mrstickball said:
I noticed that. I thought you were one of the more left of center guys on VGC. What changed your mind, if I may ask? |
Nothing exciting, really. There wasn't a big event in my life, or anything like that, just the gradual realisation that the private sector would prove far more efficient at running certain, if not all, services.
As for trade liberalisation, that came with education. I've now realised that protectionism helps the few, but harms absolutely everybody else, and I've also had a change in mindset about people: I've realised that British people aren't entitled to a job, or anything like that, just because they're British.
What I mean by that last statement was that I used to think that trade barriers, and the ilk, were good because they protected British jobs. But, now, I can't see why a Chinese worker, or an Indian worker, shouldn't be entitled to compete for the same job. Why should the piece of land where you are born dictate whether or not you should be able to fairly compete in the global job market?
