I've said a couple of times that free trade should not mean sacrificing the national interests. IMO, it's not free trade unless both sides are free.
"Dramatically reducing the purchasing power of a significant sector of US society is NOT 'providing..."
Artificially deciding what the purchasing power of a segment of society shall be is not a function of government, IMO.
"Your philosophical basis is inaccurate."
What do you think my philosophical basis to be, and therefore inaccurate.
Libertarianism.