And what's wrong with unequal "distribution" (the latter a favorite word of Hillary-types? This is the way a capitalist world works.
Assurance? That's the nature of the beast. Risk/reward. Of course there's no assurance. But if American remains competitive and smart it will prosper as a whole. Will every US citizen prosper? No. Not all deserve to.
Perhaps not every American deserves to prosper. But are you treating US citizens the same way as anybody else in the world? Or do you think that being an American confers some special status and privileges?
If you are against preferential treatment of your countrymen, what is the point in having a country? See my tagline.
Are we talking about Earth? Our largest trading partners are communists and socialists, they will look out for their national interests every time. Do you think they'll kindly point out to us all the mistakes we are making out of the goodness of their hearts?
It's time we start evaluating our goals as a nation and ensure that our "partners" are not taking advantage of our naive and reckless approach to trade. Greed has a tendency to incentivize people to make decisions that are really good for themselves and really bad for everyone else.
Our politicians can be voted out but that doesn't discourage them from making deals that make them or their friends wealthy until then, no matter how bad it is for their constituency. Even if they don't make a buck on the deal now they may have made someone else happy enough to employ them later with a generious salary and perks.
I think you’ve hit up on the litmus test of whether you are a conservative or a liberal.
To a liberal, distribution is a verb, as in “Government distribution (or re-distribution) of wealth.”
To a conservative, distribution is a noun, as in “The distribution of wealth is dependent largely on the entreprenueral spirit of the people seeking it.”