Until around 1913, this country did just fine with a protectionist trade policy, got revenue without a income tax,was a leading manufacturing and agricultural nation, and WAS NOT in debt. Are not things just great in 1999?. This "free trade is great.No tariffs on foreign goods and we dont have to worry about paying those factory workers a decent wage. And the huge national debt? who cares? Let the masses work 2 and 3 jobs at semi slave wages.Its one big corporate world and people like Buchanan are fools if they think they can restore america to her former positon as a free nation. The masses wont put up with such talk. They know that we, the elites,have it all planned out.America,you have never had it so good and we have our hand picked candidates from both parties to make sure the masses follow the programs of the last 80 plus years.