Dear Liberals,

Go back to school and learn about macro-economics.  Raising taxes != saving the economy.  Socializing the means of production != helping our country grow.  Opposing free trade != smart idea.  Let me edumacate you liberals on a few things.  There are two strategies besides free trade that a country can take for a global strategy towards goods and services; IS (important substitution) or EE (export expansion).  IS is a horrible strategy and practically killed the economic growth in India, China, SSA (sub-Saharan Africa), and Latin America in the 70's and 80's.  Then some of these countries switched to EE and BOOM off they went in the 90’s and today.  For further evidence of the strength of EE just look at the four Asian Tigers plus Japan – they have incredibly strong economies, sustainable growth and stable politics because of their EE + opening trade strategy.  IS is an incompetent strategy that none of the successful LDC's have used.  If you want to know why it is incompetent and don’t feel like taking the necessary classes you could take my word on it or you could google it.  If you are just so lazy and want me to do it just e-mail me about it.  BTW, guess who advocates IS in our country?  Yes, the lefties, Clinton and Obama.  Congratulations you have made us less competitive in a global economy.  If you guys win, and you see the mistake of implementing IS and fighting globalization can you PLEASE change your views?  Or better yet don’t put people in power who don’t understand how basic economic principles function!!!

Sincerely,

John

BTW I hope most of you know I am an ex-liberal.  So it's not that I can't understand where you are coming from, it's that I don't agree anymore where you want to go.