[Dan from Michigan]

This is the big problem I have with many in both parties, especially since Jesse Helms retired.

GATT and NAFTA are killing us.

[Torie]

I take it you dissent from the doctrine of comparative economic advantage. Or do you just think folks have a right to make buggy whips for life? What would kill us is to become protectionist. The US would rapidly cease to be cutting edge. It is a good thing that the US is getting out of the commodity furniture manufacture and textile business.