Folks,
I had to read the above headline twice before I figured out what the
messenger wanted to say.
What really caught my attention was Trudeau's claim that there is $1.3
billion dollars in goods crossing the US/Canada border every day. If Trump
gets his way - we will have $1.5 billion in trade e
Jim Fernandes:
If I have a job here in the US, I would rather spend $10 more for a pair of
jeans produced locally, than to supposedly save $10 on Mexican imports.
What good is that cheap pair of jeans to me if my job itself has been
exported to Mexico?
Response:
Economists inform us that 'maximu
Mervyn,
I have said for the umpteenth time here on GoaNet, that Globalization, as is
currently implemented - is close to being dead.
You can't export people's jobs in the name of trade and hope that these new
jobless folks will somehow fend for themselves. This model simply cannot
sustain in
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Marshall Mendonza wrote:
> Economists inform us that 'maximum utility of money' makes sound economics.
> That is why goods are produced where the cost of production are cheapest
> and sold where it can maximise the value. This is the reason for world
> trade. Other
Perhaps, Marshall will provide reference for his opinion that proponents of
Brexit " could not accept " the results.
I submit that, at best, they may been surprised at the eventual outcome of the
vote; they underestimated the degree of resentment among the UK folks at what
was happening to th
Mervyn,
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:38:46 -0600, Mervyn Lobo wrote:
> I also see that Jim Fernandes had the following to say:
>
> "If I have a job here in the US, I would rather spend $10 more for a pair of
> jeans produced locally, than to supposedly save $10 on Mexican imports.
> What good is th
Marshall,
You are right about what the economists have been saying about why trading with
other partners brings in efficiency.
But what 'Economics' says is totally different from what 'Politics' have to
say. According to one of the commandments in politics, "Thou shall not take my
job away an
Hola señor Mervyn Lobo,
Have you picked up any Spanish yet? No comprendo?
No importa ...
Did my little "Bot" read you right that you are giving us the 'Xepotam' from
Texas, United States of America and not from frigid Canada?
How come you decided to make the US your new home - a country you r
