(01-28-2018, 08:00 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(01-27-2018, 08:02 PM)EricC85 Wrote: Hey man good to hear from you as well!

I'm not denying the positive changes Trump is making, but I think this one is a mistake and openly oppose it.

You can't use the state to correct economic challenges with out compromising the free markets independence and capitalism is only truly sustainable when it's managed through independent supply and demand.

On the whole I agree with you.  In these two cases, we are not talking about truly INDEPENDENT supply and demand.  If it were simply a case that company a. located in South Korea made a washing Machine better faster cheaper or a combination there of then i would be completely opposed to any state action.  And if it were simply a case that their domestic corporate tax rates were much lower than ours or that their regulatory structures were less burdensome then i would say lets just lower the rates and deregulate to have a level playing field.  While we have taken those steps, that's not the case in these two examples.  In reality, the domestic governments (China And south Korea) heavily SUBISDIZE their producers.  That means that in those countries producers of solar cells or washing machines may not have to carry basic costs like paying their own light bill, building their own buildings, investing in infrastructure like roads etc. etc.  In this instance you have FOREIGN STATE intervention that allows products to come to market at a price below our domestic cost of production.  It is in THESE CASES that the state has a role in not allowing foreign companies access to our markets if they have an unfair advantage against our domestic producers.