[Willie Green]

Funny thing, that...Reagan believed in free trade. You don't.

Funny thing is how you try to distort Reagan's legacy to suit your own agenda.

THE REAGAN RECORD ON TRADE: RHETORIC VS. REALITY

[crazykatz]

BTTT

He does that with everything.... borderguards at the airport, hahhaha.

[Bush2000]

Funny thing is how you try to distort Reagan's legacy to suit your own agenda.

Your article is tripe. Reagan was responding to dumping by the Japanese. The Japanese were intentionally trying to cannibalize the semiconductor market by selling goods at below cost. Dumping isn't free trade: It's a gross distortion of free trade. Free trade means selling goods competitively in both directions -- not trying to destroy competition by dumping. Reagan reacted responsibly.