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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (236458)	3/12/2002 12:04:08 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

yes, protectionism can be taken too far and politicians could offer unjustified protection to US industry from foreign competitors in exchange for campaign contributions or favors. but that is not the problem today. today large multinationals lobby politicians to sign free trade agreements so they can go abroad to exploit cheap labor or so they can import the cheap immigrant labor here. of course evading taxes and strict environmental laws also help pad the bottom line for these large multinationals as well. the vested interest for axing american workers and setting up shop abroad is plainly obvious. this explains why many republicans have abandoned their conservative principles and have jumped on the free trade bandwagon. they just can't say no to their largest campaign contributors--large multinational corporations. free trade and protectionism can both be taken to extremes. obviously my argument is that free trade has been taken to the extreme--to the detriment of our country as a whole.