Let's look at this "protectionism" from another angle.

Let's say I make mud pies and I want to start a mud pie company in Belize. If I'm allowed to start my mud pie company then I will need employees. Who will I employ? I will need a mud pie factory. Who will build it? I will need mud pie transporters? Who will deliver my pies? I will pay taxes. Who will I pay my taxes to?

Answer to all of the above.....the Belizean people!

How can this not benefit both me the mud pie maker and the Belzean economy in general?

Some may say, "but no one will buy your mud pies". Again, how can this adversely affect the county of Belize? If I fail then I alone bare the finacial hardship of my failure not the Belizean government.

KB you live in Canada who are you to tell anyone to "stay home"?
And what's your problem with America? You guys rely on the US to protect you from invasion.

UT OH !

I don't like it when America does it either. So I can't stay home... I can't go to Belize... who will take me????

I do not know of one country on earth that operates on a pure free market economy. We sure don't in the US. And if that is one of your criteria on where to live, Belize should be near the bottom of your list.

America isn't a free market environment?

Please enlighten me.

Tarrifs, import and export duties and quotas, subsidies for certain sectors of the economy, tax incentives and disincentives just to name a few. Not familiar with your profession, but aren't there quotas for entrance to medical schools?

My definition of a free market is where the market dictates not the government.

And also let me enlighten you some as well.

In my relatively short career (10 years in private practice) I have worked with or interacted with other doctors from Canada, Brazil, Itally, Germany, Jamacia, India, Pakistan, Yugoslovia and Columbia. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. All those doctors were granted a U.S. license to practice medicine. All those named above even went to medical school in their country of origin. Some of those named above even completed their residency training on their country of origin.

NONE were denied a license in order to protect the U.S. doctors already here.

Are you telling us the US has no restriction on anyone coming from any country?

Not sure if 40 yrs. in practice actually entitles me to "enlighten" anyone, but I believe most doctors from foreign medical schools and residency program must pass U.S. boards to practice in the U.S.
Belize also requires physicians to serve as government employed physicians for a required number of years.

Come on Warren. You know I don't mean that.