[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.

[maui_hawaii]

Not all trade is bad at all, some trade relations though are unfair and not very good though. Its a case by case situation.

Rabid free trader. Oh please. Rabid fair trader maybe, but definately not a rabid "free trader".

"Free Trade" depends on how you define those words.

If free trade means we open our markets to goods from all over the place, but those other places don't open to us, that is not free trade. I am definately not for that. Some people use that mantra to justify their importing and where they import from.

"Free Trade" all depends on how you define things.

[maui_hawaii]

I'm sure that will do the shrinking middle class a lot of good.

If your employer Levi Strauss had the good of everyone in mind they wouldn't leave Mexico.

I know where they are coming from for sure. They are caught in the middle of things and just go wherever.

We export 7 times (plus) more to Mexico than we do to China. We actually export over $100 billion to Mexico. Which trade relation is better for the middle class?