[Carthago delenda est]

I've been wondering for a while if this boycott stuff was all it was cracked up to be. If free trade is good, what sense does it make to stop taking part in economic arrangements that benefit both parties to the agreement? Since trade is free and not coerced, it would seem to me like this is counterproductive and probably doesn't make much economic sense. Thanks for the input.

[ComtedeMaistre]

>>If free trade is good, what sense does it make to stop taking part in economic arrangements that benefit both parties to the agreement? Since trade is free and not coerced, it would seem to me like this is counterproductive and probably doesn't make much economic sense. Thanks for the input.<<

Thank you sir. You are a rare voice of economic logic.

Some people here believe that, if they boycott the EU - America's largest foreign market, and they incite a European economic backlash that puts millions of Americans out of work, they are merely being "patriotic". What kind of "patriotism" is that? Did they learn their concepts of patriotism from the cartoon character, Yosemitie Sam?

I am shocked at the level of economic illiteracy I am seeing from supposed "conservatives" who are supposed to be on the side of free enterprise. Their illogical economic reasoning is what one would expect from Dummy-crats like Gephardt and Sharpton.