In every trade, a person is giving up something he values less for something he values more. Every time a shopper buys any item from another person, he has improved his standard of living, and so has the seller.
The right to trade with foreigners without government interference is a God-given fundamental human right, not morally subject to the whims of those who want trade wars to protect their own interests.
Given that you conservatives love Medicare, which guarantees government health care for seniors, why not love it even more by expanding it to everyone?
Efficiency is not just the avoidance of waste. When entrepreneurs expand the boundaries of what is economically possible, we get "dynamic efficiency," which is essential for progress.
Once a government bureaucracy has been set up to do any job whatever, it will find endless excuses for expanding, prolonging, or perpetuating that job.
