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Originally Posted by Kandahar  If you're looking for a candidate who has the most pure rhetoric, then Ron Paul is your man. If you're looking for a candidate who can actually do something to expand free trade, then he isn't.
There is absolutely no way that Congress would vote to unilaterally make major reductions in trade barriers. However, they might be more inclined to enter into free trade agreements with other countries (what you call "managed trade") if we had a president who was willing to negotiate reductions in OUR barriers for reductions in THEIR barriers. |
I'm looking for the guy that says what he means and means what he says.
For instance, Guliani claims he is a strict constructionist. That alone should make me vote for the man - one problem - he is a liar on this point
A strict contructionist would be in favor of state rights as it pertains to medical marijuana. So Guliani lied - he is not a strict contructionist.
As for Free Trade - my beef is that we are calling things like NAFTA free trade. Free trade doesn't require 1000 pages of legalise to qualify it.