Mexico plants unable to tap migrant flood heading north

[dalegg 143]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

A free market won't work without true competition. If you are a free market capitalist, you'd be more concerned about ensuring competition and less worrying about which players in the global market will be hurt by it. Do you like football? Would you be okay with it if your rival team was allowed steroid use while your team wasn't? If all teams are off the juice, does the standard of play go down? Perhaps to a degree, but in the long run everybody benefits when playing on a level field because the best teams win.

[dalegg 143]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

A free market won't work without true competition. If you are a free market capitalist, you'd be more concerned about ensuring competition and less worrying about which players in the global market will be hurt by it. Do you like football? Would you be okay with it if your rival team was allowed steroid use while your team wasn't? If all teams are off the juice, does the standard of play go down? Perhaps to a degree, but in the long run everybody benefits when playing on a level field because the best teams win.

Is there an answer to my question somewhere in there?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

A free market won't work without true competition. If you are a free market capitalist, you'd be more concerned about ensuring competition and less worrying about which players in the global market will be hurt by it. Do you like football? Would you be okay with it if your rival team was allowed steroid use while your team wasn't? If all teams are off the juice, does the standard of play go down? Perhaps to a degree, but in the long run everybody benefits when playing on a level field because the best teams win.

Is there an answer to my question somewhere in there?

Who said anything about relying solely on US and Mexican made products? You're answer is there - true competition. The NFL wouldn't survive with only 2 teams in the league. But the game wouldn't survive if they didn't have rules and regulations either. Even the playing field and let all teams willing to play by the rules play. Simple as that.

Edited November 5, 2006 by Steven_and_Jinky

[dalegg 143]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

A free market won't work without true competition. If you are a free market capitalist, you'd be more concerned about ensuring competition and less worrying about which players in the global market will be hurt by it. Do you like football? Would you be okay with it if your rival team was allowed steroid use while your team wasn't? If all teams are off the juice, does the standard of play go down? Perhaps to a degree, but in the long run everybody benefits when playing on a level field because the best teams win.

Is there an answer to my question somewhere in there?

Who said anything about relying solely on US and Mexican made products? You're answer is there - true competition. The NFL wouldn't survive with only 2 teams in the league. But the game wouldn't survive if they didn't have rules and regulations either. Even the playing field and let all teams willing to play by the rules play. Simple as that.

Somehow I knew you would that. I'll rephrase so I can get my long awaited answer. If the U.S and the rest of the world buys less Chinese made products because they are no longer saving so much money, won't that lead to higher unemployment in China?

Also- Do you agree with affirmative action?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We can't have a robust economy unless we protect our economic interests which includes jobs. So far, the only ones truly benefitting from a global economy are the Big Corporations who's profits are at an all time high. While the costs of products will go up, our economy will be stronger with more higher paying jobs thereby increasing the overall standard of living for Americans. It will also reduce or greatly diminish the influx of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico because we would be doing more importing from our neighbors as they are able to compete with China and India.

It's debatable as to whether or not the overall standard of living for Americans is going to increase if the costs of products increases, but that's only one problem. If we rely soley on US made and Mexican made products, isn't this going to create more unemployment in China and India?

A free market won't work without true competition. If you are a free market capitalist, you'd be more concerned about ensuring competition and less worrying about which players in the global market will be hurt by it. Do you like football? Would you be okay with it if your rival team was allowed steroid use while your team wasn't? If all teams are off the juice, does the standard of play go down? Perhaps to a degree, but in the long run everybody benefits when playing on a level field because the best teams win.

Is there an answer to my question somewhere in there?

Who said anything about relying solely on US and Mexican made products? You're answer is there - true competition. The NFL wouldn't survive with only 2 teams in the league. But the game wouldn't survive if they didn't have rules and regulations either. Even the playing field and let all teams willing to play by the rules play. Simple as that.

Somehow I knew you would that. I'll rephrase so I can get my long awaited answer. If the U.S and the rest of the world buys less Chinese made products because they are no longer saving so much money, won't that lead to higher unemployment in China?

Also- Do you agree with affirmative action?

Why worry about job losses in China when we've lost manufacturing jobs here in the U.S. because of China? Offer to trade with them fairly and let the chips fall as they may. Their economy should not be a major concern of ours - particularly since they aren't a democracy.

[dalegg 143]

Why worry about job losses in China when we've lost manufacturing jobs here in the U.S. because of China? Offer to trade with them fairly and let the chips fall as they may. Their economy should not be a major concern of ours - particularly since they aren't a democracy.

Because I don't want a giant-sized North Korea whose Nuclear capabilities are not in question. We would hope that a complete economic collapse would be the end of communism, but if China goes back into massive unemployment as a result of international pressures put on by the U.S, I can see how it would be easy for the rulers of that country to turn public attention against us. Whatever pressures they are putting on Kim Jong Il because they want good relations with the U.S would be out the window, and I worry about their willingness to sell nukes to our enemies.

Look, the loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S has been tough. But what that means for those who have lost their jobs is that they cannot afford to put their kids through college and purchase a home of their own. That sucks, but compare that to a family whose lost job means they won't be able to feed their kids. That's a kind of desparation in the hands of a nuclear power that I would rather avoid.

[dalegg 143]

No... read below...

NEEDED: FAIR TRADE WITH CHINA

America has lost 2.6 million manufacturing jobs since March 2000. Any unemployed, laid-off or worried worker in central Wisconsin can tell you all about it, since our many large and small factories are key to our region's prosperity.

Who or what is to blame?

A lot of people think the problem is low-wage foreign competition, and there's no doubt that this has an effect. But it's less than most people think........

Why, then, do the Chinese products cost 20 to 30 percent less than the American company's? The answer isn't low wages - it's currency manipulation. Instead of letting the free market determine the value of the Chinese yuan relative to the U.S. dollar, the Beijing government has pegged the yuan at a level which economists believe is 15 percent to 40 percent below what it ought to be.

As a result, U.S. products cost 15 to 40 percent more than they should in China, and Chinese products cost 15 to 40 percent less than they should in the U.S. It's a situation the Chinese can't sustain in the long run - selling goods for less than they are worth while paying more for things ultimately results in inefficient investment and reduced growth.

http://www.house.gov/petri/weekly/oct10_03.htm

So what do you make of this story?... Report: China currency not manipulated

Edited December 20, 2006 by dalegg

[Heracles 417]

Most migrants turn up their noses at Mexican factory jobs, which typically pay unskilled workers less than 120 pesos ($11.30) a day. Migrants know that they can earn five or six times as much just across the border in the United States. Mexican companies say they can't afford to raise their wages because they are competing with assembly plants in China and India, where the pay is even lower.

Funny how you have been saying it is the fault of NAFTA..

Clearly China and India have nothing to do with NAFTA..