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Originally posted by norompanlasolas:
(as usual in him) putting his feet in his mouth by doing the exact opposite of what hes been preaching on... the wonders of capitalism and free trade. ]
FiRST BUSH did not campaign on FREE TRADE, Second, CAPITALISM is not the same as FREE TRADE, Third, CAPITALISM does not IMPLY free trade.
fourth, CAPITALISM does not have anything to do with free trade. The idea of free trade and tarrifs is how governments protect their own native industries. Don't bitch at the USA for having tarrifs, untill your own country gets rid of all its tarrifs. the USA (except for the NAFTA thing) hasn't really been saying much of anything about "free" trade vs tarrifs in the last year.
IF you people want to bitch about something, at least come up with something current or new, tarrifs on goods is neither, and Bush pushing for adjusting the tarrifs is no big deal, it happens all the time. Presidents have to deal with the national economy all the time.