[Lefty-NiceGuy]

Amen. I'm not a "freking socialist" either :-), and you're right "conservatives" used to be ok with tariffs a long time ago. If there were a conservative who was ok with using "small goverment intervetion" (if that's possible) to deal with this issue, what would he suggest?

How do you deal with companies moving departments overseas? How would you put a tariff on a service being transfered internally in a company? How would you do it without turning it into a burocratic nightmare? Is there any nice new idea besides tariffs?

[Billy_bob_bob]

Good questions. I would counter with another question: Is there a point when nations and multi-national corporations cannot co-exist? If, in fact, there is a point where one must prevail over the other, then I submit that it is very much in our interests as citizens and human beings to ensure that nations and national rule of law prevail over multi-national corporations.

[hedgetrimmer]

A lot of companies move overseas because of policies our government put into place that practically boots them offshore. Did you know that investment in China is guaranteed by the federal govt? If you invest there and something bad happens, you will be fully compensated for you loss? Not so for businesses that invest in the United States. Why the favorable policy toward China investment? Could it be a little insurance policy put into place by Senator Diane Feinstein to protect her hubbies millions? Do you think there is a fair playing field going on here all you free traders?