[billyboy]

I would agree with this for sure... the lines aren't always clear. As I would be called an Ultra Con by some, I am probably more in line with the thinking of liberal workers from the heavy industrial states along national/world economic lines. I am a populist. As far as I am concerned, WTA, NAFTA, etc have done nothing good for the working/producing people in this country. I see no great advantage to the general population of the country coming from world trade. We could be completely self sufficient. Just look at the trade deficit, that pretty much says it all. Our best export has been our jobs. The neo-con leaders along with the liberal old money types have effectively destroyed the manufacturing base of the country. All that stuff that is coming here at a dizziying rate from China could be made here and without the expense of enableing our sworn enemy.When money enters the picture, ideological lines tend to blur.