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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
This makes me think you're not seeing his point. Suppose that a particular free-trade pact with Chile will benefit the country as a whole to the tune of 12,000 utils, but will hurt workers in certain affected industries to the tune of 4,000 utils. Skeks is saying (I think), let's give those workers job training, etc., to the tune of 4,000 utils. Even after the tax to do that, the rest of us are still better off. We're all sharing the benefits. You've always said, no -- the workers can lump it.
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I have far less of a problem with job retraining than I do with straight up benefits, which I thought is what he was suggesting.
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There's no right to free trade. The Constitution does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics.
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I have no idea what you meant here.
