[oceanview]

yes, and we don't want america to enter that hole that you correctly point out, europe is in. keeping a strong private sector middle class job/wage base is the only way to do that.

[gcruse]

yes, and we don't want america to enter that hole that you correctly point out, europe is in. keeping a strong private sector middle class job/wage base is the only way to do that.

Yes.  And we've found that protectionism and tariffs contribute massively to those problems.  The Great Depression has lessons there.