[maui_hawaii]

Since I have been a professional financial analyst and international trader, particularly with China, I would beg to differ with your limited assesment.

[Beck_isright]

Congratulations. I'm sure that will do the shrinking middle class a lot of good. But that still does not answer the question as to why we have elected to finance the operation of our government on the backs of domestic corporations and the individual citizen versus a reasonable increase in tariffs. But I will not debate a rabid free trader. It's not worth the time.