[calcowgirl]

Here is what Milton Friedman said about NAFTA:

...The main beneficiary for NAFTA will be Mexico and the people in Mexico, not the people in the United States.

... NAFTA is misnamed, it's not a Free Trade Agreement, it's a Managed Trade Agreement.

It's amazing what a change in emphasis tells ya.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

More importantly, it’s amazing what selective reading can do to change the entire reason a phrase is stated!

Please point to where Friedman stated free trade was bad, or where NAFTA would hurt the US. Please do so, and show the context of the answer.

Using Friedman to back your position on free trade and capitalism is like using Carl Sagan to back the Vatican!

[Mojave]

...The main beneficiary for NAFTA will be Mexico and the people in Mexico, not the people in the United States.

Which stands in stark contrast to what Ronald Reagan did in office.

"We have not neglected our responsibilities to fair trade. ... President Reagan, in fact, has granted more import relief to US industry than any of his predecessors in more than half a century." --U.S. Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III