We do. We all also want FAIR trade. Not FREE trade which skews in favor of other nations at the expense of American workers.
Is there a reason in your eyes why we cannot have both smaller government and fair trade? We can if we go back to the system our founding fathers intended -- which was funding the government via import and excise taxes rather than punitive income taxes.
RE: funding the government via import and excise taxes rather than punitive income taxes.
Well, I’ll go there provided we eliminate these government mandated cost on American business that forces companies to make things in China:
-The minimun wage
-Unions
-Sick Leave
-Paid Holidays
-Family Leave
-ADA
-OSHA
-EPA
-Permit process
-EEOC
-Affirmative Action
-Employer based Daycare
-Employer paid Heathcare
-Employer paid defined retirement plan
-Employee Law Suits
If we can’t, all these talk is just academic.