America is turning against free trade for the same reason Obama got elected.
We are becoming a nation of socialist whiners that don’t want to compete.
We are becoming French. We want protection and handouts.
I don’t see people who want a standard of living better than a Red Chinese coolie as whiners.
Free trade has not been beneficial for the average American, and things are only going to get worse. Why would anyone hire an American or European worker when they can pay some Third Worlder pennies per day?
[America is turning against free trade for the same reason Obama got elected.
We are becoming a nation of socialist whiners that don’t want to compete.
We are becoming French. We want protection and handouts.]
Horse pucky. Conflating the two is like asking, “did you walk to school or bring your lunch”. The free s#!t army is blissfully unaware of this so called “free trade agreement”. The TPP is nothing more than an agenda 21, one world, Marxist wolf dressed as a free trade sheep.
Anyone who thinks these TPA’s are a good idea doesn’t really understand the separation of powers and the reasoning behind them. To support the notion of a TPA simply for expediency is foolish and leads to bad trade deals like NAFTA. If Billy Jeff didn’t have a TPA, NAFTA would be an historical footnote.
The is nothing “free” about “free trade” in our current era, just as there is nothing “free” about our “free market system”. You can’t trade freely with countries that enslave their workers, and you can’t trade freely with countries that ignore written agreements at will.
The US became the largest economy in history with stringent tariffs in place. That’s why there was no income tax until 1915 or so, the feds got their money from tariffs.
You don’t even know your own history.
George Washington was not a socialist, but he was a devout protectionist.