Larry Oji, Super Moderator, Judge, "Dirge for the Follin" Project Director, VG Frequency Creator

Member 6157

Level 1.21

May 2006

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Oct 11, 2007, 11:03 PM
Local time: Oct 11, 2007, 09:03 PM
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The biggest problem with free trade today is that it fails to take into account the labor and product testing policies that we observe in America compared to those of other nations. That's why we've gone, in the last twenty or so years, from a manufacturing giant to an almost purely service/import-resale economy. Between a lack of import tariffs, and the looser labor/testing laws in nations such as China and other large producers of goods, it's infinitely less expensive to simply import. I believe that we should stop allowing the free flow of outside goods into America and promote American manufacturing, until other nations fall in line with America with testing and labor laws that protect both the consumers and the workers producing the products.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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