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To: GAB-1955

"Unfortunately, China has undercut Mexico as a low-cost factory source."

When did it become written in stone that we *must* chase the absolute bottom dollar? To listen to the most adamant of free traders, you'd think it would be impossible to have a thriving economy without doing so. But, close to a century of the greatest prosperity the world has ever seen occurred in the United States, with varying degrees of protectionism throughout the period.

So, there's something else afoot with so-called free trade, and it smells like more socially engineered wealth redistribution, with us as the primary donors.


9 posted on 01/19/2006 9:57:09 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
so-called free trade ... smells like more socially engineered wealth redistribution, with us as the primary donors.

YOU go on to the bonus round!

12 posted on 01/19/2006 10:51:37 AM PST by IronJack
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