
We all want our children to get the best start in life, and one factor in the success of young families is access to quality early learning and child care. This is why my Government has made improvements such as increased licensed child care spaces by 2000 in the past five years, increasing child care subsidies for parents, and improving wages and training opportunities for child care providers. We have expanded the number of prekindergartens, and we will soon be opening parent resource centres across the province.
The rest of the letter goes on in this vein, with a one paragraph reference to “ensuring Saskatchewan families have access to high quality health care in a timely manner” being a “priority” for the Government, before going on to cover their efforts in family poverty, housing, the Graduate Tax Exemption, the Building Communities Program, sport, culture, recreation, lotteries, etc. The last sentence reads;
Thank you for working with us to build better futures.
Lorne Calvert
Premier
And speaking of manifestos – on his show yesterday, John Gormley publicly commended the NDP for finally retiring the infamous Regina Manifesto. Not so fast. It was bouncing around the party website all day.
One would think that a media interested in exploring the historical allegations of Ku Klux Klan support for a Conservative party of 80 years ago would be at least as interested in the current governing party’s interest in clinging to a document that proclaims – “We aim to replace the present capitalist system, with its inherent injustice and inhumanity, by a social order from which the domination and exploitation of one class by another will be eliminated, in which economic planning will supersede unregulated private enterprise and competition, and in which genuine democratic self-government, based upon economic equality will be possible.”
One would think.
“replace the present capitalist system”
Done.
Didn’t somebody just buy a house in commieatchewan for a paperclip?
Everybody works for the gubmint.
It’s been replaced.
http://www.saskndp.com/assets/File/history/manifest.pdf
I can’t believe that they store it in a folder called “assets”.
Man, this is the best comic relief I’ve had in a long time. Thanks smalldeadanimals.
So, how is the Regina Manifesto similar to the Ku Klux Klan? How many NDPers have engaged in mass lynchings, or passed laws segregating people based on race? Any old time CCFers/NDPers burning crosses? What about blowing up churches with small children in them? None? Can’t find an example? Must be the MSM, and their islamofascistcommiefeminazi allies.
The use of taxpayers’ money to buy power is a basic tactic of corrupt politicians.
We saw that with the federal Liberals – and their Adscam – where they used taxpayer money to fund their Liberal campaign in Quebec. And we see that without this Access to the Public Trough, the federal Liberals are bereft of policies, ideology, platform and agenda. They are kicking around randomly – reacting to whatever.
Dion, for example, is now saying that He and the Liberals will be the Saviour of the autoindustry in Ontario and Quebec. Of course, since He and the Liberals are also insisting on full compliance with Kyotoism – and this compliance would destroy that same autoindustry – as well as the industries of the rest of Canada.
In Ontario, McGuinty is flinging enormous sums of money – without due process, without accountability – at various ethnic groups – in return for their electoral loyalty. For example, a Pakistan cricket club asked for 150,000 and received one million; they’ve invested over half of it. Heh.
So, Calvert is using taxpayer money to fund his election campaign. Blogs and blogs and blogs are the answer to this – expose him each and every step of the way.
Just another example of the Dippers spending our tax $ on worthless crap in order to save their existence. Bush league tactics and i hope that the Saskatchewan public will actually see through this garbage and vote for progress, not the current status quo.
nobody lies and self-deceives like a Socialist.
Well, maybe a Liberal.
How long is the Sask party going to sit there and continue to be punched in the face before they throw a few of their own. Where are their attack adds? Maybe they don’t know the election has started?
So. The sheeple of Flatland are going to put up with this? When are you guys/gals going to punt the dippers? On second thought,don’t. We can use your young ones over here in Redneck country to help our labour shortage. Saskatchewan…land of the repressed,home of Tommy. You can keep it.
Actually, what is destroying the auto industry (as well as manufacturing in general), is the rising Canadian dollar. You see, have a lower canadian dollar helps manufacturing by keeping operational costs of producing cars, and other parts, lower in Canada than the US. The rising dollar, fuelled by increases in commodities purchases, particularly oil, is actually hurting manufacturing.
