[jimt]

Well I can not argue for others but other tahn a ping I have kept to issues.

That comment wasn't directed at you in particular, but to the emotional crowd.

Walter puts up a good target. Either he's right, partly right or wrong. But the target's clear. Instead of worrying about whether he's a libertarian or a conservative, shoot at the target - his thesis that tort lawyers and goobermint are the causes of "exporting jobs", and that those jobs are largely going to Europe, not Asia.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

"that those jobs are largely going to Europe, not Asia."

In 1996, but not NOW. He very dishonestly ignored every year after 1996 because he could not make his case after 1996.

For 2002, the trade deficit with all of Western Europe was $89 billion.
We have a gigantic trade deficit of $103 billion with China alone and it is climbing.
http://usembassy.state.gov/tokyo/wwwh20030221a2.html

http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/20/news/economy/trade_deficit/
"For the third year in a row, the greatest trade gap, by country, was with China, $103B in 2002.