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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: George Coyne who wrote (252123)4/30/2002 8:02:13 PM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
I would certainly agree that there is some faulty thinking in the post you were responding to, but some of your response makes me squirm. The causal relationship between freedom and trade is not so cut and dried. The free flow of ideas is "trade" and clearly creates freedom if allowed(China). The rest of your response is pie-in-the-sky because the essence of free citizens pursuing their goals in a capitalist system is competition. The essence of competition is to tilt the playing field in your favor. You could argue that in a broad sense it all evens out, but the reality we know in this country is that corporate "citizens" seek and often get special legislative relief that affords them a very "un"-level advantage. And if you think the result is that the best products will then benefit the most people, you should check out some of the deals ENE had going around the world.
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