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2011-05-14 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2011-05-14 14:29|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 It's amazing how illiberal people can become, once they start feeling the pinch.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-05-14 15:14|| 2011-05-14 15:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Stay at home. Mind your own business. Take care of your family and your neighbor. Gaining popularity?

Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-14 17:27|| 2011-05-14 17:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Gaining popularity?

Has never been unpopular (outside the political classes).

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-14 17:35|| 2011-05-14 17:35|| Front Page Top

#4 > companies and workers would ultimately not only support but even vehemently insist on import restrictions on all those products that are outcompeting their own domestic products

This would of course be a disaster as the extra cost and lower quality of the items would be charged to the consumers of the country. In effect a Marxist style reward for inferiority, with all the inevitable effects that this would lead to.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-14 17:38|| 2011-05-14 17:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Sort of what Detroit did in the 1970s during the gas crisis - tried to have all the Japanese fuel efficient cars kept out because Detroit was still pushing big metal and muscle cars, and refused to make the fuel efficient cars.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-05-14 21:24|| 2011-05-14 21:24|| Front Page Top

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