We can’t have both? Not everyone can qualify for high tech jobs, and there is no shame in making cheap toys and toothpaste.
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then our goal should be to increase the number of high tech jobs and not be so upset about all the toy jobs.
No. You assume incorrectly that it must be one or the other. As I said, not everyone has the qualifications for the high tech jobs you refer to. For those who don't qualify (which is undoubtedly a majority segment of the working public) manufacturing jobs are a helluva step up from McDonalds.
Our goal should be truly free trade. An eye for an eye. Like Duncan said, a “mirror” trade policy.
Stop being so indefinite and diminishing the import of this critical issue. If you have even a little knowledge of that of which you speak, you realize this goes well beyond toothpaste and toys.
The fact that they are cheating on trade and have been for some time is enough to Fisk your comment. It is hard to find a product not made in China so don’t piss on me with your globalist BS and tell me it’s raining.
Also, before we get so squishy about “Hi-tech jobs, you might want to make sure there are no Fred Thompson’s in the House or Senate who can vote to triple and double the number of foreign hi-tech workers we bring into this country.