Sigh.
I give up. Someone else please talk some sense into our fellow FR’er.
No offense, but trying to talk common sense with a “free trader” is like trying to talk common sense with an Obama voter...
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LoL. I am sure you will see the light some day :)
You have it backwards. Being your neighbor obligates me to neither pay for your healthcare nor buy products and services you wish to produce and force me to buy. Obama voters and protectionists operate from the same sentiment; a claim on their neighbors' wealth with no moral underpinning, just faux patriotism. What is it exactly that makes your claim on my wealth superior to your average Chinese citizen again?
Protectionism is for whiny, nose picking losers driven by unhealthy, base human impulses. Why fit that profile when you have the option being better?