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Protectionism is anti-consumer

• the-dude 7y ago
  Which is nice as long as you have work.
  • missedthecue 6y ago
    Protectionism creates less employment and opportunity than free trade. This is like saying immigrants take jobs from Americans
• esotericn 7y ago
  Yeah, see, me and my neighbours are not bloody "consumers". What matters is that we provide an environment within which we can trade amongst each other as (relative) equals, not one in which the Great Overlord owns all of the means of production. This isn't a border dispute, this is about behaviour within a country.
• rumanator 7y ago
  > Protectionism is anti-consumer Forcing the adoption of exploitative labor practices is helpful to consumers within that jurisdiction?