NAFTA Has Practically Expelled Our Best Companies

E-I-C ^ | 8/26/16 | G. Barlow

[central_va]

Since the passage of NAFTA, the American economy, which was already stagnating, has gone downhill at an increasing clip. When we examine the details of the “free trade” agreement, it is easy to see why it has caused so much devastation.

[central_va]

We had a small trade surplus with Mexico in 1993 before signing NAFTA. By 2011, that surplus had turned into a $103 billion deficit. The combined deficit with Canada and Mexico rose to $185 billion – an astounding 691% increase! Illegal immigrants in the U.S. increased to 23 million in 2010 from 3.9 million in 1993, an overall increase of over 590%. Since NAFTA was implemented, 300,000 American family farms have been put out of business. Overall, net farm incomes are down 13%.

[bert]

America has no trade deficit

The imbalance is between American citizens and companies that choose to take advantage of lower prices

Your premise is garbage

[IamConservative]

In the much discussed Carrier situation, Carrier employees in Indianapolis were making on average $23/hr. In Mexico, the workers will make $3/hr.

[central_va]

Wait, do budget deficits matter? Which deficits matter to the gloBULLists? When I was a kid we made fun of debtor nations. Now trade deficits don't matter.

You are an idiot. Better yet, just Godless state-less evil.....

[Sacajaweau]

http://opiniojuris.org/2008/02/27/can-president-obama-withdraw-the-us-from-nafta/

[central_va]

ping

[DoodleDawg]

NAFTA Has Practically Expelled Our Best Companies

NAFTA hasn't expelled a single U.S. company, best or otherwise. They went south of the border on their own free will.

[wastedyears]

bookmark

[JonPreston]

I’m going to enjoy the DJT presidency. Watching globalists flail about is hilarious :)

[central_va]

The word “practically” means it s tantamount to expelling. English not your first language?

[CommieCutter]

Bm

[logi_cal869]

I tried to get IBTFTA...I failed.

[DoodleDawg]

The word “practically” means it s tantamount to expelling. English not your first language?

It is. I'm wondering if it's yours.

[1rudeboy]

Another NAFTA thread with more confusion between the budget and trade deficits. Typical.

[Alberta's Child]

I've love to see those numbers adjusted for oil imports. It's no coincidence that Canada and Mexico both surpassed Saudi Arabia as the largest sources of foreign crude oil for the U.S. in the late 1990s.

To get a valid comparison before and after NAFTA, we'd have to eliminate any imports from these countries that replaced imports from other countries.

[Alberta's Child]

Since the passage of NAFTA, the American economy, which was already stagnating, has gone downhill at an increasing clip.

No need to read the rest of the article when the very first sentence is utterly and verifiably false.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Told ya so!!

[Toddsterpatriot]

The combined deficit with Canada and Mexico rose to $185 billion – an astounding 691% increase! Illegal immigrants in the U.S. increased to 23 million in 2010 from 3.9 million in 1993, an overall increase of over 590%.

That makes perfect sense, all our jobs went to Mexico and in response, all the Mexicans came here.

[RegulatorCountry]

That makes perfect sense, all our jobs went to Mexico and in response, all the Mexicans came here.

We should send more manufacturing employment to Mexico in order to send the illegal immigrants back, according to you?

[Toddsterpatriot]

We should send more manufacturing employment to Mexico in order to send the illegal immigrants back, according to you?

Don't be stupid. Sending manufacturing jobs to Mexico pulls illegal aliens into the US.