Re: Helping the Poor
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No. We should just tear down all the barriers to them improving their own situation. No more subsidies, no more import limits and quotas, no more dumping of surpluses, and the biggie; no more immigration controls! Essentially no more western mercantilist crap would go a long way to helping.
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I'm surprised that you are so sure of yourself here. While I agree in general with your sentiment (that restrictions can often be expected to do more "bad" than "good") I think that there is a potential for wealth redistribution to create a "net" gain. If you don't think socialists have the required social calculus tools to work out the optimal solution, you also can't conclude that the optimal solution is yours.
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