Other than that, he's OK....
Why is it some people just want to keep their so called principals even when they don't have a clue on issues.
Our so called foreign friends have put in place Gov't programs to burry the US in certain markets. They pay their producers of certain products to keep the prices 30% - 40% lower then the US produces the products for.
What is this called? It sure as hell isn't free trade or friendship. It is an undeclared war our certain US industries so they can dominate and force us to import certain products.
The Canadian lumber industry has already obtained domination in over 50% of certain markets because they have undercut the US companies so much we just don't produce the products anymore. One example is logs over 8" thick used for beams in the US. There are no more companies selling these because the Canadians have undercut them too much.
There are three choices for the US.. The first one is for the Gov't to subsidize the same as foreign Gov't do. We do this to some extent on farm products but for many other products this sounds easy but it's very costly and triggers trade wars. The second choice is to have Tariffs on certian products that endanger certain industries. The third one is the one many of us free traders want which is to let the free markets rule. The problem with the third choice is it is not a free market so it can't rule.
It's a free US market against subsized markets and in some industries the US companies just can't compete. The result is to let them go under and go out of business. This would work fine if there were other US companies to step in but it's not the case with lumber and steel.
The US is finally telling the world we let you take advantage of us for a long time but were tired of it and it's now time to level the playing field.
So here are your two choices: Let them go under and make us 100% dependant on foreign companies and subject to their price hikes like OPEC or Do something to help level the free market so US companies can compete ?
The Buchannan voters aren't bright enough to know that they should like this.