  Liberalism's moral crisis on trade  Network News  X Profile
View More Activity By Matt Miller Thursday, October 7, 2010
That's the deep liberal dilemma lurking beneath the trade wars
now hitting the headlines. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll
this week brings word that Americans of all incomes, ages and
parties are souring on free trade, believing it hurts the United
States. This sentiment explains the rare bipartisan House vote
last week to authorize potential action against China if its
leaders don't stop manipulating their currency.    To understand
why, ask liberal trade foes how they square their hopes for the
millions of workers striving to improve their lives here in
America with a defensible moral stance toward the billions
beyond our borders who seek better lives themselves -- some of
whom want to come here, and nearly all of whom want to trade
with us in ways that may put American jobs or earnings at risk.
The usual answer from the left is that we need to "lift the
bottom" by raising wages a