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Date Posted: 09:58:31 04/24/25 Thu
In reply to:
Go Green
's message, "Hope all's well, AO!" on 17:20:33 04/21/25 Mon
Greetings, GG (and Michael)!
Thank you for checking in, and for your original parenting suggestions at the top of this thread.
I've been busy.
Let's be clear. The post-war international trade regime which has developed/evolved/fallen into place since 1945 has benefitted America, this great country I love.
That the costs and benefits of robust international trade accrue differentially to different parties is unfortunate, but not at all surprising. That the benefits accrue to everybody while the costs are borne most by the less educated, less economically productive members of the labor force is about as shocking -- shocking! -- as learning that there is gambling taking place in the casino.
The greatest beneficiary of the post-WWII economic order is the United States of America. We're not the losers. We're the winners.
We can do much to mitigate the costs borne by Rust Belt blue collar workers, but complaining about international trade by Americans is akin to winning the Super Bowl and then complaining about the refereeing.
Yes, some calls were missed, including some important ones, but we won the game. We're the beneficiaries of trade.
GG, I implemented in as robust a fashion as I could your recommendations to my daughter. I'm not sure how deeply she absorbed your/my/our suggestions, but she nodded and committed to being "the man" on her JV team.
The team has been getting shellacked on the field and that is not helping, obviously, but I'm watching with concern and love. I don't want to mess this up.
Michael, you of course are correct that I have been censored on this board on many an occasion. I can't remember if my comments about Xaivian Lee led to being censored, but they might have been. Obviously, I was wrong about Lee. Although, in my defense, I may end up being correct if he plays in Gainesville next winter and then drops out of U Florida to come back some time in the future for his Princeton degree.
My opinion at that time was that no Asian/Korean parent was going to let his or her child walk away from a Princeton diploma. I may still end up being correct.
Thanks for inquiring, and for your good wishes. My best to you all, and let's hope for the best for America. Cheers.
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