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Originally Posted by bobabode
Maybe this all doesn't matter to you, I don't know? For all I know you are one of the lucky ones who has found a way to make a million bucks a year? If so, good for you, dude! Good job and an attaboy for ya! Just keep in mind that the infrastructure and educated workforce at your disposal that allows you your success isn't something that you built all by yourself. Many a taxpayer and grunt working stiff are the ones who built those things such as roads ,bridges, water supplies, waste treatment systems, railroads and on and on and on...check out the history of the AlCan Hwy before you drive on it next time. Eh?
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Were the "working stiffs" not compensated for their work at going market rates? Of course, the problem is when a better educated workforce and infrastructure is just a short hop across the ocean. Remember, in a global economy there are choices. Now, if you propose a closed economy, the outcome will be a net negative with respect to an open economy; that is, free trade is by definition beneficial.