Amen. What is called 'free trade' is government to government lobbyist agreements.
Trade is we buy product from you and you buy product from us. It is not we buy product from you and trade you jobs, factories and Treasuries in return. That's the loony deals that have caused economic misery.
Democrat leaders yell that the placebo of green jobs with resurrect us and Republican leaders are yelling for the mirage of tax cuts. Obviously if the leaders bought product in shopping centers they would see where the jobs are. And jobs are not coming back until we make more of what we import.
“Amen. What is called ‘free trade’ is government to government lobbyist agreements.
Trade is we buy product from you and you buy product from us. It is not we buy product from you and trade you jobs, factories and Treasuries in return. That’s the loony deals that have caused economic misery.”
Bears repeating!!
All true, and that cute little, ancient word "trade" is now used to encompass all sorts of practices that have little to do with "trade": transfer of manufacturing facilities, job exports, capital exports, technology transfer, and buying next to nothing that is an authentic product created by the people of the nation we are "trading" with.
Actually, our so-called "trade" policy is by far our biggest foreign aide program. All sorts of motives are behind which is euphemistically called "trade" policy.