Why "Washington" (US taxpayers) should care for the interests of private corporations which do not care for the other interests that their own? Let the corporations put their trust in free market and global trade!
"Let the corporations put their trust in free market and global trade!"
I couldn't agree more! When things going on overseas favor business and their profits, (e.g. China - no EPA, no OSHAA, prisoner labor), I'm told constantly that it's free market. So, if business gets hurt playing out in the big world, not my problem. I want my tax dollars to go for national defense, not business defense!
One wonders how many "manufacturing" installations the drugmakers have outside the USA--obtained for wage-arbitrage purposes...