Protectionists

Those who were in favour of protection for the British wheat-grower were called Protectionists, while those who wished to abolish the corn-duties styled themselves Free-traders.

Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Anonymous

Those who were in favour of protection for the British wheat-grower were called Protectionists, while those who wished to abolish the corn-duties styled themselves Free-traders.

Queen Victoria Anonymous 1901

Protectionists use government force to steal money from innocent consumers -- threatening consumers with violence unless consumers follow protectionists 'orders on what goods and services to avoid buying.

Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

These mostly come down to variations on the following: "Protectionists are dummies, losers, incompetents, hippies, rednecks, dinosaurs, closet socialists, or crypto-fascists."

Ian Fletcher: The Social Snobbery of Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011

Protectionists violate most, and in some cases all, of these basic rules necessary for a civil, peaceful, and prosperous society.

Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Protectionists use government force to steal money from innocent consumers -- threatening consumers with violence unless consumers follow protectionists 'orders on what goods and services to avoid buying.

Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

These mostly come down to variations on the following: "Protectionists are dummies, losers, incompetents, hippies, rednecks, dinosaurs, closet socialists, or crypto-fascists."

Ian Fletcher: The Social Snobbery of Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011

These mostly come down to variations on the following: "Protectionists are dummies, losers, incompetents, hippies, rednecks, dinosaurs, closet socialists, or crypto-fascists."

Ian Fletcher: The Social Snobbery of Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011

These mostly come down to variations on the following: "Protectionists are dummies, losers, incompetents, hippies, rednecks, dinosaurs, closet socialists, or crypto-fascists."

Ian Fletcher: The Social Snobbery of Free Trade Ian Fletcher 2011

[Protectionists] might fondly wish that highly educated professionals in Asia would be kind enough to lobotomize themselves and go back to farming for the sake of inflating U.S. programmers 'wages.

Free Trade in Tech Labor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009