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Old 06-14-2007, 01:50 AM  
kane
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I like a lot of what he says, but I wonder about the free market. If there is no tariffs or protection for the American workers we could quickly see more of our jobs shipped overseas then we already do. I know there are companies that would want to keep jobs here, but if the market got flooded by cheap products that were able to come to this country without any barriers it would drive the cost down and American companies wouldn't be able to compete and still pay a livable wage. Our workers make more per hour (on average) than just about every country in the world and I could see that dropping fast if we took down any and all protection and fully opened up the country as a free market.
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