… our economic destruction, and eventually our total destruction. 

Your stuff triggers me to want to get to my pulpit and pontificate on it, I will admit.

But I just won't do it today. I won't give in to my own version of buying another copy of "Catcher In The Rye" just because it's back on the shelf again.

Other than to simply voice my objection to your ignorant, insane support of treason-trade. I'm not going to launch into the full A-Z reasons why it is destructive insanity, why Ricardo's parable is completely ignorant and dangerous when applied to a real world where other nations, because of low labor costs or lack of regulations, or other reasons, will always find ways to be more efficient, lower cost, than nations like the US. 

That is, until the US becomes the impoverished, low-cost labor source because of treason-trade. But even then we will not  recover, because other nations like China will never be as stupid and ignorant and suicidal as the US and it's treason-traders, China will never allow imports to threaten, much less destroy, it's own manufacturing base. 

One last thing... use your imagination for one moment:  IMAGINE what the United States economy would be like today and in the future, IF we still manufactured ALL of our own automobiles, ships, planes, TV's, phones, computers, peripherals, light bulbs, furniture, toys, building materials. IF we did not have a big firehose connected to our national treasury, spewing all our money and jobs to foreign adversaries instead of keeping it for US right here in the US.  Just imagine what our economy, our country, would be like today and in the future if that were true, instead of the bleak current situation and future that treason-trade has led and is leading us to. 

It's Friday . . .  I accept that "Treason-trade", however inflammatory, is your new catch phrase and am willing to over look its inflammatory nature because it captures your misguided understanding of trade.  However, I'm only going to put up with being called ignorant for this moment.  You are more than welcome to disagree with me and you can put that into whatever words logically fit that situation.  But I will not submit to being labeled ignorant for having a differing opinion of trade than yours.  While I'm not claiming to be Adam Smith or Milton Friedman, I'm quite confident that I'm at least as knowledgeable of the topic as you.

Ignore is for pussies . . . Don't make me disappoint Hobbes.