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To: kevkrom
Historically, however, tariffs as trade protection lead more to stagnation than to development, as that safety net becomes a hammock.)

Washington, Madison and Jefferson would disagree. The safety net would be unnecessary IF WE HAD NOT OFF SHORED MOST OF OUR MANUFACTURING BASE.

173 posted on 12/05/2014 6:47:57 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Washington, Madison and Jefferson would disagree

They also devised a governmental system that would work under moral men. As we no longer have that, we must deviate from some of their thinking.

175 posted on 12/05/2014 6:50:53 AM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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