My understanding of economics is full. You and I see things from different sides of the bar. Not a problem. I know I don't view business as pure profit, I was not bought up that way, I was bought up to protect this country first. For the US to flourish, if someone else had to go, so be it. But that doesn't mean that they couldn't choose a different path, afterall that is the global answer in response to job loss. Find something else, well the US should not have that problem. I can understand someone else having a similar view involving their country.
I used to be more leniant in my view to this epidemic.
As far as confidentiality again, you know nothing of my arrangements.
JV
If you truly believe in protecting the country first AND you do understand economics then you understand that trade is a way of ensuring peace between countries.
You are disrespecting the very principles that the USA was founded upon. And that is that every man is free to pursue life, liberty and happiness. For you to tell any other person that they are not patriotic if they choose to contract with people outside the United States to have work done is highly arrogant.
But on the other hand if people BRING money into the United States to purchase good from your then you are all for it.
And again you fail to understand history. How do you think that the USA became the world leader it is and the world's largest consumer?
Through innovation not through menial jobs. The buggy makers didn't just wander into the woods and die when cars came along. Farmers now get more yield per acre than at any time in history with less people dong the work.
The fact that we are forced to use our brains as much or more than our hands means that we Americans have become adept at creating business and livelihoods. Perhaps you would prefer a nation of people who are tied to a workstation in a factory doing the same thing day in and day out but I don't. I prefer to see a nation where people are adaptive and clever and figure out how to make their way in the world without being dependent on mama factory to employ them.
I prefer the type of world where you hire an illegal immigrant as you have done and that immigrant can turn around and become a citizen and create a business offering better service at a lower price than you and thus put you out of business. And you are then free to start another business, perhaps selling cues as a hobby and competing with professional sellers of cues.
I prefer that you not be restricted in your endeavors and are able to compete as a hobby with people who carry overhead and employees. If you cause them to lose business and have to fire someone then so be it, you were more competitive and used your lack of overhead to press that advantage.
Because that is exactly what you are doing when you compete as a self-described hobbyist against those who maintain actual businesses with actual employees and actual stores. You are using your low-expense position to take money away from legitimate business and from employees.
But what's good for you should not be allowed for others? That's not a very nice position to take is it?
In my opinion a level playing field Joe is the one we have. Anyone is FREE to compete however they want to.
Lastly, at last count, YOUR count by the way, there are something like 700ish ACTIVE cuemakers in the USA. Most of them are probably garage type operations where the cue maker has a day job. McDermott, Meucci, Viking, Pechauer and even Schmelke are still in business. There are several parts distributors dedicated to supplying them.
It seems as if the influx of lower priced cues from Asia and China in particular has not harmed the cue industry in the least when we look at the ACTUAL numbers of cue makers in the USA. Some would say that the flow of inexpensive cues actually whets the appetite for custom cues. Kind of a gateway drug into cue buying if you will.
But then that is probably the part of economic theory you don't want to consider.
In any event on the confidentiality topic you are certainly right, I know nothing of your arrangements and can only speak to your statements you have made here. I would sincerely hope that you keep confidences but that is only known to you and those who entrust things to you. I know that in my case you have never felt the need to keep anything said between us privately private. I once trusted you and now I don't so I consider everything I have ever talked with you about to be made public if you see a way to use it for your benefit. Cest Le Vie, we all make choices that turn out to be bad at times.
I do find it interesting that you criticize me for keeping my client's confidentiality though. But I feel that most of your criticism of me is not based in logic or truth but instead comes from your hatred of me. I also feel that I have caused this in you by continuing to dispel your arguments in the past in mean and sarcastic ways. If I were in your position I would probably hate me as well and use ever possible tactic to discredit me.
Again, it's just something I have to live with.
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