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"Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote:


What do I propose? How about everyone that has a job reconsidering their
contributions to society, and the pay that is received for their services.
Why in hell should a low or no skill job pay high wages when highly skilled
people are being put out of work these days? Makes no sense, and helps
keep the prices of our goods out of balance with reality. How do we expect
to compete under those conditions?

Until the work force establishes wage equilibrium with other countries, I
see jobs continuing to leave our country wholesale. Sounds to me like
pretty much everyone is going to end up making a lower wage (if they're
fortunate enough to have a job, that is), something in keeping with wages
paid in other countries. It's just a matter of when it happens. Some of

Going to fundamentals, costs are high in the US because we have health
care, social security, a big army, etc. The solution is to balance
these govt benefits with import taxes. If you want more social security
and foreign army adventures, raise duties to pay for them. If you want
cheaper goods, lower social security etc. Make the customs duties
directly fund the govt benefits and let the people decide.

My web page goes into this further.

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