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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 936937" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>Again, this all seems a pipe dream. How do you get there from here? That mythical "free market" is a fairy-tale eclipsed by today's system. </p><p></p><p>You say that wage depression in a free market society is a natural progression. This is central to my objection. This is the side of the free market we have seen in the last 30 years. What has the worker gotten in return? Supposedly they are then motivated to become retrained and move to a different field. We've seen plenty of this, haven't we. Think about it. A 22 year old enters a trade and in 15 year (age 37) is forced out of the trade by wage depression, economic collapse, or the field simply fades. In the rosy picture you seem to want to paint of a free market society, he simply is retrained, and at age 39 reenters the work force. Av, I don't know how old you are, but at 43 I am not even near in competition to the 25 year olds working in the transportation industry. Few are to tell you the truth. And consider a 40 year old reentering the job force. They aren't saying it, but that job application goes nowhere. Why? Money. Younger workers are viewed as more profitable (though I've seen some definite exceptions).</p><p></p><p>Money. Look at all the examples you gave for companies supporting additional regulation. They all have one thing in common. Money. Profit. It is the reason companies exist. So it seems only rational that they would support deregulation for exactly the same reason. We have alot of experience with deregulation in the last 30 years. And you are right. The natural progression of wage depression has occurred. Where is the profitable side for the American worker? Corporations have benefitted from the pseudo-free market, world-wide markets, and historically low taxes while most Americans have gotten stiffed. And yet you insist that government is the problem? If only regulation were further repealed, everyone would act right? That's a tough sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 936937, member: 22662"] Again, this all seems a pipe dream. How do you get there from here? That mythical "free market" is a fairy-tale eclipsed by today's system. You say that wage depression in a free market society is a natural progression. This is central to my objection. This is the side of the free market we have seen in the last 30 years. What has the worker gotten in return? Supposedly they are then motivated to become retrained and move to a different field. We've seen plenty of this, haven't we. Think about it. A 22 year old enters a trade and in 15 year (age 37) is forced out of the trade by wage depression, economic collapse, or the field simply fades. In the rosy picture you seem to want to paint of a free market society, he simply is retrained, and at age 39 reenters the work force. Av, I don't know how old you are, but at 43 I am not even near in competition to the 25 year olds working in the transportation industry. Few are to tell you the truth. And consider a 40 year old reentering the job force. They aren't saying it, but that job application goes nowhere. Why? Money. Younger workers are viewed as more profitable (though I've seen some definite exceptions). Money. Look at all the examples you gave for companies supporting additional regulation. They all have one thing in common. Money. Profit. It is the reason companies exist. So it seems only rational that they would support deregulation for exactly the same reason. We have alot of experience with deregulation in the last 30 years. And you are right. The natural progression of wage depression has occurred. Where is the profitable side for the American worker? Corporations have benefitted from the pseudo-free market, world-wide markets, and historically low taxes while most Americans have gotten stiffed. And yet you insist that government is the problem? If only regulation were further repealed, everyone would act right? That's a tough sell. [/QUOTE]
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