[Torie]

My point is that you are more liberal than I am on trade. You want the government to use its coercive power to restrict what I purchase or raise its price, in order to influence what I buy. That is not my idea of conservative. Your characterization of the current state of the economy is yours. I don't agree with it. I don't think it comports with the objective facts. But we can debate this again if you wish on the proper thread.

[DoughtyOne]

Well Torie, it's okay with me if you wish not to discuss it here. But I will note one last thing in passing, those who call themselves conservatives have no problem at all with trade agreements which allow other nations to charge 40% tariffs on our exports to them, when we charge very little if anything on their exports to us.