Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [weisbrot-columns] Not Exactly FreeTrade

2000-05-08 Thread Brad De Long
Michael P writes: Roger M. will do ok either way. Just because it is in his interest to oppose such arrangements does not make the opposition irrational. it's important to avoid Brad's style of argument here, which seems similar to guilt-by-association: If Roger Milliken (boo, hiss) is for

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [weisbrot-columns] Not Exactly FreeTrade

2000-05-08 Thread Jim Devine
Michael P writes: Roger M. will do ok either way. Just because it is in his interest to oppose such arrangements does not make the opposition irrational. I wrote: it's important to avoid Brad's style of argument here, which seems similar to guilt-by-association: If Roger Milliken (boo, hiss)

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: [weisbrot-columns] Not Exactly FreeTrade

2000-05-08 Thread Jim Devine
No more unknown governors from small southern states... How about senators from small southern states who are known only because of the success of their 1992 running mates (and who have been simply following orders for the last 7 years) or governors from large southern states who are known

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [weisbrot-columns] Not Exactly FreeTrade

2000-05-08 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
actually, there is hardly any opposition to neo-liberal program in the US. United Steel Workers already allied with big steel industry to protect US jobs, thanks to bourgeois unions. Free trade and protectionism are the sides of the same coin=imperialism, capitalism and core hegemony, which is

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: [weisbrot-columns] Not Exactly FreeTrade

2000-05-08 Thread JKSCHW
In a message dated 00-05-08 18:36:14 EDT, you write: No more unknown governors from small southern states... What about relatively well known ex-Senators from small Southern states, Brad? --jks