Sorry. I consider Bernie to be not worth the click.
Wow, the NYT has an op-ed praising Bush on North Korea, and the WSJ has a column by New England's favorite socialist. Halloweenie came early this year!
How can voluntary transactions act to the detriment of both parties? This makes absolutely no sense at all.
“Countries” don’t trade, individuals do. When individuals are free to engage in voluntary transactions, they will seek transactions tending to maximize their individual benefit.
Third parties who would seek to use coercion to restrain the freedom of individuals to make transactions may actually want to force them to make transactions benefiting themselves or may be misinformed and acting out of misguided humanitarian impulses. Or they may be well informed and want to use purported humanitarian ideals to force the parties to make transactions favorable to themselves.
In Sanders case, I believe he is well informed but champions misguided policies for personal political advantage.
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“so much economic pain for working families here in the U.S.”
Yeah, right. 4.6% unemployment is shear “pain.”
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There are several good arguments to be made against these so-called “free trade” agreements. Sanders, however, doesn’t really make any of them here.
Bernie got me so angered at their plight, I tossed my gimlet across the lawn.
Were they rich at some point?