[semimojo]

The problem is the government has no business picking winners and losers. Once you go down that road, the vested interests of elected officials cease to be the people and become protecting the interests of their benefactors.

While I agree with this sentiment the reality is our competitor countries provide this support to their businesses. Killing the bank would be unilateral disarmament.

Free market ideology is great but the world of trade today isn't a free market.

It's hard to be an advocate for American jobs and be against the Ex-Im Bank.

[ziravan]

I’d much rather level the playing field with tariffs than picking winners and losers. Tariffs are a more traditionally constitutional role of government and have much more brute force results.