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Can't come up with anything more intelligent than "trash". Do you work in manufacturing? Do you believe everything that a Republican tells you? Did you believe that President Bush wanted smaller government? Are you gullable or.........

Tell me, are you a DNC plant?

Can't you come up with anything more intelligent than "Free Traitors?" Nope, I think that all you can do is post an idiotic article and call names.

I have worked in manufacturing before. Now, if you look at the manufacturing trends, you would realize that jobs were steady throughout the 90s, but only began to be shed after the economic downturn that affected ALL sectors of the economy.

You need to understand the reasons WHY asia has been successful in manufacturing. They used much better processes than we did and were able to create goods using less resources and time while improving customer satisfaction. This is why Japan has been extremely successful and were able to compete with us as well as they have.

The good news is that we ARE able to compete, if we too transform our manufacturing methods to reflect greater constomer satisfaction while reducing cost, because the U.S. is far more productive than these other nations.

Now, if I am a company and I want to manufacture goods in another country for any reason, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. It's called freedom. It's called capitalism. And no government or state has the right to tell me that I cannot.

As for you, Willie Green, THIS is what "conservatism" has always been about, not restrictions on trade. Modern day conservatism is supposed to be classical liberalism, i.e. Adam Smith et. al. Unfortunately, more than half the people on this forum don't fit the bill, and are not real conservatives.

Am I saying that there aren't any problems? Of course not. Trade has to be fair, and no free trader I have ever met or discusses with thinks otherwise. A major problem is with China and incompatible trade laws - specifically the problems with patents being honored.
CP, as for you, it's easy to call someone a traitor on the internet. I guarantee that you would not do it to my face.