tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3305416004648540091..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Carrier "Deal" and Trump ApologistsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20658729992640010222016-12-02T07:35:54.034-05:002016-12-02T07:35:54.034-05:00"Capitalism breathes through loopholes" ..."Capitalism breathes through loopholes" - Ludwig Von Mises, and quoted by you here and elsewhere.<br /><br />http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/11/here-we-go-again-rand-paul-on-taxes.html<br /><br />Trump is creating a reduced tax burden for a company that otherwise would not do business in the USA. In essence, a loophole in which capitalism is allowed to breathe. You condemned Matt@Occidentalism.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395220402283030311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58710860616304847682016-11-30T17:26:01.943-05:002016-11-30T17:26:01.943-05:00─ [...] there may be an implication by the comment...─ [...] there may be an implication by the commenter that because we are not in a free market economy, we can not advocate for free markets[...] ─<br /><br />The commenter clearly believes that none of us should argue that the decision by Carrier to move manufacturing to Monterrey, Mexico, is the result of true market forces because there's no true free market. That assertion is patently OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19873402175682352482016-11-30T15:18:58.806-05:002016-11-30T15:18:58.806-05:00─ "[...]people familiar with the situation in...─ "[...]people familiar with the situation indicated that the savings were not worth incurring the wrath of the incoming administration[...]" ─<br /><br />So the company was bullied.<br /><br />OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51290511567897231372016-11-30T12:18:39.056-05:002016-11-30T12:18:39.056-05:00It's possible I'm remembering a guest comm...It's possible I'm remembering a guest commentary like <a href="http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/04/the-crony-doth-protest-too-much.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>, but I don't see a comment that's clearly mine on this entry.Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88026476300678785982016-11-30T11:56:57.693-05:002016-11-30T11:56:57.693-05:00I don't recall supporting ethanol tax breaks. ...I don't recall supporting ethanol tax breaks. I did a Google search and only came up with a commentary by Ron Paul that I posted: http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/06/ron-paul-why-i-support-tax-credits.html Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19066639566033888452016-11-30T11:32:43.367-05:002016-11-30T11:32:43.367-05:00While I basically agree with you, Robert, on Trump...While I basically agree with you, Robert, on Trump. However, you seem to be arguing the opposite of what you argued when the topic was Archer Daniels Midland and corn tax breaks for ethanol. There, you were arguing that all tax breaks are good, and I made the point you are making now in the comments. Have you changed your views, or are you only arguing this now because it's Trump advocatingPandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63779479849768732882016-11-30T07:41:02.307-05:002016-11-30T07:41:02.307-05:00I tend to agree with RW on this but www.politicusu...I tend to agree with RW on this but www.politicususa.com, the source of this story, is about as hard left as you can get. Although, politic usa referenced a cnbc article that has this juicy bit:<br /><br />"While UTX was seeking the savings that would come from moving some production to Mexico, people familiar with the situation indicated that the savings were not worth incurring the wrath Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807090975131842483noreply@blogger.com