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Re: Giant Sucking Sound
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:31:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Anyway, I’m in the camp that thinks NAFTA is a good thing. But hey, lower
tariffs are always a good thing. Even unilaterally, although bilateral is
better and general tariff reduction/elimination is best.
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The bigger question is: does free trade, or a free market, really exist in the
first place?
My answer is: “No.” As a consequence of that, everything can be seen as
pandering to a particular interest group. Even if we had a truly and perfectly
“free market” within the U.S., that wouldn’t totally shut down the effects of
what happens elsewhere in this increasingly global economy. Once other nations
are engaged in trade, U.S. industries are forced to respond to international
competition. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Hey, I dislike Shrub vehemently for dozens of reasons. But this issues seems
like small potatoes to me -- at least as far as a reason to dislike Shrub. It
might be a good reason to oppose globalization and favor greater
self-sufficiency in the U.S.
Why is all the fruit I’m buying from South America? Don’t we want farmers to
survive in the states? Isn’t having our own robust food supply a public good
even if it has a price attached to it?
-- Hop-Frog
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| From USA Today: (URL) President Bush (news - web sites) has departed from the Republican Party's deep-seated belief that open markets lead to stronger economies, more jobs and higher living standards. Last year, his shortsighted moves to raise (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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