[William Terrell]

I've still not seen a rational reason why we place our dependence on foreign interests and foreign trade, a untested notion, instead of producing what we need and trading with ourselves. That paradigm made this country great.

I simply don't think you have thought the ramifications through and are prejudiced by your opportunity to make wealth from it.

[Toddsterpatriot]

I've still not seen a rational reason why we place our dependence on foreign interests and foreign trade, a untested notion, instead of producing what we need and trading with ourselves.

So who gets to work in the sweatshops and how much will they make? How much will American sneakers cost? How much will the sneaker makers earn?

I simply don't think you have thought the ramifications through and are prejudiced by your opportunity to make wealth from it.

Yeah, I haven't thought about the ramifications of foreigners cutting off our supply of sneakers.

[Toddsterpatriot]

I almost forgot, how do we stretch 8 million barrels of domestic oil to cover 20 million barrels of current use? And how much will gas cost now that we won't buy oil from those pesky foreigners?