Trade
Trade provides the foundation to survival in expert
societies. Without trade, the bartering of an item or service for another it is
impossible for individuals to specialize. Specialization brings efficiency and
abundance of wealth which can benefit everyone.
The importance of trade is undeniable. Trade should not be
interfered with but encouraged. Some might suggest that trade must be
controlled because it can be used for crime. The issue here is not trade but
the separate issue of crime. The tool cannot be blamed for misuse, it is the
person behind the toll that must be held accountable and not the tool or tool
users in general. For example, imagine controlling the sale and use of
box-cutters. Box-cutters were the weapons hijackers used to bring down the Twin
Towers on 9/11/2000. Imagine if each time you opened a cardboard box with a
box-cutter if you had to register the ‘transaction’ or if a government official
had to appointed to monitor and observe you each time you used a box-cutter –
ludicrous of course. The same argument also applies to guns, alcohol, vehicles
and trade tools etc. It is not the tool that commits the crime, it is the
individual. In the same way, ‘corporations’ or ‘governments’ do not commit
crimes, but the individuals in the corporations or governments commit the crime,
they are the ones who need to be controlled and or punished – within reason.
Trade must be encouraged, enhanced and aided.
Protectionism often implemented by societies and
governments generally only tends to bred incompetence. Competition is what
spawns improvements that benefit all.
Governments who try to protect an industry by implementing
penalizing practice through taxation and or control of imports, tend to set a
precedent of incompetence within the industry they are trying to protect. By
eliminating or controlling competition, the incentives to improve products and
services or reduce the cost of those products and services are damaged.
Classic examples of governments hurting their constituents
and industries are found throughout the world from auto and steel industries to
agriculture etc.
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