Reply #6: No, Bill

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We're not "anti-trade." That would mean that we all want to produce our own crops only and never commercially interact with anyone else. That's not the progressive position.

We don't like the free trade policies that have been enacted. They are unfair to everyone except for the super rich who control the world's capital. Free trade hasn't done a damn thing for the poor. All it's done is allow multinational corporations (mostly headquartered in America) to bring in more profits by reducing "barriers to entry" in foreign markets and allowing big capital to buy into those markets.

If other countries didn't want free trade, our government, economic hitmen, or mercenaries bribed, blackmailed, or killed their leaders.

Bill, your conception of free trade is a crock of shit. We want fair trade so we can keep our jobs and not have to be embarassed at the end of the day.

Anyone interested in this should definitely read "The Shock Doctrine" and the "Economic Hitman" series.