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Those items, which we like, add a lot to the cost of good made here and in other modern countries.
One thing that people have become used to is having an incredible amount of cheap stuff. Go to Europe and see how expensive many items are there as compared to here, and it is not all VAT.
I was born in 1955 to a poor/working class family. We had enough, but we bought items that could be fixed, and I had to use my imagination more in my play because we couldn't afford lots of throw-away toys. We had a TV, a radio, a telephone and small stereo. I didn't get bunches of new clothes all the time, but nobody did.
On the other hand, there were jobs for all abilities, including folks who were offering only an honest days' labor for an honest days' pay, and if we had to go to war, we could build our weapons here, which is something that no one now seems to think is necessary.
I think that we should impose tarrifs to account for the lack of regulation in those areas, plus inspecting products to make sure that they are safe. We should also consider a tariff so that we have enough jobs to keep our social and political system from blowing up. And we're ALL going to have to get used to having less unimportant stuff, and means the wealthy, too.
We also need to tax high wealth and income, and teach kids in ALL schools about the dignity of work--including the type that GWB went to.
I believe that we may actually then return to being a real society, not just a collection of economic actors and consumers of useless stuff.
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