Awful protest by awful people for awful reasons. Fortunately, they lost.
Being a protectionist makes you an awful person?
Well I wouldn't say awful people necessarily but protectionism harms the average person and also is unnecessary government interference. I don't care of 800/5000 people in Monroe county lose their jobs because of free trade. Their lives shouldn't be given preference over other people's lives through government policy.
Those people's jobs meant a lot more to them than whatever money you save on disposable goods as a result of free outsourcing (you don't save any, by the way).
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