CAFTA Endorsements
Free trade agreements are always tough to pass through Congress because lawmakers receive concentrated pressure from their constituents depending on the commercial demographics in their districts. Sugar beet farmers in Idaho, textile manufacturers in South Carolina, etc. However, when broadly speaking, free trade can sometimes receive overwhelming support across party lines. That's because free trade soundly trumps protectionism in economic terms. The benefits are larger than the costs, but when played out by special interest groups and spaghetti-spined politicians, the costs are magnified while the benefits are diffused without attention.
Luckily, even the liberal media appreciates free trade from time to time. In fact, the top 6 newspapers in the country roundly endorse CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement. As does seven 8 of the Top 10. The remaining three last four other three one has yet to editorialize on the issue. Here's the list:
| Rank | Newspaper |
| 1 | USA Today |
| 2 | Wall Street Journal ($) |
| 3 | New York Times |
| 4 | LA Times |
| 5 | Washington Post |
| 6 | NY Daily News |
| 7 | New York Post |
| 8 | Chicago Tribune |
| 9 | Newsday |
| 10 | Houston Chronicle |
