Free Trade

POSTULATES

1.0.  

The citizens of the U.S. must not live more prosperously than the citizens of other nations.

              1.1.Move as many high-paying jobs as possible out of the U.S. into other nations.

              1.2.Make it possible for Americans to buy an unlimited number of products manufactured in other nations by workers who are paid less than U.S. workers.

2.0.  

Any merchant in the U.S. is allowed to engage in an economic activity no matter how many U.S. citizens become unemployed as a result of that activity.

          2.1.An unemployed American is no more of a concern than an unemployed person of another nation.

3.0.   Free trade is profitable for corporations.

If these are not your postulates, what are the postulates in your treatise for free trade?


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Profitable Trade       Beneficial Trade       Sane Trade


POSTULATES

1.0.  

Maintain full employment with high-paying jobs in the U.S.

          1.1.This must be one of the pillars of U.S. trade policy.

          1.2.The executives of firms that violate this postulate will be taxed 60% of their gross compensation.

2.0. Keep as much wealth as possible in the U.S.

       2.1. This must be one of the pillars of U.S. trade policy.

       2.2. The executives of firms that violate this postulate will be taxed 60% of their
              gross compensation.

3.0. Buy, from other nations, minerals that are not in the U.S.

       3.1. Buy the same dollar amount that each nation purchases from the U.S.

4.0. Buy, from other nations, agricultural crops that cannot be produced in the U.S.

       4.1. Buy the same dollar amount that each nation purchases from the U.S.

             4.1.1. U.S. buys coffee from Brazil and Brazil buys wheat from the U.S.

5.0.  

Any imported product sold in the U.S. must not be sold for a lower price than that product manufactured in the U.S.

       5.1. A tariff will be used to increase the price of the imported product.

       5.2. Buy the same dollar amount that each nation purchases from the U.S.

             5.2.1. The executives of firms that violate this postulate will be imprisoned for
                      five years.