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To: Protagoras
Hiring whomever you want and selling products to whomever will buy them at whatever price arrived upon without coersion is free trade.


You do not have the first clue as to what "free-trade" is or what it means to be a "conservative" for that matter. Free-Trade cannot exist between nations that have vastly differing economies, if it is attempted then the nation with the higher economy will see its standard of living plummet as it dives to an equilibrium with that of its poorer trade partner. The only way that trade can exist between two nations of vastly differing economies is for tariffs to be used. This so called "free-trade" that you advocate is exactly what is hurting our economy! Globalist politicians blame our economic woes on everything under the sun to distract people like you from the truth. "Free-Trade" as you describe it can only lead to the loss of all sovereignty for all nations including ours. You have either been duped into your beliefs by other globalists posing to be conservatives or you are consciously perpetrating these lies as a die-hard member of the globalist movement. In either case if what you are longing for is open borders, unrestriicted "free-trade" with third world nations, a world economic society without borders and nationalities then you sir are neither a conservative nor an American. You are a globalist pure and simple.

If one of our founding fathers had decided to sell out the jobs of their neighbors in exchange for cheap foreign labor they would have been ostricized from society if not outright exiled. Your views of being a conservative and an American are so perverted that it is an incredible sight to view your raving postings.

Let us look at one of our basic traditional beliefs that have been held in America:

America is the land of opportunity, if you work hard and study and be the best that you truely can be then you can succeed in America! Sadly, his is no longer true. Many of our best and brightest citizens are having their lives ruined by your so called "free-trade" agreements. These people are not being replaced because of any lack of skills as the globalsits claim. They are simply having their lives sold down the river by corporate pirates and corrupt politicians. Answer me this: "If these workers are lacking the proper skills then why do these corporations force them to impart these skills to their "new" foreign replacements before they are laid off?

The American people will only travel so far down your globalist path, they will not allow their country to fade into the night and be undermined by your open borders and rediculous corporate trade schemes! This can only end in a the loss of our national identity and our sovereignty. If you disagree then I would like to hear your thesis on how a country can remove its own borders, ruin its own economy, force its own people onto welfare and still remain a world power or even a sovereign nation...
170 posted on 08/13/2003 8:56:20 AM PDT by RebelDawg
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To: RebelDawg
I don't know what a globalist is nor do I care. Nor do I claim to know what a "conservative" is. I have seen "conservatives" on this forum embrace everything from fascism to communism and everything in between.

I am a classic liberal. I believe in individual liberty and personal responsibilty. What you believe is of no consequence to me.

171 posted on 08/13/2003 9:04:36 AM PDT by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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