Should corporations be allowed to rely on the government for better business?

Dustin · January 26, 2015, 10:40:35 AM

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More Than Mortal · January 26, 2015, 10:43:47 AM

Tariffs are utterly fucking retarded. Anybody who opposes free trade just doesn't understand economics.

Raising the price of something artificially to help domestic producers just hurts consumers.

Also, are you sure the steel was Japan and not South Korean?

Dustin · January 26, 2015, 10:44:44 AM

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Mad Max · January 26, 2015, 10:44:55 AM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 10:40:35 AM

an excess of steal

lol

Dustin · January 26, 2015, 10:46:03 AM

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Mad Max · January 26, 2015, 10:48:38 AM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 10:46:03 AM

Quote from: Mad Max on January 26, 2015, 10:44:55 AM
Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 10:40:35 AM
an excess of steal
lol
I hope you wrote that on your student's papers when you were a teacher you cunt

I can't remember; they didn't often make 3rd-grade spelling errors.

More Than Mortal · January 26, 2015, 10:54:52 AM

Holy shit we really need to stop derailing threads with utterly pointless and banal shit-slinging.

Dustin · January 26, 2015, 10:55:15 AM

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More Than Mortal · January 26, 2015, 10:59:05 AM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 10:55:15 AM

What about bailouts for banks that are too big to fail? Or how about bailouts for auto companies?

That's a lot trickier.

The bailouts in 2008 were largely necessary, at least for the banks. But they could've been prevented by better policy in the first instance.

Statefarm · January 26, 2015, 11:12:52 AM

A certain amount of interaction is healthy.

It's not very capitalistic for the government to prevent competition. I'd prefer the government to handle basic workers rights but not be allowed to mess with supply and demand.