This blog normally tries to shy away from the doings of campaigns and politics. A lot of other people do that much better. But sometimes politics and policy do come together and pose substantial questions.
Last night, there was this exchange, as described by the Daily Caller
During Tuesday’s debate, the two differed over the future of manufacturing jobs
.
While Romney stressed the U.S. can ”compete with anyone in the world as
long as the playing field is level,” Obama conceded: “There are some
jobs that are not going to come back.”When Obama means "some jobs," does he mean those that are naturally outmoded by advances, like horse and buggy makers or print news jobs? Or does he mean jobs in industries that are systematically attacked by government policy?
Like coal.
The free market does a great job of replacing jobs of outmoded industries with other types of opportunities if government regulation, taxation, and policy stay out of the picture. Those issues have a tendency to stifle innovation and drive opportunity across the borders and oceans.
This is a question that needs to be asked. Mr. President, which jobs are not coming back? Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania coal miners may want to hear more about that. West Virginians already get the gist.
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