[New Orleans Slim]

I'm sorry if the "talking points" are hackneyed in your view, but they remain true. Why don't you protectionists come up with something better than complaining that you are entitled to your jobs?

The main article cites AFL-CIO opposition to CAFTA and then whines about sugar subsidies being on the block. Great, you guys are defending two big examples of socialism. Why are you arguing in favor of socialism here? Why not complain about market forces on a lefty website where somebody cares?

[hedgetrimmer]

Why don't you protectionists come up with something better than complaining that you are entitled to your jobs?

I never said this.Why do you assume that someone who is concerned about national sovereignty and despises the idea of a supranational government ruling America is looking for a government provided job? And by the way, if you read these treaties, which I'll bet you haven't , you'll see in the treaties that the government using public/private partnerships will be doing just that in the CAFTA and FTAA countries. In fact through NAFTA the federal government has opened a branch of the Small Business Association in Mexico doing what you say protectionists want but are doing it for foreign people instead. What do you say to that?

The one size fits all response does not promote your viewpoint very well.