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"That what I thought. Listen, I am of the opinion that whenever someone uses that term "fair trade", what they're really suggesting is that the government sticks its nose into what would normally be the mutual and beneficial transactions between two or more parties...in essence, central planning or interference in economic freedoms. If Hunter is really for so-called "fair trade" -- just as many labor groups and far leftist socialists are -- I am afraid he will not have my support in the primary process and I will vehemently rail against him in Internet debating."

Actually, governments have been getting in the way of Capitalism for a very long time. This has become known as "free trade" and it is not free by any stretch of the imagination. Hunter is for taking down the boundaries that have prevented most capitalists in this nation from being able to sell abroad.

Are you for the stops that are in place today that prevent trade? That is what you are advocating.

Would you prefer trade be opened up or closed down? Hunter wants to put an end to the trade barriers and other impediments, not build more.

What? You're serious? To the re-education camp with you!

Look, it really does not make one bit of difference if other countries employ protectionism, they're the ones who are losing out on the benefits of specialization and comparative advantage. It would be nice if everyone cooperated all of the time for maximum and mutually beneficial gain but it is foolish to eliminate all gain just because one country's economy doesn't want to reciprocate in all facets. It would be like a salesman -- whom a week ago was diagnosed and properly treated of a potentially fatal disease by his physician -- get's furious with his physician because the physician is making for herself the products the salesman normally sells.

Put yourself in the situation: you were still healed, right? And was it worth the money that you paid to get healed? Can you knock the physician for not buying from you if she can make whatever it is that you're selling, more cheaply herself and that, most importantly, she has the time to make herself.