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Ron Obvious

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10. I'm not convinced...

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:00 PM

Aug 2012

Like the Smeagol reference!

I'm not entirely convinced Romney and his ilk really are 'people', though. I think they belong to a another hominid subspecies called "Homo Anus Gigantus"

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Paul Krugman, former defender of offshoring, delivers a steel-toe boot to its Smeagol-like face. [View all] Zalatix Aug 2012 OP

I don't Paul Krugman ever renounced "Free Trade". His most popular book is in support of it. Romulox Aug 2012 #1

Same thing with Robert Reich. I kind of snicker closeupready Aug 2012 #2

Reich published an essay defending outsourcing last month (quote could've been cribbed from CATO) Romulox Aug 2012 #25

A lot of our jobs are going to India. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #29

Which book is that? Orangepeel Aug 2012 #3

"Pop Internationalism" (1997) Romulox Aug 2012 #23

I'm not sure what could be a bigger repudiation of offshoring than what Krugman said here: Zalatix Aug 2012 #4

How about his ENTIRE BODY OF HIS ACADEMIC work? It weighs a lot more than one sentence on a blog. Romulox Aug 2012 #24

Yes, he used to defend offshoring. It appears he has changed course on this. Zalatix Aug 2012 #34

Aren't you ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #7

Eh, not really Hydra Aug 2012 #16

I disagree ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #18

Trade has always involved taxes, tarriffs and regulations Hydra Aug 2012 #19

I agree with most of what you're saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #21

FYI: We don't have "free trade" with Germany. We have it with impoverished nations like Mexico. nt Romulox Aug 2012 #27

Please explain ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #30

I'm not going to explain to you the difference between the "North American Free Trade Agreement" Romulox Aug 2012 #32

So your "Free Trade" argument ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #38

LOL: "The cheap labor, tax and regulation exemptions are a unrelated corruption of free trade." Romulox Aug 2012 #26

And yet you did? 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #31

You've repeatedly failed to engage with long, well-thought responses. You get what you give. nt Romulox Aug 2012 #33

I'm not going to respond to this ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #39

I rest my case. nt Romulox Aug 2012 #43

Of course you have ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #44

Free trade is like Laissez-faire Capitalism. Zalatix Aug 2012 #35

I agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #41

Yeah, he still believes NAFTA was the right thing to do. joshcryer Aug 2012 #37

Great Piece ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #5

Be sure to pass it on to everyone you know! Zalatix Aug 2012 #9

I had to kick and rec this woo me with science Aug 2012 #6

Welcome mr krugman to the Light! Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #8

I'm not convinced... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #10

K, R & S xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #11

kick woo me with science Aug 2012 #12

K&R nt Yuugal Aug 2012 #13

Kick woo me with science Aug 2012 #14

k&r n/t RainDog Aug 2012 #15

Great article. It is domestic outsourcing (to nonunion contractors) that Krugman is blasting. pampango Aug 2012 #17

The comment I bolded clearly also applies to foreign outsourcing. Zalatix Aug 2012 #20

A critique of moving jobs to the non-union south is not a defense of child-labor overseas. Romulox Aug 2012 #28

I work for a cleaning contractor for a bank Marzupialis Aug 2012 #22

This is exactly the phrasing "A corporation is not a person" should be used MNBrewer Aug 2012 #36

K & R. HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #40

The audience didn't just jeer, they said the money went into Romney's pockets! reformist2 Aug 2012 #42