Can you refute the facts cited by Buchanan? Or, do you prefer to remain in the land of theory?
"You place your right to buy anything at the lowest price above the right of American workers to have the highest standard of living. You are with the herd on this one."
What is the difference between making large wages and paying high prices and lower wages with cheap prices? If the purchasing power is the same, then introducing protctionist tarrifs to ensure high wages does nothing but increase government control and unnecessary meddling.
As a citizen in a free country, the right to choose, and not to follow, is everything. OTOH, in a free country, there is no right to anything that must be provided by government, including the right of a worker to a "highest standard of living."
When we reach the point in time where our rights are provided by our rulers, we have reached the point in time where our rights are chains.