[WOSG]

"Free trade is government subsidized labor, pure and simple. Corporations see the benefit and taxpayers foot the bill, tell me how that is sustainable."

Your statements are truly Orwellian. Free trade means *NO* Govt subsidies and taxes.
With high tariffs, Corporations get the benefit and consumers foot the bill.

BTW, the most severe depressions in this country - in the 1890s and 1930s- were started off when tariffs were raised unreasonably.



"We must maintain some kind of low income job market for those who will never "rise to the occasion" or you'll get the very socialism you rail against ala taxing everyone else."

[Ninian Dryhope]

"Your statements are truly Orwellian."

Yes, so much so that I didn't have the heart to even try to reply. While you are right, I doubt that you will provide any enlightenment to one whose world view is so badly skewed.

[RockyMtnMan]

The government has the power to inject new labor inputs into the production cycle. Those inputs sustain the consumer market (and tax base) in this country. Robbing Peter to pay Paul doesn't seem like a balanced plan to me. Maybe we need more incentives and penalties to insure corporations are giving back what they take from the local economy in a balanced way (not just dividends on equity).

Something needs to be done to make sure average American's can compete in a global market. If they are willing to throw the populous into the global market they should at least make sure they can survive in that market. The ol' survival of the fittest sounds good to some but in practice most people cannot keep up and will end up on the government dole.