“nobody lies and self-deceives like a Socialist.”
– see, this is just an example of projection. Conservatives engage in lies and self-deception (Iraq, Afghanistan, Islam, climate change), and so they assume that everyone else thinks, and operates the same way they do.
The Regina Manifesto is an explicit statement endorsing an ideology that has resulted in the mass murder, forced labour and starvation of millions of human beings.
It was an explicit statement by a governing political party – not a drive by smear by political opponents.
But considering the level of reasoning you’ve exhibited on other threads, it’s not surprising that you’d ask such a remedial, uninformed question.
Kate,
Is it better for people to falter and fail because of laisser faire politics of the right, or by the planned economies of the left?
I figure both in history have killed a huge number of people, but I’m just wondering why one is “business” and the other is “heinous”?
“The Regina Manifesto is an explicit statement endorsing an ideology that has resulted in the mass murder, forced labour and starvation of millions of human beings.”
Again, I’m not clear. How many killings has the Regina Manifesto resulted in? How many lynchings? Can you please refer to the section of the Regina Manifesto that calls for mass killing? Did Tommy Douglas serve in the Cheka under Lenin? How many gulags were there in Saskatchewan?
Now, I think I see the problem. You see, you’re confusing the Regina Manifesto with Bolshevism, which calls for a top-down dictatorship. It calls, explicitly, for a small hierarchy to control all aspects of society, and to repress it by any means necessary.
It is worth noting, that there are some historians, who argue that Stalin, although a Communist, was in fact, acting in a manner consistent with previous Russian despots. Although his tyranny exceeded anything by Ivan the Terrible, he was a product of the Russian political climate, as much as Bolshevik Ideology.
My personal hypothesis is that planning an economy a la socialism prevents those who are exceptional from achieving, which IMHO will make worse the lives of others; whereas laisser faire politics of the right prevent those who are sub-mediocre from gaining equality.
Is it better to hold back geniuses from curing cancer, or saving the idiot brigade from a cold hungry winter?
Self-Loather,
So it was because Stalin was Russian that he was a mass murderer and not because he was Communist? I had no idea that Pol Pot (of Cambodia) and Mao Ze Tung (of China) where both also Russians.
Maybe that explains why they killed so many dissenters, and not because the dissenters were poking holes in their obviously flawed political ideology.
Our glorious history has once again been rewritten by a self loathing socialist.
On another note: Have you ever seen the Che Tshirt that says “Communism has killed 100million people and all I got was this stupid Tshirt”? I love that one.
It’s hilarious when people attack the ‘right wing’ – in Saskatchewan of all places.
Canadians are suckers for socialists, that’s why our standard of living is stagnant even when the national economy is humming along nicely. Suckers.
The Self-Loathing Multiculturalist:
Truthfully, you must be dull. Bolshevism, as per your definition, is exactly where the dippers (i.e. NDP mental midgets) are moving towards. Look at the crowns (replacing public sector ‘free enterprise’ with government controlled collectives), establishing government controlled daycare, multiple social assistance programs, etc. The list simply goes on and on. In your plain old stupidity, you cannot connect the dots – and I’m tired of explaining it to the Leftist tards.
Socialism is about placing absolute power in the hands of a few, which is why it invariably attracts despots such as Stalin. Capitalism represents freedom of the individual to decide his own destiny.
When Socialists talk about “planning” for the benefit of all, what they really mean is a return to feudalism.
This is the reason resource-rich socialist Saskatchewan wallows in “have-not” status while capitalist Alberta prospers.
SLM – “Again, I’m not clear.”
That pretty much sums you up pal! If you enjoy being deluded but still wish to be “Clear” … I hear there’s a group called “Scientologists” who can help you with that …. for a small fee.
The Happy Workers Celebrate
The fruits of their labour and expropriated wealth of the bourgeoise’…… After ALL! Isn’t life in ALL socialist states just one big happy may picnic??
