[thackney]

drive the price of fuel in this country up to the level it's at in Europe.

That price is driven by taxes greatly exceeding the price of the products. It is not a lack of supply, but an overage of government. We are trying to reduce the government's role in private industry, not increase it.

[Rashputin]

I heard the same thing when people said NAFTA and free trade in everything from steel to underwear was sure to get the government out of the way and let the market work to make everything better for the middle class in this country.

You remember, back when we still manufactured our own sheet rock, steel, and electronics ?

I don't believe a word of that crap anymore since every single big free trade initiative so far has lowered standard of living of the same middle class it reduces in number.