Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watdcsu!dmcanzi From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness? Message-ID: <1692@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 02:16:34 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1692 Posted: Tue Sep 24 02:16:34 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 23:46:24 EDT References: <1394@utcsri.UUCP> <2188@mnetor.UUCP> <2223@mnetor.UUCP> <14@ubc-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Organization: University of Woolamaloo Lines: 22 Summary: This quote is from an article about textile import quotas that appeared on the editorial page of the local newspaper a couple of months ago: "The North-South Institute in Ottawa estimated in 1981 that consumers had to pay an additional $500 million for their clothes, or about $83,000 a year for every job saved." (That works out to about 6000 jobs.) It would actually be cheaper for the government to pay those people $20,000 a year not to work. Now, it's unlikely that those workers are getting paid much more than maybe $20,000 each. Wonder who gets the rest of the money? To find out, do the following experiment: when your newspaper prints an article about harmful effects of import quotas watch the letters to the editor for the next few weeks. See who writes letters defending the need for import quotas. If you know somewhat about economics you can often recognize a high bullshit level. -- David Canzi Hmmm, folks must not be heavily into freedom these days. -- Garfield