[expat_panama]

There are a certain few who are making a lot of money off these imbalances

Read carefully what you're saying:  it's a terrible thing if someone makes a lot of money-- either everyone gets the same amount of money or we all have to loose money equally.

[1rudeboy]

Also, observe the underlying premise: if trade deficit, then "free trade" does not exist.

[SolutionsOnly]

I have no problem with people making money. But I do have a problem - a major problem - with those who would sell their own mother to make a buck. Free trade and capitalism - concepts I strongly support - do not mean abandonment of ethics, morals, or principle.

[Edit35]

There are a certain few who are making a lot of money off these imbalances

I am astonished at all the class envy, class warfare attitudes from people here on FreeRepublic, a place where I thought people would know better.

And they blame it on Bush when in fact the bulk of overseas connections occurred during the tech boom of the last decade.

In reality, the percentage of "outsourcing" in recent years is infintesimal compared to the huge overseas investments US companies made in the 1990s, yet hardly anyone was out screaming about it then.

[applemac_g4]

>>There are a certain few who are making a lot of money off
>>these imbalances...

>Read carefully what you're saying: it's a terrible thing if
>someone makes a lot of money

That isn't what he is saying.

What he is saying is that it is a terrible thing if someone profits by pursuing a goal that is harmful to the national interest. That is as true of George Jr's "Viva la Mexico" globalistas as it was of Clinton when he sold nuclear secrets to the Chinese - and for that matter, Benedict Arnold's treasonous behavior at the time of the American Revolution.