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Originally posted by RawAlex@Oct 18 2004, 11:33 PM
Buff, sorry, but protectionism is a conservative thing. Keeping things inside the country, keeping things to ourselves, that is all about "conservative" views of the world. Free trade is a "less government" thing, but Bush seems very intent on putting up more barriers, hiring more inspectors and taxmen, and fighting more losing battles at the WTO. Conservative indeed!
Liberal would be opening up trade and then extending benefits to workers who lose their jobs.
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Alex
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Alex.... you are exactly wrong.
The liberal position is protectionism. You know, preventing outsourcing, mandating quotas and tariffs on imports, providing subsidies to farmers, etc.
Bush is in line with all of these... he has liberal positions economically.
If you were to read the writings of real conservatives like Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams, you'd find out that conservatives want LESS regulation.
Like Pat Buchanan said, Bush and the Neocons have turned their back on conservatism.