Originally Posted by builder459

Semi,you can spend your dollars on whatever you like, after all there yours.IMHO Mr Stossel has his head where the sun never shines.history teaches us what happens when any one group of people try and control what happens around the world and my friend it never ends up good.when 15% of your people are on food stamps and the chinese pay a 2% tariff for products shipped here,and we pay a 22% tariff for products we ship to them.we were promised cheap products with all these horrible trade agreements that have been made over the last 25 years, well we got them and now people can't even afford to purchase the staples, let alone cheap imported products.FREE and fair trade is a positive thing for everyone concerned.there isn't anything fair about the trade policies made by this country. were stuck with service jobs,while the chinese have all the manufacturing jobs,which are what have made there country prosper,while ours declines.i would gladly pay $7 dollars for say a ball cap VS $3, if it meant more jobs here..look around watch the news and you can see first hand what happens, when banks,corporations and politicians set the master plan in motion.