[lt.america]

Yes, trade wars are what caused the depression, but what is at hand is outsourcing of jobs, good paying jobs at that, that are not being replaced at the rate at which we are losing them. I do not agree with restrictions on trade, but we can't expect the economic situation to get any better when this is happening. The irony in the whole situation is that we are educating those who are at the receiving end of these jobs.

I don't know what needs to be done, but I know that what is happening right now is only good for the country that is on the receiving end.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The irony in the whole situation is that we are educating those who are at the receiving end of these jobs."

And raising their income level, thus creating a market for our goods.

[Iscool]

Yes, trade wars are what caused the depression

And Rudeboy says the depression was caused by protectionism...So, which is it? The jobs are leaving...High end, middle and low end...We have been infiltrated with millions of illegal aliens that will work for peanuts and will send most of the peanuts back home...Even if you're buying a burger at some joint, you can rest assured the beef in the burger likely came from Argentina or Australia...

The gov't invents (prints) the money...We get the money, spend it, and it leaves the country...It doesn't stay in circulation...So the gov't prints more money...So yesterday a Chinese trinket cost a buck...Today, it 3 bucks but our wages keep going down...

And the mainstream economists, politicians, and a few FReepers keep telling us that it's good for us...

But new jobs are coming, they say...And you ask them what jobs are coming...And they say, uh, I dunno, something will show up, it always has before...May take ten or twenty years like it did back in the 20's, but still it's good for America

[KC_for_Freedom]

I don't know what needs to be done, but I know that what is happening right now is only good for the country that is on the receiving end.

You might try reading this author, he seems to be on top of economic thinking: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1087789/posts