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Mon Jan-02-06 11:39 PM
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| 12. I worked in India where the import tax is 67% |
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We couldn't import anything because the client wouldn't pay all the taxes plus the usual bribes. However we could export to the USA where the import tax is about 10%. How is this free trade? I've never gotten a good explanation for this.  |
| -Do you support free trade? Why or why not? |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-02-06 11:26 PM |
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No |
LincolnMcGrath |
Jan-02-06 11:28 PM |
#1 |
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"Free" trade is imperialism by another name |
ugarte |
Jan-03-06 12:06 AM |
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NO |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jan-03-06 01:11 AM |
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Free trade or WTO stuff? |
Flabbergasted |
Jan-02-06 11:28 PM |
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I mean the general idea |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-02-06 11:35 PM |
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I support free trade because... |
Flabbergasted |
Jan-02-06 11:41 PM |
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The free trade we experience is one way, in not out, |
DainBramaged |
Jan-02-06 11:55 PM |
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I don't believe in cheapest price is the best either |
Flabbergasted |
Jan-03-06 12:08 AM |
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Immigration and free trade also depends on government's |
DainBramaged |
Jan-03-06 12:54 AM |
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what you fail to realize |
newspeak |
Jan-03-06 01:34 AM |
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You're taking my statement out of context |
Flabbergasted |
Jan-03-06 07:20 PM |
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What general ideas would liberal thinking free traders tout? |
BurtWorm |
Jan-03-06 12:28 PM |
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One of the double standards you end up with is... |
Flabbergasted |
Jan-03-06 07:30 PM |
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The general idea of WTO/IMF-style free trade = exploitation |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:22 PM |
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Right - the so-called free traders aren't even free traders |
murdoch |
Jan-03-06 08:30 PM |
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Free trade means US corporations are free to do what they want. EOM |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 08:31 PM |
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Ain't no free. |
Atman |
Jan-02-06 11:28 PM |
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absolutely not. try reading greg palast's book "the best democracy |
niyad |
Jan-02-06 11:28 PM |
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Greg's book gave me my first ulcer! |
LincolnMcGrath |
Jan-02-06 11:29 PM |
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I support vibrant local economies. |
bemildred |
Jan-02-06 11:29 PM |
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I support liberated workers, not liberated capital. |
Tom Joad |
Jan-02-06 11:32 PM |
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In its current form, I don't |
jpgray |
Jan-02-06 11:33 PM |
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I support fair trade |
proud patriot |
Jan-02-06 11:35 PM |
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Yep, Fair Trade |
lwfern |
Jan-03-06 12:26 AM |
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I'm with you, Fair Trade! |
NI4NI |
Jan-03-06 12:36 AM |
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absolutely!!! best answer! there is no free in free trade. |
AgadorSparticus |
Jan-03-06 01:40 AM |
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Ditto, I support fair trade, trade that is a win/win for both the |
Spazito |
Jan-03-06 12:32 PM |
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Exactly, Fair Trade is what is on the coffee I buy, and anything else |
mtnester |
Jan-03-06 08:35 PM |
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NO |
sweetm2475 |
Jan-02-06 11:35 PM |
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No. I oppose it absolutely. |
brokensymmetry |
Jan-02-06 11:39 PM |
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I worked in India where the import tax is 67% |
joefree1 |
Jan-02-06 11:39 PM |
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That isn't free trade |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-02-06 11:43 PM |
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That's called being fucked over by corrupt trade policy |
Selatius |
Jan-02-06 11:56 PM |
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"Investors Rights" |
Clara T |
Jan-02-06 11:41 PM |
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No |
Charlie Brown |
Jan-02-06 11:48 PM |
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Pragmatically speaking, how can one tell? |
tuvor |
Jan-02-06 11:49 PM |
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Free trade is a misnomer of the worst sort |
depakid |
Jan-02-06 11:50 PM |
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no. there is no such thing |
leftofthedial |
Jan-02-06 11:53 PM |
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I disagree |
Cats Against Frist |
Jan-03-06 01:35 AM |
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It depends on what's being traded, and who's trading. eom |
madeline_con |
Jan-02-06 11:54 PM |
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I support Fair Trade |
newspeak |
Jan-03-06 01:23 AM |
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Free Trade is as much a misnomer as Free Markets... |
Solon |
Jan-03-06 01:55 AM |
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A thumbs down for Chavez |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-03-06 12:12 PM |
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You forgot to mention the Term Limits introduced, or the power... |
Solon |
Jan-03-06 02:00 PM |
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Its a good thing we idiots at DU have someone to tell us Chavez is bad. |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 02:37 PM |
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Chavez is bringing economic prosperity to his people |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:17 PM |
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What on earth is free trade? |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 01:56 AM |
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That isn't an economic system |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-03-06 12:16 PM |
