In our penchant quest for national economic suicide, we dropped tariff protection on Henry Ford's invention.
Tariifs were great revenue producers before income taxes became the rage. Why shouldn't a nation protect its favorite, most exotic product against foreign competition which employs "coolie" labor costs plus sneaky government subsidies? Doesn't fair play mean anything?
Factories - especially car makers - are jewels on the American landscape. As they tend to disappear, for many despicable reasons, we should treat them with care.
The bad guys are trying to give "protectionism" a bad name. The opposite of protection would be neglect. We have a national duty to protect people and companies which provide jobs and advance our civilization. Sure, the American consumer pays more this way, but those are the costs you see. The hidden costs of lost industries are far greater.
Tariffs are the answer. We have tariffs to save our steel industry, why not for Buicks, Lincolns and Dodges?
Outlaw union strikes and add $3000 duties on every foreign-made chariot landing at our seaports. Forget the bailouts.
It's all so simple.
Overheard at Only The Lonely
"So the blog is back, huh?"
"You mean Dixie Thinker?"
"Whatever. Now they call it No Liberty, No Peace."
"Ya, that will last about two months."
"Two weeks."
Meetings & Events
At downtown library next Tuesday at 3 pm - English Immigrants Support Group demanding left turns on the roundabouts.
Free tea daily at Frenchy's to: "Welcome back, Snowbirds. We hope you remembered to bring your cash (Euros and Yen)."
In Town Square: Tug of war between gays who want to marry versus straights who want to live together in sin. No television coverage will be permitted.
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