Comments on: Dems want to use trade as a political weapon http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/10/06/dems-want-to-use-trade-as-a-political-weapon/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gotthardbahn http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/10/06/dems-want-to-use-trade-as-a-political-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-9414 Gotthardbahn Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:59:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=4607#comment-9414 As I wrote the other day, the Democrats care not a whit about tax policies or trade policies or whatever. For the present it is all about appealing to their ill-informed blue collar union base with a lot of anti-free trade rubbish. Unfortunately, there is a lot more to come. P.S. This Carville guy was last seen shrieking hysterically on the tube in the wake of last spring's BP oil spill. Is he really the kinda guy from whom you want to seek advice? As I wrote the other day, the Democrats care not a whit about tax policies or trade policies or whatever. For the present it is all about appealing to their ill-informed blue collar union base with a lot of anti-free trade rubbish. Unfortunately, there is a lot more to come.

P.S. This Carville guy was last seen shrieking hysterically on the tube in the wake of last spring’s BP oil spill. Is he really the kinda guy from whom you want to seek advice?

]]> By: smg71 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/10/06/dems-want-to-use-trade-as-a-political-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-9413 smg71 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:17:00 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=4607#comment-9413 And your point is? The issue right now is that the advancement of "free trade" as you call is depends on an even playing field and we are not on the field and will never be on that field if we don't see China value the Yuan properly. Free trade means I get to trade into your country without recourse as you get to trade into my country and it depends on an equal valuation of the monies of the economies you are trading in and out of. This is NOT the case. What is happening is we are opening up the doors for technological sweatshops in foreign countries at the cost of jobs here in America. Prove to me that we will EVER get 15 million jobs back in the US and I will support your version of world trade. Until then, it's an economic theorists fairytale that is only lining the pockets of major corporations and the politicians that support them. And your point is?

The issue right now is that the advancement of “free trade” as you call is depends on an even playing field and we are not on the field and will never be on that field if we don’t see China value the Yuan properly.

Free trade means I get to trade into your country without recourse as you get to trade into my country and it depends on an equal valuation of the monies of the economies you are trading in and out of.

This is NOT the case. What is happening is we are opening up the doors for technological sweatshops in foreign countries at the cost of jobs here in America.

Prove to me that we will EVER get 15 million jobs back in the US and I will support your version of world trade. Until then, it’s an economic theorists fairytale that is only lining the pockets of major corporations and the politicians that support them.

]]> By: deregulator http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/10/06/dems-want-to-use-trade-as-a-political-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-9407 deregulator Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:34:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=4607#comment-9407 James Carville and Stan Greenberg? Aren't those the guys who owe whatever celebrity they may have to their work with Bill Clinton -- the Democrat who rescued his party from the Hollings/Gephardt protectionists? James Carville and Stan Greenberg? Aren’t those the guys who owe whatever celebrity they may have to their work with Bill Clinton — the Democrat who rescued his party from the Hollings/Gephardt protectionists?

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