[hoosier]

Originally posted by lifesaver
I appreciate the lesson, but my minor is in economics. I agree that outsourcing is not necessarily a negative. Those who can most efficiently produce the work, should, and there’s generally a net gain because of that. But it matters a whole lot to the textile worker who is without a job and isn’t provided the opportunity to retrain.

Quite simply, the Reagan deficits won us the cold war. We outspent the soviets. But at what cost? Are we that much safer? I'd argue the world is just as dangerous, just without the obvious, easily identifiable anxiety the cold-war duality created.

I didn’t cite sources - because I really don’t care that much and posting/arguing/replying to hoosier is like arguing with a zealot - someone who does not possess the intelligence or capability to debate in an objective fashion. You can tell - he always posts controversial articles, or one-sided articles, and then rarely if ever posts during the follow up posts/debate.

So I took the bait and decided to post something as one-sided as he does. I don’t know why I do it, but I guess I am hoping that something will click in his reptilian brain and make him realize that most of us 1) don’t care for his opinion (not that he cares if we care - cause he’s selfish like that) and 2) and that contrary to what he has openly expressed on GC, that we are not these blind, mindless children who have all been indoctrinated by the liberal elite in academia (its pathetic to still buy into that argument, don’t you think?) and aren’t capable of forming our own thoughts. Like we sit around waiting for his ruminations or something and he does this out of some twisted paternalism on his part.

Pathetic really.

Let's discuss - not call names.

Or just feel free to ignore future posts.