[arthurus]

Definitely. We shouldn't even be talking about playing fields because that connotes "fairness." Fairness is controlled and hampered trade. What we need is one sided- our side- fee trade. We can't have free trade, or we can't get any good out of, it so long as we tax hell out of our own businesses and suffocate them with regulation and requirements. Government interference should go no farther than the Constitutional mandate for guaranteeing weights and measures, and by extension of that, perhaps, truth in advertising. If we did that then the restrictions placed on business and trade by other countries would make us richer as it would chase investment to America. Cheapening the money to make one's country "more competitive" is a world class fool's game. The only trade restriction justified really is a uniform tariff for the purpose of raising revenue for the government but only if there is no income tax or national sales tax.

[central_va]

The only trade restriction justified really is a uniform tariff for the purpose of raising revenue for the government but only if there is no income tax or national sales tax.

This cannot be said enough.