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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Mr. Sanders peddles fiction on free trade [View all]H2O Man
(73,655 posts)23. Gosh, I don't know.
I'm not sure what to think. I used to believe all my families and friends who have had their lives damaged -- if not destroyed -- by the greedy vultures who brought us NAFTA etc. But if there was a study that proves NAFTA didn't hurt them, then maybe it really helped them. I mean, there may be a study that proves that losing your job, your life savings, you home, and your car is a Good Thing.
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People complain I use personal experience, but my experience in corporate America
hollysmom
Mar 2016
#1
You can't look at one industry to gauge the impact of trade. Many Mexican farmers have jobs
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#60
When Mexico wises up, it will be better to have economic activity to tax and jobs to require
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#113
I see you have a Buddha avatar. Nice compassionate attitude you have there.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#13
Yeah it arguably affects cities worse because when the economy is gone then
Cheese Sandwich
Mar 2016
#94
We make most of the heavy plant and machinery other countries use in their factories
Recursion
Mar 2016
#91
The millions of people who lost their jobs know the truth. You are going on my ignore list.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#20
Tell that to the people who used to work at the 10 - 12 factories that used to exist nearby.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#10
The problem is every time a factory closes people say "NAFTA". Even if it went to China
Recursion
Mar 2016
#68
Don't believe that's true, but it would be less than one percent of jobs if it were.
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#61
Not surprising that you failed to point out that household/consumer debt has exponentially increased
brentspeak
Mar 2016
#107
"NAFTA did not cause the huge job losses feared by the critics, Uh huh.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#37
Personal experience is very meaningful. Similar things happened every where.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#42
Somewhere there must be a thorough analysis of the number of jobs shipped elsewhere
Jitter65
Mar 2016
#115
It is moving there in an attempt to survive against cheaper/better products made elsewhere. It's sad
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#62
People want high quality, inexpensive stuff. Carrier, Toyota, Samsung, etc., are proof of that.
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#66
In the context of about 50 million net new jobs having been created since then
Recursion
Mar 2016
#78
The data are very clear: the last 20 years were much better than the 20 years before them
Recursion
Mar 2016
#74
TPP is in the Democratic Party Platform for a reason. Anti-NAFTA spin is pushed hard by the RW
ucrdem
Mar 2016
#97
Nope. Sept 26, 1960: "I'm not satisfied until every American enjoys full constitutional rights.
ucrdem
Mar 2016
#104
And then he left the Freedom Riders totally unprotected against the white mobs.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#105