CDZ Decline of public consciousness in America

Who said he commissioned them?

If God didn't commission the creation of states, then my point stands.

For who? Not for most people, it doesn't.

For everyone. Competition boosts the economy, and a stronger economy will inevitably create more opportunities.

Ask the British what happened when they did away with their tariffs while everybody else kept theirs.

Tariffs are highly unpopular among British economists. You're still ignoring the fact that they are steeped in no logic whatsoever.

American companies pay tariffs on their exports now. The U.S. grew to a world power via tariffs protecting its industries from foreign dumping.

False. The United States had a high tariff policy leading up to the great depression. Since 1933 the United States has maintained a policy of extremely low tariffs. Pretty much the rest of the world too.

it makes it less and less worthwhile for your own people to strive for those jobs, and eventually you become entirely dependent on foreign labor.

Only foreign labor that is cheaper and more efficient. If domestic companies cannot stay competitive, then they shouldn't be protected. All that is doing is protecting unsustainable and uneconomic behavior.

Products sell for what they get for them, period; no company lowers their prices just because they cut labor costs or any other costs.

Lower costs = higher profit margins. More profit = economic growth. Economic growth = jobs

I didn't say lower costs = lower prices. I explicitly stated that lower costs = greater profits. The former is true as well.

High productivity jobs get replaced with unemployment and low paying part time service jobs.

This doesn't even make sense. When low income factory jobs are outsourced, high income white collar jobs are created domestically. It's basic macroeconomics.

And I didn't say tax cuts would be what increases the tax base, I said bringing back jobs here and increasing investment here would work to to do that.

My point still stands. No increase in the tax base can be made fast enough to offset the increased deficit.
Agreed. That is why real budget cuts and shutting down redundant government departments and laying off non-essential employees and contractors has to happen. That is precisely what Trump is focusing on.

What is a non essential employee?

This is corporate hr speak.

Non essential employee is who you can lay off as soon as you force the other employee to do two people's job in a 12 hour workday.

How is that an improvement?
 
A non essential employee is defined as one who, if removed from his/her position, results in no disruption to work flow. There are tens of thousands of government employees or government contractors who fit that description.
 
Financially, militarily, socially, and internally. Best that Americans just abandon hope and look towards the future.
In your estimation, what is at the rootO of the decay? How should the future deviate from the present?

I offer up capitalism as the root of the decay.

I believe the American country, American nation, and American state are three different concepts. All three are in decline.

The American country, as in the actual land of America, is in decline primarily due to disregard for the environment. The American nation, as in the people and culture of America, are in decline due to a loss of public consciousness and divisiveness due to politics.

Now the American state, as in the actual government and military that composes the United States, is in decline due to fiscal irresponsibility, widespread corruption, outdated thinking, loss of public consciousness, internal and societal rifts, failure to maintain competitive trade relationships, ect. The greatest reason in my opinion is a loss of public consciousness, since it is absolutely vital that a ruling state presides over a strong nation, and the American nation is losing its identity and c
Environmental degradation, the loss of public consciousness and divisiveness, fiscal irresponsibility and corruption can all be explained by the rational pursuit of self interest. The quasi-religious dogma taught in the US. It is the root of the problem.
 
He's a state socialist and I'm an anarchist. Those are polar opposites ideologically.

I can't ever imagine myself quoting Karl Marx either.
 
He's a state socialist and I'm an anarchist. Those are polar opposites ideologically.

I can't ever imagine myself quoting Karl Marx either.
I don't necessarily believe the state should be the owner of the means of production. But I am interested in it being fashioned in a social construct. Co-op for example.

I think what we share is a disdain for the status quo in America.
 
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A non essential employee is defined as one who, if removed from his/her position, results in no disruption to work flow. There are tens of thousands of government employees or government contractors who fit that description.

Sounds like you are including hundreds of thousands of uniformed armed service members. Ask any vet 90% of them could be removed at almost any time without disruption of the work flow. It's called "peace".
 

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