Letters to the Editor
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Still not "equal"...
kdwmson,
You ignore the fact, that even if trade rules were "liberalized" the issue of capital would have been stacked, as I mentioned below.
People who paint government intervention as "wasting" productivity I am sure own a house backed by the financial instruments of the GSE, have a social security and Medicare benefits (eventually), and if they had a family whose been here since the Great Depression, had a variety of other "productivity" wasting intervention programs help them out. Not to mention the Federal Reserve that oversees cash flow, the FDIC which oversees loan liabilities, and a bazillion other "interventionist" programs that generally keep the economy from collapsing in on itself.
Land reform in agriculture is something that hasn't been discussed in America, though its generally on the agenda of most developing nations, and its one that should be at the forefront of American policy. The end of subsidies for agribusiness, the adjustment of rural and land-aid for smaller farmers, coupled with new and aggressive agricultural labor reforms should be the crux of the deal.