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I did read the article thru but not the 59 comments that came ahead of mine, except yours. Altho i wasn't aware of the names or acronyms of these various aid programs i am well aware that such things go on. This is not laissez-faire. I wouldn't call this free trade.

Maybe some protectionism is needed at this point because as you say our standard of living is going down so that everyone elses can go up and i don't want that to happen to America. We and our ancestors busted our butts to get to this point and i hate to see our politicians throw it all away to level the playing field for the "global community".

I believe it is up to those other countries to bring themselves up, as we did, thru sacrifice and hard work. If they take 3 hour siestas, they are where they deserve to be. If their political leaders usurp money for themselves that rightly belongs to the people, they are where they deserve to be.