“And the means tested government poverty programs that already exceed a trillion annually are ultimately paid by the present and future taxpayers. The thousands of factories and millions of jobs exported to cheap labor nations are a major reason we have seen the drastic increases in beneficiaries accessing these programs.”
OK, fine. Get rid of the welfare programs. But don’t force your fellow Americans to pay for the inflated price of your goods.
Like most so-called free traders, you missed it. What do plan for all those welfare recipients once you end the programs? We have the lowest workforce participation rate now for several decades. There are nowhere near enough jobs to move the unemployed and welfare recipients to productive jobs.
This nation would be far better off financially producing most of its own goods and services and having a true, high employment rate, and several hundred billion annually less spent on poverty programs.