[Jim Noble]

The biggest benefit from free trade is for the poorest in the world

And that's exactly why it's wrong, and why we should be against it.

Benefitting "the poorest in the world" is not the purpose of the American economy.

[palmer]

Benefitting "the poorest in the world" is not the purpose of the American economy.

That may be, but that's not a political call. It's up to Americans as a whole to determine the purpose of the American economy. If Americans determine the purpose to be buying cheap disposable crap from China, that's stupid, but that's the purpose.