Mexico is not really a trading partner, they are a low cost intermediate step subcontractor. They are poor and desperate enough to take the crumbs left over from China, India, and a few others.

But China OTOH is a horse of a different color. She is just now starting to flex her muscles. And we allowed this beast to grow strong and prosperous at the expense of our middle class. And you know what the worst part of it is? We didn't even get the human rights concessions that all these geniuses in Washington told us were sure to come along with a capitalist infusion of cash. Give it time they kept telling us, they'll have decent wages and living conditions in no time.

I'm not sure we can hold out long enough to see any substantive results on that front.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Burma, Morroco, and on and on and on. We just cannot find enemies to enrich fast enough to please the Free Trade contingent.

Will

Smellin' a lot of 'if' coming off this plan.