Good jobs are being created in America every day. Perhaps the staunchest protectionist on the American political scene today, Buchanan rarely misses a chance to rail against free trade . And in case that doesn't scare people enough, he warns that participation in the global economy fundamentally undermines American sovereignty. Buchanan is wrong about this too. How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy .
Foreign trade is a part, but only a part, of that overall picture.
A large collection of publications on the benefits of free trade. One is to export their jobs and factories overseas and hire foreign labor there. The other is to keep the factory here but bring in the foreign workers to replace Americans in their own country. And his anti-immigrant sentiment extends beyond economics. Exploding crime statistics, swamped social services, and the rise of ethnic militancy tell the sad story.