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No it is a system of government, it is how the economy should be governed. |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 01:07 PM |
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While that may be true at the moment, that is not necessarily the |
tasteblind |
Jan-03-06 02:41 PM |
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That is exactly the nature of capitalism. |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 02:56 PM |
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Nope. In the 19th C, we had massive protection-- |
eridani |
Jan-03-06 02:05 AM |
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How radical, a society protecting the economic security of its people. |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 02:08 AM |
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Protectionism worked for us because we |
BL611 |
Jan-03-06 02:47 PM |
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Actually these nations have plenty of resources, |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:00 PM |
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All the time |
BL611 |
Jan-03-06 03:08 PM |
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Some nations have resources, some don't |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:21 PM |
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Now it's third world countries that need protection from exploitation |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:26 PM |
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Without protectionism we would still be in a colonial relationship |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:28 PM |
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The US was/is strong enough to protect itself, |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:40 PM |
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And is China in a colonial relationship with us? |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 05:20 PM |
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You cant really compare the two, |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 05:59 PM |
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China may now be a fairly strong nation, |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 11:25 PM |
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China's power is mostly potential, |
K-W |
Jan-04-06 01:16 AM |
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It worked for Japan, S, Korea and Taiwan as well |
eridani |
Jan-03-06 08:25 PM |
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And we developed over 150 years. |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 05:19 PM |
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Korea and Japan were very protectionist-- |
eridani |
Jan-03-06 08:26 PM |
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Where? |
Floogeldy |
Jan-03-06 02:22 AM |
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"Free Trade" is not free trade |
Armstead |
Jan-03-06 12:20 PM |
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Read "THE CONFESSIONS OF A ECONOMIC HITMAN" and |
IChing |
Jan-03-06 12:23 PM |
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I was ambiguous for a reason |
DFLer4edu |
Jan-03-06 12:32 PM |
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Just look at the effects of so-called free trade |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:34 PM |
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You mean opening sweat shops in other countries... |
tjwash |
Jan-03-06 12:29 PM |
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No, it should be renamed Great Exploitations of poorer countries... |
oc2002 |
Jan-03-06 12:30 PM |
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Um... |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 02:44 PM |
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Yes its pretty unfortunate |
BL611 |
Jan-03-06 02:49 PM |
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So economic injustice is the baby? EOM |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:07 PM |
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Who said that? |
BL611 |
Jan-03-06 03:13 PM |
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So what is the baby that leftists are throwing out? EOM |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:23 PM |
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I believe |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 05:18 PM |
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And exactly who suggested throwing development out? EOM |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 05:54 PM |
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The theory is that |
Dongfang Hong |
Jan-03-06 11:07 PM |
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That doesnt look like a very promising theory. |
K-W |
Jan-04-06 12:49 AM |
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Nothing in the world is Free - Everything has a Price... |
bleedingheart |
Jan-03-06 02:53 PM |
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Free trade itself is not the problem. |
porphyrian |
Jan-03-06 02:56 PM |
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But isnt it capitalism that dictates |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 03:26 PM |
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Investors don't have to put profit before people. |
porphyrian |
Jan-03-06 05:09 PM |
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Yes, people dont have to enrich themselves at the expense of others, |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 05:44 PM |
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No, but they needn't be malevolent, either. |
porphyrian |
Jan-03-06 07:56 PM |
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They need to persue profit or they wont be investors anymore. |
K-W |
Jan-03-06 08:02 PM |
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I support Free Trade if.... |
youngred |
Jan-03-06 03:20 PM |
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You ask for a definitive yes or no, |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:39 PM |
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NO |
jmauller |
Jan-03-06 03:43 PM |
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Must see for anyone curious about the effects of so-called"free trade" |
rman |
Jan-03-06 03:48 PM |
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I don't support Free trade |
DemGirl7 |
Jan-03-06 05:29 PM |
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Yes and Yes |
UDenver20 |
Jan-03-06 07:22 PM |
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Free trade means by by American jobs. |
bearfan454 |
Jan-03-06 07:57 PM |
#86 |
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