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Originally Posted by slapass
Free trade has proven to be good even for the lowly. In the US everything is super cheap since we do not tax imports hardly at all. In Brazil they have a 100% import tax and everything is very expensive. Just the examples I know well.
In the EU and the US, we can't erect walls to keep stuff out since this would then allow other countries to do the same. Once you enter the free trade system is sort of a treadmill where you have to keep up.
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Cheap imports have put the lowly out of jobs.
Comparing the US economy with Brazil isn't a sound argument.
I said balanced trade, not keeping stuff out.
We can't keep up with workers on $2 an hour.