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To: laura_bush who wrote (8713)	3/19/2004 11:47:50 AM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (2) of 20773

"Moderate" and free market. I would also point out, for all here, that this is a Moderate Forum. To me - a pure free-market view is just as extreme as a pure anti-abortion view, or a pure environmentalist view (that the environment trumps all other issues - in all situations). Or a pure view that the US is always right. Or always wrong. The US has never been either 100% pure free market - or a purely capitalist society. Never. The choice is not this simple - either pure free market - or protectionism. We already have protections for many industries such as agriculture, steel, lumber, etc, etc. We regulate how many people can come to the US (legally). We regulate work visas. We have a minimum wage. We have child labor laws. Many regulations - which are needed. Show me a country on Earth that does not protect some industries. There is no magic formula here. I reject the notion that tweaking our system to retain all of the high-value knowledge work that we can - through tax credit and other means - now makes us "Protectionist" It is not either black or white here. We have always lived in a Gray USA.

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