[Texas_Dawg]

Sounds pretty cool. Now, how would you feel if your job got outsourced offshore?

As I've said repeatedly, I would get up and go find something else to do. I definitely would NOT ask the federal government to take everyone else's money in order to protect my salary. That is the definition of pathetic.

Would this have any effect on your opinions about free-trade?

No. Because I understand economics. So does RDB3 (a FReeper with an IT degree who is every bit the free marketeer that I am).

[searchandrecovery]

...I would get up and go find something else to do.
Ok, self-reliance, responsibility - these are good things, we can agree here.

I definitely would NOT ask the federal government to take everyone else's money in order to protect my salary.
Ok, you're saying tariffs would artifically inflate prices for consumers (govt taking everyone else's money). I agree.

Here's a question for you - say you were president, would you push for complete, total, free trade with all countries of the world? Complete unrestricted trade, no rules? How deep are your free-trade convictions?