Reply #42: I find your constant blaming of our economic problems on trade with and immigration by foreigners [View All]

[pampango]

quite offensive. Our problems are caused by a regressive tax structure, weak/nonexistent market regulation, a porous safety net, weakened unions, terrible national health care, etc. - all things we have done to ourselves. Europe (and every other developed country) has effectively dealt with these problems producing countries that trade more than we do and are much more progressive in how they empower their citizens.

If one can look around the world and see that trade and progressive societies go hand-in-hand, how do you explain the mindset of people who still blame trade for our societal problems? What is it about a Bolivian or a Kenyan or a Chinese or a Romanian that makes them the cause of our problems when Europeans, Canadians, Australians, etc. don't find the same fault with them?