From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Aug 10 2003 - 08:33:28 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "randy" <cryofan@mylinuxisp.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:03 AM
Subject: Globalized Competition for Thee, But Not For Me! (was Re:
protectionism)
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:33:13 +1000, you wrote
>
> >At 04:32 PM 8/9/03 -0400, Ron h. wrote:
> >
> >> I can't for the life of me understand why having one side of a
> >>transaction practice freemarket economics while the other party to the
> >transaction
> >>practices protectionism to beggar the first party can be described as a
> >>freemarket economy or beneficial to all concerned.
> >
> >Oddly enough, this is pretty much the way many Aussie exporters
(especially
> >of meat and grain) feel about the US, I understand; many goods are either
> >locked out or subject to absurd tariffs. Meanwhile, we hear preachments
> >about the global economy from these alleged freemarketers.
>
> Yes, the free market is in direct proportion to the degree of
> organization within a particular industry or profession or most
> importantly a social or economic class or income level.
>
> Farmers are quite organized and have powerful lobbies. Thus they can
> stifle foreign compeition.
### You are absolutely right here.
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>
> What every American wants is have all the OTHER Americans in OTHER
> industries face global competition in order to have better products to
> buy at lower costs for themselves, while at the same time NOT have to
> have foreign competition in their own industry.
### But I am different. I really want global competition for everybody,
including myself, because I know this will make us all rich, and I also
think this is the right, moral thing to do, to peacefully compete, rather
than use leftist, class warfare sophistry to justify the use of force to
stop e.g, me from hiring an Indian transcriptionist and giving my patients a
better value for their money.
This why I am for abolition of the licensure requirements for physicians in
the US, even though I know that in the short term this could reduce my
income. Let the Indian, Canadian, German and other doctors come here to
compete, or even give consultations, read scans and do surgery by
telepresence. This will make health care cheaper, and better, without a
single dollar taken from working people in taxes.
Rafal
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