I think the Munchkin may be right on this one.
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He does make a couple of good points. Free trade may be good in theory, but in practice it hasn’t worked as well. Add in a dishonest government that can’t be trusted, and people are going to start throwing up some opposition.
I don’t know of anyone who thinks the standard of living has gone up for the middle class in recent decades, and that’s inexcusable for a country like the United States.
Hard to tell as I don’t think we’ve ever tried free trade. Just accepted a bunch of crony capitalist agreements intended to please donors from the Chamber of Commerce.