To allow people to achieve for themselves is what laissez-faire politics ia about. Endless coddling of grown adults ends in taking from others and eventually controlling and preventing people from free enterprise. The CWB is a great example.
Laissex-faire politics has killed a huge number? Quite the opposite, it has save millions. Take a look at the living standards of millions of Chinese. Polution etc may be crappy but there is no famine (unlike under communism)and people actually own belongings.
You can probably cherry pick snapshots in time of the market hurting individuals, but overall it will balance out. Once the leftist ideology is implemented and after the initial burst, it all goes downhill. Canadian medicare, Canadian productivity, indian welfare system etc.
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“Socialism is about placing absolute power in the hands of a few, which is why it invariably attracts despots such as Stalin. Capitalism represents freedom of the individual to decide his own destiny.”
Are you aware that wealth in the US is consolidated in the hands of fewer and fewer people? Are you aware that the original goal of the federalists in the United States was to protect the “opulent minority” from the tyranny of the majority?
Kudos to the Sask NDP and Regina Manifesto.
In keeping with the principle of ‘economic equality’, all the staunch NDP CWB supporters in Sask are going to voluntarily give up their excessively large land holdings in order that all farmers have exactly the same amount of land to farm.
From now on, all farms must be exactly 1280 acres, m/l.
I mean, what sense does it make with everybody getting exactly the same price for their grain thru the CWB, if they all have different amounts of land?
Those with more land are not fulfilling the NDP dream objective of ‘economic equality’ for everyone.
This must be fixed immediately and be part of the Sask NDP platform in the coming election.
Equality for all.
And practise what you preach.
Are we not seeing similar TV ads running in Ontario glorifying the current Governments acheivements & of course courtesy the Taxpayers of Ontario.
“Bolshevism, as per your definition, is exactly where the dippers (i.e. NDP mental midgets) are moving towards.”
Obviously, you know little about either the NDP or the Bolsheviks. You see, the NDP is a democratic political party. The Bolsheviks abolished all other political parties, and executed those who disagree. While one may disagree with the policies of the NDP in Sask., calling them Bolsheviks just makes you look silly.
What a silly thing to say – selfloathing multiculturalist – ie, socialist Liberal/NDP.
You are stating that the root cause of lies is Being a Conservative> That is, a lie exists only within perception. No such thing as objective truth. Only perception. And only within the perception of a Conservative. That means that to you, anything a socialist Liberal/NDP says – is the truth. Because They Said It. Heh. I think you need a basic course in logic. And science. And some hard knocks to get off of your Cloud Dwelling unreality.
And there is more causality to the problems of the auto industry than ‘the rising dollar’ – which you attribute to ‘oil’ (and of course, to Bush). Ever heard of unions??????
And – have you ever heard of some basic laws of economic structure – that inequality is necessary, or, the economy moves to the LCD – lowest common denominator. The only society with ‘all for one and one for all’ – are hunters and gatherers – who live in small communal bands without the capacity to control the future. Any other economy can only operate within surpluses – controlled by about 20% of the population (the pareto ratio is 20/80). This is used to fund long term infrastructures. A robust society requires surplus – or it can’t build and invest in the long term.
That’s why the wealth in any society that has the capacity to progress and change – is controlled by 20%. Not 80%. But that doesn’t mean that the 80% are impoverished slaves. They are middle class. So – I suggest some basic readings in economics.
SLM:
Actually, what is destroying the auto industry (as well as manufacturing in general), is the rising Canadian dollar. You see, have a lower canadian dollar helps manufacturing by keeping operational costs of producing cars, and other parts, lower in Canada than the US. The rising dollar, fuelled by increases in commodities purchases, particularly oil, is actually hurting manufacturing.
Actually, this is false reasoning. What is hurting the Canadain manufacturing industry today is actually the years of the massively sub par Canadian dollar. Through the 90’s when the Canadian dollar was crawling it’s way down to $0.65 US, and the rest of the world was making their manufacturing industries more efficient, Canadian manufacturers relied on the falling dollar to make up for the increasing gap in productivity with the rest of the world. And now that our dollar is valued where it should be, the (primarily Ontario & Quebec) Canadian manufacturers have been caught with their pants down.
