Hehehe...Cruz mentioning Rubio is another of Cruz’s phenomenal “poison pills” for the GOPe.
Hehehe...sit if it is not so. LOL!
“There was once a time when conservatives believed in the free market, instead of clamoring for our government to make it “fair.””
so what happens in the next war when the USA goes up against the enemy that manufactured all their equipment ?
“There was once a time when conservatives believed in the free market”
Then why are those trade agreements relatively new?
Reagan was a protectionist. That was how he brought back the economy. He did not bring back the economy, and jobs, by moving jobs outside the country.
Why don’t you put you money where your mouth is, move to Mexico, and work for $3 an hour. Then you will have more credibility.
“There was once a time when conservatives believed in the free market, instead of clamoring for our government to make it “fair.””
The “fair market” Trump is talking about is the one in which both of the trading partners enjoy the same trading privileges. As matters now stand between China and the United States, Mexico and the United States, and other nations and the United States there is no free trade, because China and the other nations charge the United States ruinous tariffs and devalue their currencies with respect to the U.S. Dollar while denying the United States the same privileges. So, what is being called free trade in today’s global economy is an oxymoron due to its being the exact opposite of actual free trade. Trump is demanding the United States enjoy the same rights as its trading partners.
Government has always had the role of making it a fair and free market within our own borders. But international trade is a different story.
Our founding fathers put protectionist import tariffs in place and considered them a tax on foreigners wanting to sell into our markets.
The GOP used to be known as the Grand Ole Protectionist party.
Reagan negotiated touch trade deals, making the Japanese adhere to a voluntary quota and produce in the U.S., and putting import tariffs on steel and motorcycles.
The free trade deals we have cut have contributed to the de-industrialization of America and the high unemployment. It's time to reverse it. And a real conservative would open his eyes and learn.