How Free Trade Is Killing Middle America

The American Conservative ^ | Jan. 24, 2014 | Patrick J. Buchanan

[hcmama]

Former Fox News analyst, Weekly Standard......but you know that. I guess I didn’t spell his name right, so you can resort to form and do your typical middle school girl snark. That’s all you have, apparently. You are truly tiresome and intellectually bankrupt, as are most ideologues.

[1rudeboy]

Sorry, I need to google him now to see why I should give a crap about what he said.

[khelus]

None other than Bill Krystal stated last week that the free trade agreements had not worked as well in practice as they had in theory. You “free trade uber alles” types are just as doctrinaire and out of touch as the leftists.

That is a great example of an inconvenient truth.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

FedGov™'s primary source of revenue up to 1913 was tariffs. But that wasn't a "successful" time in US history...

You call those successful? It was nothing but strife. A threat of secession in the 1840s, people feeling picked on. Tariffs are the worst way to fund a government.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

I would point to China, and question your assertion. China is among the most closed markets. They’ve taken a huge amount of American business. Bring it back.

China has almost no regulations on their factories. Somewhere between our high regulatory system and China's would be a good place to rebuild our manufacturing base.

[1rudeboy]

Everyone is doctrinaire but the protectionists.

[central_va]

You call those successful? It was nothing but strife. A threat of secession in the 1840s, people feeling picked on. Tariffs are the worst way to fund a government.

You income tax loving progressive you. Who knew...

PS: This is a sight for Conservatives; not income tax lovers like you. Perhaps you could find somewhere else to preach your gloBUUList crapola.

[1rudeboy]

Witness comment #2, here--the solution to avoid spending a trillion dollars on the Farm Bill? Raise taxes!

$1T farm bill deal could come Monday, House leaders say

[Partisan Gunslinger]

You income tax loving progressive you. Who knew...

Income tax good, progressive income tax bad.

PS: This is a sight for Conservatives; not income tax lovers like you. Perhaps you could find somewhere else to preach your gloBUUList crapola.

LOL A lot of conservatives support a low flat income tax. Very few support raising taxes (tariffs).

[central_va]

Income tax good

-- Partisan Gunslinger

Make a good tag line for ya.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

Make a good tag line for ya.

You're a tax raiser, put that in yours.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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