[central_va]

These misguided “free trade” policies are devastating the poor and the middle class by destroying our manufacturing base. Manufacturing once provided a path to prosperity, but now those in the 99% are stuck fighting over menial service (servant) jobs that will never provide a secure financial future. Meanwhile the outsourcers and importers (mostly the 1%) are becoming millionaires and billionaires by exploiting “free trade” and the American people. They bring cheap goods into the country and sell them for huge profits while the majority of Americans struggle.

[Red Badger]

By closing the deal, China will now own the world’s largest producer of pork.

Even beating out the US CONGRESS?.......................

[central_va]

ping

[Neoliberalnot]

I thought the Chinese deal to acquire Smithfield was done more than a year ago?

[BenLurkin]

Feddgub has been out of control and taking America in the wrong direction been since FDR was Preezy.

[factoryrat]

But I’m told here on FR by countless “conservatives” that American workers (outside of the financial sector) are too lazy, stupid, unproductive, and refuse to work for “china pricing”.

Outside of re-instituting slavery in the US, these financial “conservatives” won’t do business in the US, period. They’re now loyal globalist members of the communist chinese party.

[Uncle Miltie]

Who is “Economy in Crisis”?

According to their “Who We Are” page (1), only the following three people are named: a 9/11 Truther, a radical left-wing Air America personality and a regular Huffington Post contributor. If you disagree with those sources, you may wish to reconsider the general validity of this article.

Here are the people listed on the “Economy in Crisis” “Who We Are” page:

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PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - 9/11 TRUTHER (2):
Roberts comments on the “scientific impossibility” of the official explanation for the events on 9/11. On August 18, 2006, he wrote:

I will begin by stating what we know to be a solid incontrovertible scientific fact. We know that it is strictly impossible for any building, much less steel columned buildings, to “pancake” at free fall speed. Therefore, it is a non-controversial fact that the official explanation of the collapse of the WTC buildings is false.... Since the damning incontrovertible fact has not been investigated, speculation and “conspiracy theories” have filled the void.[42]

In November 2012 Roberts, referred to al Qaeda’s role in the attack as “unsubstantiated.”[43]

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THOM HARTMANN – AIR AMERICA RADIO (3)

“Thom Hartmann is the #1 progressive radio talk show host in the US”

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PAT CHOATE – HUFFINGTON POST (4)

“In 1996, he was Ross Perot’s vice presidential running mate.”

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“A man is known by the company he keeps.” If you don’t prefer to keep company with 9/11 Truthers, Air America, The Huffington Post, and central_va, please do skip this article.

(1) http://economyincrisis.org/who-we-are
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_Roberts#September_11.2C_2001_attacks
(3) http://www.thomhartmann.com/
(4) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-choate/

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Anybody who has Sirius XM and listens to FAUX will know this is true based on all the “2016 collapse” and “financialfall.com” commercials.

[G Larry]

Look to our increasingly Godless culture when assessing the misdirection of America.

As for the role of “free trade” policies?

Try deregulation and lower taxes and watch our trade imbalance flip.

[Harpotoo]

Since we’ll never pay em back what we owe them they are buying US piece by piece. I read a while back HUD or whatever sold then bulk housing in Florida, about 1400 homes for pennies on the dollar. Oh well it’s a brave new world we OWE.