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In reply to the discussion: I think this TPP deal might be the beginning of the end of Hillary's Presidential aspirations [View all]mother earth
(6,002 posts)88. NAFTA was a great success? I beg to differ...or perhaps it was successful for the corporations?
Come on, really? We are not living in a bubble. This info is readily available, if you can't see the harm for yourself, or don't want to see it.
Nearly two decades after NAFTA was implemented, the goals and promises of the agreement remain unrealized. In fact, quite the opposite has resulted. NAFTA has been devastating to the U.S. trade deficit and has resulted in massive job lossesparticularly in the manufacturing sector. Between 1994 and 2010, U.S. trade deficits with Mexico totaled $97.2 billion and displaced an estimated 682,900 U.S. jobs. Nearly all of the losses were in manufacturing.
Job losses play a role in the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States as well. Since NAFTA began, nearly 300,000 family farms in Mexico have been put out of business. The lack of work is forcing Mexican workers to seek employment and better opportunities elsewhere to support their families. The United States is where they set their sights; the number of Mexicans migrating each year to our country has more than doubled. In 1993, there was an estimated 3.9 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. By 2011, that number exploded to an estimated 23 million.
Illegal immigration is something that will not be fixed unless our government leaders place particular attention on the root causes behind migration to the U.S. This means that if we want any sort of immigration reform, elements of NAFTA are going to have to be readdressed and improved upon, because the failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement have resulted in the job losses, outsourcing, trade deficits, and migration that we are faced with today. If the job outlook continues to remain unfavorable in Mexico, we will continue to see illegal immigrants seeking opportunities here. Renegotiating NAFTA is where real immigration reform must begin.
Job losses play a role in the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States as well. Since NAFTA began, nearly 300,000 family farms in Mexico have been put out of business. The lack of work is forcing Mexican workers to seek employment and better opportunities elsewhere to support their families. The United States is where they set their sights; the number of Mexicans migrating each year to our country has more than doubled. In 1993, there was an estimated 3.9 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. By 2011, that number exploded to an estimated 23 million.
Illegal immigration is something that will not be fixed unless our government leaders place particular attention on the root causes behind migration to the U.S. This means that if we want any sort of immigration reform, elements of NAFTA are going to have to be readdressed and improved upon, because the failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement have resulted in the job losses, outsourcing, trade deficits, and migration that we are faced with today. If the job outlook continues to remain unfavorable in Mexico, we will continue to see illegal immigrants seeking opportunities here. Renegotiating NAFTA is where real immigration reform must begin.
http://economyincrisis.org/content/disastrous-nafta-failures-negatively-impact-u-s-jobs-illegal-immigration
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I think this TPP deal might be the beginning of the end of Hillary's Presidential aspirations [View all]
bigdarryl
Jun 2015
OP
If she is not against it then she is for it. If she was against it she would have come out swinging
snagglepuss
Jun 2015
#2
Obama is trying to push the monster through Congress before Hillary comes out with her
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#27
She has the option to rally her substantial base to oppose at the very least fast track.
snagglepuss
Jun 2015
#54
In a world were you can't be sure your candidate can win you grasp for straws.
upaloopa
Jun 2015
#12
Interesting that you don't defend her stand, you don't defend the TPP, why is that?
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#18
Yep. What a pickle to be in. Can't pick a side because HRC hasn't told her swooners which side to
GoneFishin
Jun 2015
#97
Oh no you don't. I've waited to for her VIEW on this as it cuts Medicare. I tolerated Keystone...
TheNutcracker
Jun 2015
#83
You are in good company because nobody is going to vote for your mythical Dem.
upaloopa
Jun 2015
#13
She could do what leaders are supposed to do which is to rally her base to demand
snagglepuss
Jun 2015
#56
I will keep dreaming, dreaming of a government not controlled by the billionaires.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#21
He fawns all over Robert Kennedy when Kennedy pushes his anti-vaxxer bullshit.
MohRokTah
Jun 2015
#24
Who cares about the anti-vaxxers? Only You because its a great way to hijack a TPP
Katashi_itto
Jun 2015
#64
I am guessing you don't like anyone that might dare to question authority.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#84
Was her private server hacked by the Chinese when the rest of the govt was hacked?
Hekate
Jun 2015
#71
I have to assume that if was an area of significant concern to her . . .
markpkessinger
Jun 2015
#66
TPP is a total game changer, if you are alive & breathing & don't understand how screwed people and
mother earth
Jun 2015
#38
YET. They soon will feel its impact & there is no room for complacency on anyone's part.
mother earth
Jun 2015
#49
NAFTA was a great success? I beg to differ...or perhaps it was successful for the corporations?
mother earth
Jun 2015
#88
Supporting NAFTA Was the Kiss of Death for Democrats --Why Dems Should Think Twice About Voting for
mother earth
Jun 2015
#120
The reality of NAFTA: same link from huffpo, there's no shortage of articles on NAFTA failures.
mother earth
Jun 2015
#121
Where are you getting 1995? You should read your link. Plus it said "real income"
Recursion
Jun 2015
#108
Oh, I see, you don't care that average workers were making more money after NAFTA
Recursion
Jun 2015
#110
You can ask the average Democratic voter what TPP is and they will say "What?"
leftofcool
Jun 2015
#50
So far, that may be true, come the election it may well not be so. Naysayers, I'm repeating, TPP is
mother earth
Jun 2015
#52
And you think that says something positive about the "average Democratic voter"?
tularetom
Jun 2015
#53
Your opinion, a real leader gathers the information before making decisions, makes Hillary very
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#57
Is she in the line of passing TPP? No, in fact this will be decided before she could
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#68
Hillary will not be voting on TPP or signing it after it passes in Congress.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#96
Considering that she's already called it the "Gold Standard of trade agreements",
Art_from_Ark
Jun 2015
#70
She is a leader, she has not seen the final agreement, she will not be forced into going in either
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#73
My thoughts also, for crying out loud, how many times does she need to repeat her decision.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#76
Good, continue to believe them, in the meantime allow those who wants to wait until the final
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#87
Series-ly this is the umpteenth DU post giving a reason why Hilary is destined to lose...
joeybee12
Jun 2015
#81