Read it again. "Free trade isn't the problem in and of itself, etc." just like "Guns themselves don't kill people" - they are both simply truisms. Free trade itself is not the problem any more than guns themselves; when we talk about these issues we use the concepts as synecdoches. I was just pointing out your argument was making a needless distinction.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Bernie's promises = $33 Trillion in new spending
- 09/05/2016 09:12:09 PM
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I saw that too... it was a pretty good laugh.
- 09/05/2016 09:20:57 PM
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Trump and Sanders voters are different sides of the same coin.
- 09/05/2016 11:32:36 PM
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I don't think that I can stress enough that I prefer Trump to Sanders.
- 10/05/2016 12:54:31 AM
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He's hardly the first on point 3 - or very different from Sanders in that regard.
- 10/05/2016 07:07:33 AM
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You seem to default to the Economist's position quite often
- 11/05/2016 09:38:58 PM
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Well, great minds think alike and all that? 
- 12/05/2016 12:24:25 AM
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- 12/05/2016 12:24:25 AM
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I said it was a truism.
- 12/05/2016 03:45:39 PM
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And you don't think doctors and lawyers should be licensed?
- 12/05/2016 03:53:51 PM
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Doctors and lawyers, yes. Hairdressers or florists, not so much.
- 12/05/2016 05:56:23 PM
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Your point on trade barriers is highly misplaced.
- 12/05/2016 07:03:05 PM
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I agree that free trade is less crucial to the US than to many other countries.
- 19/05/2016 06:22:19 PM
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And do you know why we make so many trucks and SUVs in the US?
- 13/05/2016 07:52:31 AM
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Because you insist on driving in them even when smaller cars would suit your requirements fine?
- 19/05/2016 06:36:29 PM
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- 19/05/2016 06:36:29 PM
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I have zero knowledge of the tax code.
- 19/05/2016 03:22:47 AM
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Both terms imply error.
- 19/05/2016 05:15:20 PM
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Not errors as such - but suboptimal outcomes from a society-wide point of view, yes.
- 19/05/2016 06:28:50 PM
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then you must be pleased to know that each has the same chance to be President this year
- 10/05/2016 09:33:33 PM
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A Democrat will sell you the shirt off my back.
- 10/05/2016 12:45:13 AM
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vote republican -- it's easier than thinking! 
*NM*
- 10/05/2016 09:34:16 PM
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*NM*
- 10/05/2016 09:34:16 PM
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Do you see the irony of being the only person on this thread to reply with a slogan? *NM*
- 14/05/2016 12:02:00 AM
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And Trump things default on your debt such as Greece is a good thing. *NM*
- 11/05/2016 03:50:18 PM
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You think America is not going to default on its debt ?
- 11/05/2016 04:54:13 PM
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I am not sure you understand how debt works for governments vs individuals
- 13/05/2016 06:30:36 PM
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