"It really comes down to this:
Capitalists and free traders see no limit to the power of markets and wealth...
Protectionists think there is a limited amount of wealth to be created (almost a communistic way of lokking at the world economy)."
Agree completely. Most protectionists I come across are unmotivated and uninspired people. Like the 70 year old man who curses out computers and the internet and refuses to learn it.
I am proud of the guys that got this done...though CAFTA is only a very small trade agreement, it bodes well for the future. Just my $.02.
Kudos to the Dems who crossed over (we spend enogh time bashing them, might as well through them a bone when they actually get it right).