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52. You can be a "realist" and still favor Fair Trade over supposed Free Trade,

which doesn't work for anyone except those at the very top.

You do know that "Free Trade" is not synonymous with capitalism and

actually only started in earnest about 30 years ago don't you?

Prior to that, we operated with Tariffs (since the late 18th Century) and trade

barriers.....Since "Globalism" and "Free Trade" started, America's middle

class has steadily deteriorated to the point where we now have the

SMALLEST middle class in the developed world, along with the smallest

safety net. Prior to Reagan, under whom all these economic policies

truly began, America had the LARGEST Middle Class in the world, along

with the highest number of college graduates.

Good luck organizing and backing BUSINESSES without a large profit

motive, because the Right Wing now insists that even GOVERNMENT

make profits -- That's why they constantly attack the public school system

and favor "privatizing" the U.S. Post office, prisons, and virtually everything

else.