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To: 1rudeboy
> In your opinion, can one be a free-trader and protectionist at the same time?

Of course.

Do you agree with other contentions on this thread, that if one believes there might be exceptions to a free trade philosophy, where tariffs/duties/fees (or whatever you want to call them) are appropriate, they are for "managed trade" and expressly not a "free-trader"?

640 posted on 05/12/2009 6:50:49 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: calcowgirl

All trade is managed. Even the neighborhood kid who you pay under the table to paint your garage (about as “free” of an exchange as there can be) can still sue you if he falls and breaks his elbow.


642 posted on 05/12/2009 6:53:49 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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