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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
4. "Now Kinsey... that's why I need your help in ratifying the TPP..."
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 10:39 PM
Jul 2014

"You see, once we've lowered trade barriers with microwage nations, people who make one-tenth of what we do will buy lots of US goods, and every American will be rich. And all those jobs that Americans don't like to do? The people making one-tenth of what Americans make will be glad to take those jobs. You see... It all works out.

What... you're wondering about the people made jobless by jobs going away? Why, I have estimates showing how there won't be any job losses... no you can't see them, they're secret... for your own protection... and if we do lose jobs, then Americans will be even more desperate for work, so they'll work for less, at temporary and part-time jobs... That's what we call 'Workforce Flexibility'... doesn't 'flexibility' sound like a good thing? It's real good for shrewd businessmen like Jamie and Lloyd..."

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