[kabar]

Fair trade is liberty. We don't have fair free trade now. We are running trade deficits with virtually every country in the world.

You are a libertarian no doubt. I guess you also believe in the "free" movement of labor as well.

[lodi90]

You are a libertarian no doubt. I guess you also believe in the “free” movement of labor as well.

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Interestingly, libertarians with teenage daughters do not believe in “free love”.

[Paul R.]

Agreed: Even GERMANY, with it’s Socialist gov’t, high taxes, and high labor costs, is crunching us in trade with us (tho’ not at the massive level of China, of course.)

BTW, to all, I stumbled across this great site: Tons of data - a lot more than I have time to plow through:

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade

[VRWCmember]

We don't have fair free trade now. We are running trade deficits with virtually every country in the world.

Trade "balance" or deficits and surplus is not a measure of freedom or fairness in trades. It is simply a matter of exchanges of value. You run a trade deficit with the grocery store and with the gas station and with every retail establishment where you do business. Are the members of your household harmed by these trade deficits and the unwillingness of your trading partners (grocery store, gas station, etc.) to buy products from you?