NAFTA cleaned our clock. Our exports to Canada and Mexico plunged right out of the gate, while our imports shot up like a rocket to Mars. It was insane.
Beyond that, the international financiers have insured we are being gutted like a fish.
I grew up in the 1960s. All through my grade school learning, I learned that America became wealthy by exporting far more than she imported.
Then the idiots of modern finance tried to convince me that the FIRE economy was better for America than the 50’s economy, when we were the world’s manufacturer.
A child can tell you that when you import far more than you export, your nation is one day going to go broke. Unless you are the world’s banker, which we are. That is what kept us afloat.
Free trade sucks. When a nation like China is cleaning your clock, best thing you can to is a trade war. If not a single solitary item was sold between the US and China, we would be FAR better off.
I totally agree with you.
Ever notice how Free Traitors™ never seem to have the time to comment on threads that expose with cold facts that “Free Trade” is a myth and BS?