[Protagoras]

Well, at leat you admit to being a anti freedom big government command and control advocate. Which is what protectionists are.

You cannot sweep history under the rug, no matter how hard you try. Protectionism worked, it made the US prosperous.

You cannot make a falsehood true, no matter how hard you try.

And I care not a wit for Wal-mart, I care about freedom. It's the difference between liberals and people like me. The "consequences" of free trade are abundance and harmony.

Control freaks and power seekers love to tell others what they can and cannot do at the point of a gun. They say it's for the "country". Kinda like they do on other subjects with the "children". It's for the children. LOL

[Reaganwuzthebest]

No one is trying to control you, buy and shop wherever you want. I occasionally go up to Canada to purchase products unavailable in the US. I support seniors' right to go up there as well and get prescription drugs for a better price. I completely oppose what Pataki did in NY denying smokers the right to purchase cigarettes online.

Free trade in the sense of what we have now is not about freedom, not for Americans. It's about corporations moving to cheap labor countries, then dumping their products in the US, unfairly competing with businesses trying to make a living here and putting people out of work. Government's job is to protect the interests of its citizens, not a select few CEOs.