Adapt or die.
There must be a small group of leftoid idiots who cruise right wing blogs. I can only surmise that they are hoping to stem the tide that is washing away the socialist bulls#$% in Canada. Must be dis-heartening to have to contemplate the fact that their days of trough wallowing arts grants might be coming to an end. One can only dream!
Actually, what is destroying the auto industry (as well as manufacturing in general), is the rising Canadian dollar. You see, have a lower canadian dollar helps manufacturing by keeping operational costs of producing cars, and other parts, lower in Canada than the US. The rising dollar, fuelled by increases in commodities purchases, particularly oil, is actually hurting manufacturing.
No SLM. What is “killing” your economy is that the car manufactures have not learned how to be mean and lean. Why produce a product at a lower cost,when the gubbermint keeps giving you handouts?You see SLM,for us Canucks who are actually working and bringing home a buck,the higher the dollar,the better my purchasing power.But being a good little survive off the state twit,you can’t relate to that..
Question for you…when all the moneymakers are gone,where do you get your benifits from? Or are you just a dictator in waiting?
ET: “And – have you ever heard of some basic laws of economic structure etc etc ”
Well, that’s one theory. You state yours as if it were beyond question and utterly obvious. Intellectual maturity means, in part, recognizing that there are good arguments for positions you disagree with, that the fact that someone disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re an idiot.
Get over yourself.
To address your points, I am actually a professional engineer employed in the high-tech sector. I have never been on welfare, and enjoy no benefits from the state. And I can’t say that I’ve actually benefited from any arts grants.
Now, my employer, a large, multinational corporation, enjoys considerable benefits from the government. Tax breaks for R&D for example, as well as other forms of government subsidy. I assume that is what you refer to as capitalism.
Personally, I stand to benefit immensely from tax cuts and right-wing policies, probably more than yourselves.
“Question for you…when all the moneymakers are gone,where do you get your benifits from? Or are you just a dictator in waiting?”
My benefits are provided by my employer’s insurance company. And how would i launch my dictatorship? With the help of moonbats and islamofeminazis? Oh wait, I thought they were going to cut off my head?
This MUST be some kind of MSM conspiracy. I don’t know how, but those damn socialist-crypto-fascist-communist-nutbar-leftoid-leftard-moonbat-deluded-lunatic-fringe-utopiast-freaks have infiltrated the Saskatchewan government, and must be exposed for the damn socialist-crypto-fascist-communist-nutbar-leftoid-leftard-moonbat-deluded-lunatic-fringe-utopiast-freaks they are.
Small Dead Animals. Shining the light on injustice, 24/7. God bless you all.
So, basically, what you are saying, is that you are a hypocrite and an idiot. If you are truly a leftoid, sell your house, grow your beard, commune with nature, forsake your “bath-house” and live in a cave. If not, go cash your capitalist cheque, and STFU.
A lot of BS over a simple fact an incompetent government is helping to ruin an otherwise promising economic situation because the place a flawed ideology ahead of sound policy….
Enjoy the picnic?
The dippers mantra as well as most socialists is, “you always come first, right after me and the members/comrades”. Long and short, no surprises, these guys know how to use their “controlled entities” to get the message out (lots of practice and no scruples).
Be afraid, if we’re not here you’ll lose, the hordes of capitalists will ruin your lives, we know what’s best. Best of all for the dippers, the taxpayer is footing the bill. Probably only fair in their minds, they’re looking after you, and truth is, they don’t have much money of their own. The public purse on the other hand is thier cookie jar. They are entitled to it.
The mailouts have started, TV ads are running, radio is sure to follow soon, the script is being followed to a T.
Look for the writ in Mid Sept, anfter they’ve had sufficient time to inundate the populace with taxpayer funded ads and propaganda (best description of it). What a crock.
One of the few places in the free world this type of activity is possible or would even be tolerated by citizens.Only in Saskatchewan eh?? Such promise, such a pity.
