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   > I it saving the *consumer* money that made all the jobs go offshore in the   
   > first place, and lead to the gutting of many towns and communities.  Let the   
   > consumer vote with their wallet, and you will not have a country left by the   
   > end of the century.  Free Trade is not the panacea people made it out to be,   
   > and some barriers are necessary safeguard the nation, and your way of life.   
      
   > IT seems when it comes between choosing the wellbeing of their own nation and   
   > people, and adhering to some economic ideals, some people still choose the   
   > latter, despite the very obvious decline this brings about.   
      
   It all boils down to if you don't have the money to afford it you won't buy   
   it, so of course one thinks with their own wallet.   
      
   That is part of the reason we are where we are now in the USA.  Stuff   
   started to cost a lot more so folks thought with their wallet and didn't   
   re-elect the incumbent ticket.   
      
   Honestly, though, I really don't agree with your premise.  I don't think it   
   had anything to do with savng the *consumer* money... I think it had more   
   to do with making more money for the corporations involved.  The fact that   
   it saved the consumer money was a side-effect.   
      
      
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