tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post6068914424688969105..comments2023-10-06T01:45:50.515-07:00Comments on Above The Borderline: TEA Party: Return To The Bad Old DaysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-47019618396577508212011-01-09T11:15:17.433-08:002011-01-09T11:15:17.433-08:00After reading my comment through, I think it might...After reading my comment through, I think it might be unclear in a couple points.<br />Republicans do not support foreign trade by advertising its harm to unions, they do so by pointing to its freedom-enhancing qualities.<br />When I talk of a pure free market, I mean one with strong negative liberties, but not necessarily any positive liberties. Positive liberties interfere with each other, after all.daniel noehttp://theunderstandingproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-72623149362709421692011-01-09T11:07:59.400-08:002011-01-09T11:07:59.400-08:00Well, of course outsourcing is a free-market thing...Well, of course outsourcing is a free-market thing. It's not directly against unions. They are merely the unfortunate losers in that scenario. They don't support foriegn trade by advertising that it will make unions obsolete.<br />In free competition, there will always be some losers and some winners.<br />As for card-check, the way it was explained to me by those against it is that there were privacy concerns and voters could be intimidated. Pro-union people could intimidate them into voting for the union, while management might intimidate them into voting against.<br />I suppose unions are one of those things like racism that interfere with our "positive liberties." In a pure free market, they are allowed to exist, but are neither supported nor hampered.daniel noehttp://theunderstandingproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-71501702305956754582011-01-04T16:32:15.897-08:002011-01-04T16:32:15.897-08:00DN: They way the private unions are being crastrat...DN: They way the private unions are being crastrated is by shipping jobs overseas. They can do this quietly in the name of "free markets." What about the card check legislation that the GOTea Party is so against. They don't want any of those minimum wage jobs getting unionized.Sunny B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13208607.post-14257684195499770312011-01-04T10:58:01.596-08:002011-01-04T10:58:01.596-08:00I do hear Republicans pushing for deregulation and...I do hear Republicans pushing for deregulation and tax cuts, but to hear them bashing unions is a rare thing. Sometimes, some of them point out some of the problems we have had with unions (especially the teachers' unions), and that the dems sometimes unfairly support them, but ending or seriously curtailing the activities of unions has never been something I have ever heard any republican run on as a primary part of their platform. (of course, it may be that they do these things behind our backs, but at least they don't RUN on curtailing unions.) I just don't think it is a big issue for them. The subject rarely comes up.daniel noehttp://theunderstandingproject.comnoreply@blogger.com