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To: LindyBill who wrote (21317)	12/24/2003 12:16:06 AM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793727

More of the sophistry of the simple false premise. Once that's gone, the rest of the arguments are reduced to pleasant background noises. 1) "the best way to help the wretched of the world" has never had anything to do with globalization. Neither the gov't nor private concerns have any interest in helping the "wretched" of the world. The motivating factor in writing and passing those thousands of pages of legislation is profits from labor arbitrage and reduced structural costs. A worthy goal, in isolation. And understandably worth billions in promotional dollars to make it happen. Of course globalization helps the developing world financialy - at the expense of the American workforce and foreign environmental damage. The so-called "liberal" opposition never argues that wages aren't increased abroad. Gillespie knows this, but it isn't convenient to acknowledge that, better to describe a strawman objection, and argue with himself. The US opposition objects to poor conditions compared to the US, primarily because the US wages are being dragged down, not because anyone wishes to deny others. The humanistic concern for environmental damage is a separate issue, and isn't the primary source of anger against the passage of these bills. 2) The second obvious lie is that an America First trade policy will somehow "condemn developing countries to poverty". Nothing prevents those countries from improving their lot, with the implementation of an America First trade policy. It was America First trade that adopted the Marshall Plan, grew powerhouse economies in Europe and Asia. The rest of the world benefits from American success, as it was in the 1950s when wages grew at an historic pace, while simultaneously feeding the economies of other hungry, underdeveloped, underemployed countries. I doubt he's winning over very many intelligentsia on either coast, and Middle Americans certainly don't believe a word of this. Reminds me of the illegal immigration issue, special interests succeed in corrupting our political system to force passage of legislation allowing hundreds of billions in cheap labor, while 80% of Americans oppose it.