[DugwayDuke]

"We're not talking about NAFTA/sweat-shop/sneaker factory jobs. We're talking MBA-level, hi-tech, etc. down to an ocean of Baby Boomer retirees who can't even get work at Home Depot to augment the social security checks that will be gone when the next generation tries to retire."

Why, pray tell, should I be in favor of subsidizing the income of some hi-tech MBA?

[Dirk McQuickly]

I am assuming you declined health care and retirement subsidization from your place of employment as a matter of principle?

[FreedomAvatar]

Why, pray tell, should I be in favor of subsidizing the income of some hi-tech MBA?

You shouldn't but you will - one way or the other. Either through regulation and tarrifs or through stratospheric taxes levied by the 21st century equivalent of the "New Deal".