So today a commentary was released in my local paper by George Will with the headline...
"Worker aid program choking America's job-creation engine"
In this article Will decides to bash the policy of Trade Adjustment Assistance that provides extended unemployment benefits to those American workers who have lost their jobs in the name of so-called "competitive" free-trade.
What a thing to do Will... Of course, it probably makes sense to you to go after a policy that acts as a band-aid to a wound that needs emergency room treatment. It's almost as if the patient who comes to the emergency room because of a stab wound is told, "I'll only give you this band-aid if you promise to agree to three new stab wounds in the near future!"
What a guy Mr. Will. So you're a syndicated columnist with a long resumé, it doesn't mean you're not an idiot or a traitor. If you're as educated as your profile claims, you would know that nation-states all over the world throughout history have been able to develop their actual wealth (improving their actual standards of living) by promoting domestic manufacturing and protecting their borders from unfair, exploitative trade.
But, it occurs to me that you are nothing more than a bread-fed scholar who acts as a mouthpiece for those who would destroy the birth idea of the United States as a free nation and a bastion against the policies of colonialism and imperialism.
I imagine it's a case in which your so-called "conservative" dogma keeps you well employed with a bank account that is well-fortified. But sir, when one sells out the best interests and the general welfare of a whole nation for their own benefit, that is treason.
Here's the good news, you can still change your ways...
Here's the bad news, you have a lot of atonement to do just to make up for the billions who have been exploited partially because people like you have promoted "free"-trade policies.
For your sake, I hope you are just ignorant.