Your jobs lost to here.
Posted on 05/14/2015 11:16:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
How?
...”selling American workers down the river”....
Oh Indeed!......the huge worldwide ‘placement’ of immigrants, refugees, illegals in Western Countries goes hand in glove with this Trade deal.
Did you read the article today where the British are clamoring loudly now about all these refugees, coming from third world countries taking jobs from the local population..and as much lowering the wages of the people?
This is and will continue now to grow here...and if this deal goes through after all the stage playing, then the US will surely see that same equation here.
We tried free trading with a protectionist world - it failed.
Decline of American manufacturing, especially in the rust belt.
I support Free Exports-we have plenty of UN drops and IA’s to export. We can export “human capital” as described in the Common Core curriculum.
This item from the article really jumped out at me:
U.S. manufacturing output is nearly 50 percent higher today than in 1994, when NAFTA took effect. So why has employment shrunk? Because companies and workers have become more productive, allowing them to turn out more goods with less labor.
I'm not even sure if the numbers are correct, but they sure seem reasonable based on what I know and I've observed.
I don't know if "free trade" is good for America in the long run, but I do know that many of the arguments on one side or another are irrelevant. I've long said that the number of American manufacturing jobs lost to foreign competition over the last few decades is tiny compared to what has been lost to automation and improved efficiency. I don't know what the answer to this dilemma may be, but in the long run I don't think we're going to have much control over our future here in the U.S. anyway.
Your jobs lost to here.
They are doing just fine now;
The problem with trade is not with the rest of the world - just Asia.
True free trade wouldn’t involve these treaties and government actions. But, we’ve never been that free and never will be.
The latest company to announce a new plant in the U.S. is Volvo. They're looking to build a $500 million facility in South Carolina. This story has played out at least 15-20 times over the last couple of decades ... always involving foreign companies, and always in the South.
skittles and unicorns will be flying out of my butt with expanded free trade!
what a shill
See you one an raise you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnnqMRW5iKM
That’s one of thousands of place I’ll bet.
If you want free trade just remove tariff's and restrictions against the other nation.
These are managed trade deals, that is why they have to be kept secret.
Part of the reason appears to be that the big hollywood and media crony capitalists are pushing hard to use it as a vehicle to further destroy copyright elsewhere around the globe. I was perusing the Project Gutenberg site today and found This link about some apparent copyright implications.
One thing they want is to extend copyright terms in countries like Australia. If you go to Project Gutenberg Australia you'll find that you can download copies of many of George Orwell's books for free. The supporters of perpetual copyright want to do away with that.
almost a repeat ... and not current ... but just as good ... thanx.
One value of that older video, is that he hasn’t changed his mind over time.
Right ... but I’m afraid Trump is like Gingrich .... Good men that won’t see the presidency
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