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To: craig crawford who wrote (236659)	3/12/2002 4:54:14 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

True. Free trade wasn't a "conservative" principle before WWII. The voters who were city-based (and thus farm product consumers, dependent on manufacturing) were generally for protectionism, while the heavy farm vote tended to be against it, as it inhibited the export markets. As you can see the voter base for protectionism has changed over the decades. The emergent post WWII conservative movement relied on neo-classical, or supply-side economics as an alternative to the New Deal European-style socialism. The strength of the supply-side argument-along with the rapid radicalization of the old depression-era Democratic party-is what propelled the Republicans back into political parity (and probable dominance as the current decade moves along).

To: craig crawford who wrote (236659)	3/12/2002 7:19:24 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

What people always seem to forget about economics is that an economy is made up of people .Those people are a constant variable in all economic predictions and policy. What policies apply today do not nessicarily apply yesterday or tomorrow. Democracies pose particular problems to economic policy making, in that voters tend to demand things that in the long run may be against their best interests.

To: craig crawford who wrote (236659)	3/12/2002 9:53:11 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

All you've done is SUGGEST otherwise. In truth, not only is free trade wholly consistent with long held conservative thought, but you will find that conservatives have been its main backers pretty much forever. Whenever protectionism has been proposed(by whomever), there have always been conservatives railing against it. Conservative writings have stood for free trade for a long, long time...far more than any other writings. Now, that's just the truth. Thank-you Dan B