[Shryke]

Nucor Corp. Chief Executive Dan DiMicco said the U.S. tariffs imposed on foreign steel in March 2002 are necessary to remain competitive

You are equating elimination of tariffs and encouraging free trade as anti-progress? I have nothing against the US steel market in any way, but, if they cannot stay competitive with the international market, why should we support them?

[Willie Green]

You are equating elimination of tariffs and encouraging free trade as anti-progress?

Yes.
When enacted while retaining the economic shackles imposed by federal regulatory agencies
these trade policies become a tyrannical act of economic war waged against our own domestic industries.

It's similar to sending a prizefighter into the ring, hogtied, blindfolded and handcuffed to be beaten by a dozen thugs armed with bricks, ballbats and chains.

Dante reserved the lowest depths of hell for traitors.
Neocon luddites are worthy of such condemnation.