tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5080345374531625164..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: CRAB CRISIS: Why Eastern Shore Crab Houses are Suffering Because of TrumpRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5205594642092555072018-08-22T05:46:47.449-04:002018-08-22T05:46:47.449-04:00PM, I'm not sure what you just said, but in ca...PM, I'm not sure what you just said, but in case it's helpful, I would note that you were alleging that there was no state interference, and that "the free market had spoken." I simply pointed out that the state had interfered and, therefore, the free market had not spoken. If your claim is that, when a state exists, it prevents the free market from operating, I believe the The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53369647274719263422018-08-21T20:22:30.995-04:002018-08-21T20:22:30.995-04:00NAP: excellent analysis. Unfortunately, you've...NAP: excellent analysis. Unfortunately, you've also just disproven all "free market" economic consequents when the antecedent occurs in a system where a state exists. Phil Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388842760197647912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89312610195237813202018-08-20T18:49:48.059-04:002018-08-20T18:49:48.059-04:00"Where are you getting the idea that libertar..."Where are you getting the idea that libertarians don’t oppose welfare?"<br /><br />I did not write anything of the sort. I wrote the solution that _some_ are proposing to some of the problems welfare causes is a rather open immigration policy because they prefer that over dismantling the root cause. They put immigration ahead of dismantling the welfare state. They put the cart before Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40594855376198893502018-08-20T17:10:09.131-04:002018-08-20T17:10:09.131-04:00PM: "If we listen to the price signal, we rea...PM: "If we listen to the price signal, we realize, maybe people just don't want the crabs that badly."<br /><br />In the free market, if prices rise for factor A which goes into good X, causing higher consumer prices and lower demand for good X, we can certainly say that the price signal is showing that consumers more urgently value other products which use factor A, for which they The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14533739622507466532018-08-20T16:28:54.344-04:002018-08-20T16:28:54.344-04:00@Philip
Uhh, yeah I’d say that threatening to arr...@Philip<br /><br />Uhh, yeah I’d say that threatening to arrest and deport a company’s workforce qualifies as interference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29902141645345229162018-08-20T15:45:14.928-04:002018-08-20T15:45:14.928-04:00Evan: wait, the state interfered? By changing the ...Evan: wait, the state interfered? By changing the method it distributes free paases? Wtf? The business model is not viable if the business can't attract workers. Period.<br /><br />Tores: you moron. Business has to raise its level of compensation to attract the labor it needs. It's quite bloody simple, but obviously a bit too high-minded for your simpleton brain. <br /><br />Your Phil Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388842760197647912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57002277508473741802018-08-20T14:22:10.903-04:002018-08-20T14:22:10.903-04:00@JJM
Where are you getting the idea that libertar...@JJM<br /><br />Where are you getting the idea that libertarians don’t oppose welfare?<br /><br />Also, I would guess that most libertarians view non-interference of movement as a moral imperative rather than a jobs program (though the latter often is a happy consequence.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50429235196887062692018-08-20T11:43:35.660-04:002018-08-20T11:43:35.660-04:00"The situation illustrates a general unwillin..."The situation illustrates a general unwillingness among U.S. workers to perform certain kinds of labor"<br /><br />Yes, because welfare is a better option. A difficult or dirty job has to pay enough more than welfare to be worth doing. It also has to pay enough more than other easier jobs which have had their wages inflated by high minimum wage laws. <br /><br />So instead of fixing Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14290543358448418692018-08-20T10:38:11.004-04:002018-08-20T10:38:11.004-04:00Re: Phillip Martin,
--- If people aren't taki...Re: Phillip Martin,<br /><br />--- If people aren't taking the jobs, maybe the employers should raise the compensation paid to employees! ---<br /><br />You want companies to increase their operating expenses? What exactly for? What is the difference between the feel-good policy of raising the minimum wage and the feel-good policy of restricting the free-flow of labor? You think your OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68232401577726889812018-08-20T10:32:13.417-04:002018-08-20T10:32:13.417-04:00Re: burningtwig,
The companies might advertise t...Re: burningtwig, <br /><br />The companies might advertise those jobs in any way they wish. You seem not too concerned about the hindrances imposed by a state bent on centrally-planning the economy, or perhaps you believe food is too cheap? OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17914595256726016302018-08-20T10:18:52.566-04:002018-08-20T10:18:52.566-04:00@Philip Martin
“People aren’t taking jobs” becaus...@Philip Martin<br /><br />“People aren’t taking jobs” because the state banned them from doing so. Most businesses can’t simply “raise the compensation paid to employees” without compromising their business model.<br /><br />The fact is that these were viable business ventures, and then the state interfered. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81655967254416414652018-08-20T08:48:53.747-04:002018-08-20T08:48:53.747-04:00--- Second, Trump's anti-immigrant policy is d...--- Second, Trump's anti-immigrant policy is doing nothing but shrinking the size of the U.S. economy and lowering the general standard of living for Americans. ---<br /><br />At one point everyone will realize the frightening truth that DJT is simply an old-school protectionist and mercantilist, like current Fox News commentator Lou Dobbs, or Pat Buchanan, and that his policies are focused OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1284299709806446532018-08-20T08:48:31.604-04:002018-08-20T08:48:31.604-04:00Idiotic "analysis". If people aren't...Idiotic "analysis". If people aren't taking the jobs, maybe the employers should raise the compensation paid to employees! Labor markets clear, right? I thought you were an Austrian, cause you sound like an economically illiterate liberal jack ass when you get political.Phil Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388842760197647912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77100001834067751382018-08-20T08:37:17.441-04:002018-08-20T08:37:17.441-04:00--- "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service...--- "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Michael Bars said his agency — which manages the H-2B program — is 'focused on ensuring the integrity of the immigration system and **protecting the interests of U.S. workers**.'" ---<br /><br />See, it doesn't take a bunch of kids to give Socialism a 'nicer face'. The DJT administration is already doing that OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46707051189290557192018-08-20T08:30:27.923-04:002018-08-20T08:30:27.923-04:00Are you going to start again?Are you going to start again?OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55118211706142111522018-08-20T07:19:59.257-04:002018-08-20T07:19:59.257-04:00How do they advertise for these jobs...in Mexican ...How do they advertise for these jobs...in Mexican newspapers?.....Do they let it be known they provide seasonal room and board.....if they do.....if they don't....do they pay enough for someone to come for a "working vacation"???? Maybe it is true, nobody (an American) wants to work anymore (for terrible pay and conditions). Ohh pity the poor business owner!!!poorrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711619744157632110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7554889988525819352018-08-20T06:10:55.046-04:002018-08-20T06:10:55.046-04:00No, most Americans won't do the jobs for what ...No, most Americans won't do the jobs for what they are offering. So we have to import turd world labor since these companies can socialize the costs of their problems. Anyway, in the end if they really need these people, I have no problem with a system where they have to register and pay taxes like the rest of us slaves do. <br /><br />Besides, don't they have a bunch of imported Somalis The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.com