Originally posted by bilmore
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If someone is harmed by free trade, isn't that an admission that their past conduct was subsidized by over-regulation?
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True, but totally irrelevant. The US is a democracy where people generally vote to maximize their slice of GDP, not to maximize GDP. My bet is that the least wealthy 80% of US residents would have less aggregate income if the US eliminated all its barriers to immigration and trade.
