2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Understanding the white working class and how to talk to them in this election. [View all]Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)The only thing that saved this entire region was Lordstown (General Motors). The TPP will certainly drive auto jobs overseas and this area would be ruined. We came here in August of 08...a few weeks after we moved here...hubs was laid off...American autos fought to survive. The entire area shut down basically... even the malls were empty in the weeks before a really terrible Christmas. Honestly, Hubs and I considered driving off a bridge so the kids would not starve. We didn't and survived, but trade and the TPP are really important issues here. President Obama saved many people's jobs here with the auto bailout and used political capital to do so...I will be forever grateful. I believe President Obama saved the economy. And for those who bash him on TPP, he ran on supporting trade agreements...I voted for him anyway and am glad I did so.