Tax breaks for R&D are not benefits. It just means the government is taking less than they generally take.
Grants may be a benefit but turn out to be overcorrection for mishandling the markets. If taxes were not too bloody high, companies would be able to invest (note the word invest) in their business by redirecting money to building up their business. Note the billions of dollars that companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Google put back into R&D.
I am sure that a good socialist such as yourself donates considerable money to charitable causes. Funny that the more socialist a government the less private donations happen.
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Jon:
Is it better for people to falter and fail because of laisser faire [sic] politics of the right, or by the planned economies of the left?
I think you mean “laissez faire”. “Laisser faire” means neglect, not intentional leave-it-being.
But laissez-faire is not – strictly speaking – right-wing politics. It is in fact a classic liberal idea from the 1700’s. Many (but no all) of today’s liberals have abandoned classic liberalism in favour of progressive liberalism. Many (but not all) conservatives, perhaps sensing the vacuum, have picked up the banner of classic liberalism.
As a result, our political terminology has been hoplelessly debauched. You might be shocked to learn, for example, that Ronald Reagan was essentially a (classic) liberal.
I’m not a great consumer of local or even Canadian media, but my impression is that the provincial government here spends rather more on advertising than its Ontario and BC counterparts. Granted, anecdotal evidence is worth very little, but I would be very interested to know how the advertising budget of the Saskatchewan government stacks up against those of other jurisdictions, both on a spending per capita basis and as a portion of overall government or department spending. The motive for giving large advertising budgets to government departments is obvious, especially if you’re a leftist party committed to the idea that more government is usually better. You can bet that the bureaucrats who run those departments, and get their pay cheques from them, will be happy to spread the Good News about your good works for you. Ditto government unions.
As for the Regina Manifesto, sure, it probably hasn’t directly caused any deaths, but it’s a prime sample of an antiquated an poisonous ideology that’s led to the ruin and death of millions and will probably yet lead to more misery, if Mr. Chavez, for example, has his way. Its foolishness is now three quarters of a century old, and the NDP’s reluctance, in the face of all the evidence, to quietly bury this dreadful old relic says a lot about the quantity of dead enders and bitter enders in the party.
“We aim to replace the present capitalist system, with its inherent injustice and inhumanity, by a social order from which the domination and exploitation of one class by another will be eliminated, in which economic planning will supersede unregulated private enterprise and competition, and in which genuine democratic self-government, based upon economic equality will be possible.”
JohnnyRingo – Crypto-communist about about does it for me.
Bedmates to McGuinty’s Ontario socialists.
Re-electing them is, as they say “putting lipstick on pigs”
The Regina Manifesto is an explicit statement endorsing an ideology that has resulted in the mass murder, forced labour and starvation of millions of human beings.
Even if the manifesto didn’t explicitly reject violence–and it does–this would be a logical fallacy.
Try working on your own reasoning skills, Kate.
“Grants may be a benefit but turn out to be overcorrection for mishandling the markets. If taxes were not too bloody high, companies would be able to invest (note the word invest) in their business by redirecting money to building up their business. Note the billions of dollars that companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Google put back into R&D.”
I suggest that you familiarize with the history of the electronics and software industry. Early development into software, hardware and electronics was heavily subsidized by the government. It was then handed over to the private sector for free.
Public sector takes the risk, private sector takes the reward. That’s capitalism.
The brochures look perfectly fine for me. It details a myriad of government programs for assisting people in need of everything from immunizations to job searching. I think more of them should be distributed to at-risk patients to help them access the assistance they need.
Public sector takes the risk, private sector takes the reward. That’s capitalism.
Nope you’ve got it all wrong SLM. Here is how it really works:
The Evolution of Liberals and Conservatives
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic
hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the
summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the
winter.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of
beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man
to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and
together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two
distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals
2. Conservatives
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning
of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented
yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to
be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That’s how villages
were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night
while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known
as the Conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live
off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q’s and doing
the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the
Liberal movement.
Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became
known as “girlie men”.
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats,
the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of
Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that
conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most
powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals were symbolized by
the jackass.
Modern liberals like light beer (sometimes with lime added), but most
prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like
their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal
fare.
Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have
higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal
injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group
therapists are liberals. Liberals also invented the designated hitter
rule because it was not fair to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives tend to drink micro brew beer. They also eat red meat and
still provide
for their women and families.
Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks,
construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers,
corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works
productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives
who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers
and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans
are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals
remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept
in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get
more for nothing.
STM:
Occassionally (not often, in the grand scheme of things) the government does subsidize research, and then make it available to private industry. But to generalize that into “Public sector takes the risk, private sector takes the reward” is preposterous beyond belief.
A typical corporate enterprize is constantly at risk. Companies big and small fail every single day. Even if a company does use the results of government research, they still have to compete against other companies trying to do exactly the same thing.
I’ve never worked for a company that has failed outright, but I’ve worked for a number that have gone through hard times, and it means shareholders and employees alike take it on the chin. How many government employees get told “due to falling revenues, all salaries are immediately reduced by 30%”?
Your perception of free enterprize is pure fantasy – a complete crock.
Kate,
I had no idea you had so many Commie Kool Aid drinkers reading your site.
You must certainly be a threat to their fragile ideology. They sure seem to have no dearth of words to cover up their true intentions: control of humanity.
There are still many liberals that believe in free market. This includes setting up rules to limit monopolies and oligarchies to maintain a free market.
There are also many liberals that support limited government intervention. A
Very few people believe and almost no economists believe in in laissez faire policies anymore. You only need to look at the stock market crash in 1929 to see what this brought.
The 2 debates now are on macro economic policy and market control. The two dominant macro economic theories consists of a push system “supply side” like Reagan or a pull system “demand side” like FDR. The other debate is on trade barriers.
On these issues you will find that many liberals would side with conservatives on trade barriers, but most liberals believe in demand side economics.
Modern socialist however want demand side economics with trade barriers. This doesn’t work well at all, A perfect example of this is Saskatchewan at about 1981 or even worse England in the 70’s. The only way to pay for this type of economy is with debt, unless you have a commodity like oil that everyone wants and the state can generate enough royalties to pay for their overspending.
Ah, yes. Just think of all those wonderful inventions of the Soviet Union, North Korea, Cuba.
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“due to falling revenues, all salaries are immediately reduced by 30%”
How many CEOs receive notices like this. And pity the poor shareholder, who looses dividends, whilst employees loose their job.
Are you familiar with the history of R&D as it applies to software and semiconductor technology? The private sector did nothing without the support of the public sector. And what about the soon-to-be bailouts of the subprime loans that are crushing the US economy? Where do you think the money for that will come from?
Economics doesn’t work on some theory that you read in a text book.
No, economics would seem to work on crackpot theories in your own mind.
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Interesting post, heric. Though I would add a few corrections. Managed trade is, in fact, how developing countries industrialize, and increase the size of their economies. Note South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, etc. They all had agreements where there were technology exchanges, guarantees of a certain quantity of finished deliverables being manufactured. The countries in Africa and Latin America who followed “free trade” are all wallowing in debt.
The same goes for England. They only promoted free trade once they had crushed the textile industry in India. They then called off free trade once the Japanese started producing things more efficiently.
The main problem with Africa isn’t free trade. It is one sided trading. Very few countries will trade with African countries on even level, this is for many reasons including poor government, instability, etc.
Canada has tried to do this with a system based on governance, but with WTO talks stalled and the European Union still trying to screw over their colonies, this will go nowhere fast. Also many European countries want to protect what they have invested in Africa and still view it as a continent that should be exploited. If you get the chance read up on France’s role in Rwanda and also in Sierra Leon.
Japan and China are the real beneficiaries of managed economies, but they were allowed to do this because the US saw an opportunity in both to affect change to their countries. America is trying to buy a democracy in China, and in Japan they were trying to protect it from Communism.