[DannyTN]

"One of the reasons that free traders butt heads with protectionists: assuming that what the protectionists claim is true, the protectionist solution to make government bigger is ridiculous."

You're projecting. The protectionist solution reduces government.

Raising the import tariffs doesn't make government bigger. We already have all that government infrastructure, it's just a rate change. Reducing income taxes on the other hand, weakens the IRS.

But more importantly, it gets people off of the welfare roles which reduces government substantially.

Your so called "free trade" solution has resulted in 100 million people on food stamps. Worse it has strengthened the largest communist government out there. Who is really big government?

[1rudeboy]

Your so called "free trade" solution has resulted in 100 million people on food stamps.

You forget the thread on which you post, and you expect me to believe that raising my taxes will reduce expenditures on food stamps, despite the evidence staring you in the face.

As I stated, your faith in the government has no equal.