If only I did control the world...it would be a far better place......LOL

Colin whilst I agree with a lot of what you say...... to blame only ourselves for the worlds ills is wrong.....it is a bit like just blaming the police for ALL crimes committed.......simply because they cannot catch the criminals......They are not the ones who commit the crime. Same with blaming the government for not bringing out policies to stop big companies from doing immoral things....never ending circle of one trying to outdo the other will never work......
To impose huge import taxes surely goes against a free market, free enterprise, supply on demand and other basic capitalist ideology...in other words you cannot have your cake and eat it.....if capitalism truly works then no need to fear cheap imports......free market and all that.
Sadly capitalism does not work..it has been tried for thousands of years and has left a wake of death misery and despair with the gap between rich and poor ever widening...there is no quick fix other than to have state ownership and cooperatives.......no greedy shareholders or corrupt board looking for ways to maximise profit for minimum expense....and take from others what is not rightfully theirs.
I agree in sentiment that too many stupid people vote for the wrong candidates cause they have no understanding of what they are voting for....but to deny the vote is very wrong......remember women died for the right to vote.......slaves had no vote....and in some other countries folk have never been able to vote at all....or the voting system is rigged. NO do not throw the baby away with the bathwater.....a better education is what is needed....plus politicans who try to do the best for the people they represent not just look after themselves and a handful of their cronies.

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