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ToxMarz

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9. And the obsession with "Free Trade"

Reply to aletier_v (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 11:31 AM

Oct 2012

In Jeffersons day and for quite some time the US had tariffs on goods imported that unfairly competed with products produced here. That has pretty much gone by the wayside and laws favor the free movement of capital around the world. Labor on the other hand is not free to move around the globe.

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Did Thomas Jefferson really say this? [View all] Bertha Venation Oct 2012 OP

No, see below. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #1

thank you, sinkingfeeling Bertha Venation Oct 2012 #12

Jefferson lived in a time before the Industrial & Computer revolutions aletier_v Oct 2012 #2

also, Jeffereson didn't say it Enrique Oct 2012 #6

And the obsession with "Free Trade" ToxMarz Oct 2012 #9

My interpretation of "those who would not", whether this quote is attributable kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #3

No, it is something Cal Thomas made up cthulu2016 Oct 2012 #4

That would be Cal "used to be the #2 man in the Moral Majority" Thomas? JHB Oct 2012 #7

Must be nice to just make shit up, huh? deutsey Oct 2012 #8

No, this is not a Jefferson quote, but let us all make believe it is obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #5

I don't know if he said that or not, but I do know he didn't ... dawg Oct 2012 #10

the quote smells, stylistically that is not 18th century English nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #11

"I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company.... wtmusic Oct 2012 #13

no barbtries Oct 2012 #14

If I was a Republican, I would vote Democratic this election. ieoeja Oct 2012 #15

The workers are the ones with the skill, CEOs push papers around all day exploiting them. JaneyVee Oct 2012 #16

Good article on quotes made up by right-wingers.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #17

Only in the same reality that Paul Revere rang bells and fired warning shots. NoGOPZone Oct 2012 #18

Jefferson wrote the constitution??? hootinholler Oct 2012 #19