"There are 13 million Americans who are counting on Congress to do something."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/the-ipad-is-taking-away-american-jobs-jesse-jackson-juniors-sa/
Actually, there are 13 million Americans suffering from what the government has done, but I don't expect many elected officials to say that, it would controvert their raison d'etre.
I'm surprised that this question does not come up more often:
"Mr. Elected Official, are you saying that Americans have a right to make iPads and the Chinese do not? Are Americans more entitled to jobs than people born in other nations? If so, why do we give so much anxst to the underemployment and unemployment in impoverished nations, the governments of which we give money, taken by force from citizens via taxation, ostensibly to reduce their suffering? Wouldn't it be better that we not tax the citizenry, not give the governments of these nations money, and celebrate the employment of their formerly impoverished citizens?"
What do you want - impoverished nations or not? If not, why would you begrudge their success in manufacturing, which actually reduces poverty? This is cognitive dissonance on display, but we ignore it.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/the-ipad-is-taking-away-american-jobs-jesse-jackson-juniors-sa/
Actually, there are 13 million Americans suffering from what the government has done, but I don't expect many elected officials to say that, it would controvert their raison d'etre.
I'm surprised that this question does not come up more often:
"Mr. Elected Official, are you saying that Americans have a right to make iPads and the Chinese do not? Are Americans more entitled to jobs than people born in other nations? If so, why do we give so much anxst to the underemployment and unemployment in impoverished nations, the governments of which we give money, taken by force from citizens via taxation, ostensibly to reduce their suffering? Wouldn't it be better that we not tax the citizenry, not give the governments of these nations money, and celebrate the employment of their formerly impoverished citizens?"
What do you want - impoverished nations or not? If not, why would you begrudge their success in manufacturing, which actually reduces poverty? This is cognitive dissonance on display, but we ignore it.
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