[hedgetrimmer]

No it isn't an overstatement at all.

The cheap goods from slave labor has been used to manipulate our economy and give the illusion that our government is keeping a lid on inflation. Its like illegal alien labor. The criminal businesses that emply them get all the benefit, the American taxpayer pays. That has harmed the middle class immensely. With slave labor goods coming in, the American middle class again pays, including the boost in taxes for a smaller and smaller group of Americans who are forced to make up for the tax losses when businesses move out and their neighbors become unemployed or underemployed due to outsourcing and offshoring.

[bert]

drivel, pure unadulterated drivel.

[Toddsterpatriot]

including the boost in taxes for a smaller and smaller group of Americans

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Data extracted on: August 9, 2006 (12:03:25 PM)

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

Series Id:     CES0000000001 Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector:  Total nonfarm Industry:      Total nonfarm NAICS Code:    N/A Data Type:     ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1993	109725	109962	109916	110223	110496	110660	110960	111119	111359	111638	111901	112203
1994	112473	112665	113133	113490	113829	114139	114498	114801	115155	115361	115786	116056
1995	116377	116588	116808	116971	116962	117189	117260	117538	117777	117926	118070	118210
1996	118192	118627	118882	119047	119376	119647	119875	120078	120296	120534	120826	121003
1997	121232	121526	121843	122134	122396	122642	122918	122911	123417	123756	124063	124361
1998	124629	124814	124962	125240	125641	125846	125967	126322	126543	126735	127020	127364
1999	127477	127873	127997	128379	128593	128850	129145	129338	129525	129947	130242	130536
2000	130781	130901	131377	131662	131882	131839	132015	132004	132122	132110	132326	132484
2001	132471	132551	132504	132209	132177	132047	131930	131776	131521	131191	130883	130721
2002	130608	130486	130441	130336	130330	130363	130258	130258	130211	130323	130307	130186
2003	130268	130119	129920	129852	129834	129841	129822	129797	129895	130097	130176	130298
2004	130420	130475	130821	131073	131340	131418	131456	131587	131764	132102	132235	132395
2005	132471	132736	132876	133104	133210	133376	133617	133792	133840	133877	134231	134376
2006	134530	134730	134905	135017	135117	135241(p)	135354(p)
p : preliminary

 

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Yup, fewer and fewer Americans are working. Nearly 23.5 million more than when NAFTA passed. We're doomed!

[Mase]

The cheap goods from slave labor has been used to manipulate our economy

Since when do slaves earn wages? How can Chinese people earning wages manipulate our economy when our GDP is almost 7 times larger than theirs?

...and give the illusion that our government is keeping a lid on inflation

Our rate of inflation is higher than the government says it is? Source?