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Excellent article, misters Osorio and Sahlgren. You have valid and excellent points and analysis.

But you missed the big picture. It has nothing to do with labor and environmental controls. It has to do with power. The Democrats' power. The absence of free trade. Of course free trade is better for the consumer. And that's why the Democrat Party doesn't like it. If things are good for the consumer, the consumer needs less and less help from the government. The less we need the government, the less power the government has.

See where this is going?

Think I'm crazy?

p>Ask yourself a question. Really, sit down and ask. When all the evidence points to a solution, why does government almost always not use that solution? How can anyone with the ability to review the 1970s economy and the rebound we had in 1981 think that more government and higher taxes are good for the economy? br> It is not the economy. It's the power. And the sooner we all acknowledge that, the quicker we can start working on a solution. br> -- Charles Campbell br> Austin, Texas /p>

Perhaps the authors' being a part of the Competitive Enterprise Institute -- one of whose main principles is the advancement of free enterprise -- might color their views of this issue.

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