Countries
who rely on free markets and have an expansive private sector fare better than
countries who rely on big government socialism.
Venezuela is the current poster child for failed socialist governments
with hyperinflation and citizens starving in the streets.
In a true
free market economy, prices are set by consumers and fluctuate based on supply
and demand. A “bumper crop” of anything will drive prices down. Farmers would
rather sell everything at lower prices than let a harvest rot in their silos. A
drought or a bad harvest could drive prices up. If prices are too high,
consumers won’t buy. If beef prices go up and chicken prices come down,
everybody buys chicken. There are no shortages and lots of choices.
The goal
for the US is to stop migration, reduce the number of welfare receiving
immigrants and bring manufacturing jobs back to the US to bolster the middle
class. That will help reverse the trend that resulted in 84 million working-age
US citizens without jobs.
We will
be able to recognize progress when more college educated students are able to
get professional jobs consistent with their own majors when they graduate. We
will also watch the non-participation of high school grads who need to find jobs
after they graduate.
Students
will need to be more careful to make sure that their major courses of study
will prepare them to be employed in their chosen field. Education must have a
satisfactory occupational outcome to be worth the price of tuition. The cost of
education needs to be cut in half, so tax subsidies will need to be reduced and
choices need to expand.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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