[Toddsterpatriot]

Employment is higher now than before these "idiotic free trade agreements".

Per capita GDP is higher.

Before you concern yourself with my ignorance you might want to get some facts yourself.

[ninenot]

Employment is higher now than before these "idiotic free trade agreements".

Yup. So now we can lose MORE money every year in trade deficits, and have a LARGER national debt when it's all over.

Thus, since WTO, we can lose money on every sale, but make it up in volume.

now THERE'S a plan!

[american spirit]

From 1983 to 2003 our population increased by almost 60 million people so even you should be able to figure out that with 60 million more consumers of course the GDP will higher. During that time frame federal debt has gone from approx. 1 trillion to over 7 trillion, not counting the over 40 trillion in unfunded liabilities....meaning the fedgov has used our tax $ to retrain workers whose factories have moved, provided assistance to numerous corporations to move their operations overseas through AID & OPIC (nice deal isn't it?), untold billions in housing, food, education, etc. services to all these illegals ...on and on. Plus, this doesn't count all the payroll tax revenues no longer coming from employers who hire illegals to help EVADE payroll taxes. Yeah buddy, sure sounds like a receipe for success doesn't it?

As far as the unemployment data...that's a joke, everybody with half a brain knows those figures are narrowly defined and do not account for those who've exhausted benefits and are not even looking for work any longer. I wouldn't hang my hat on that argument for very long if I were you but hey, keep on trying.

[XBob]

74 - "Employment is higher now than before these "idiotic free trade agreements".
Per capita GDP is higher.
Before you concern yourself with my ignorance you might want to get some facts yourself."

When are you going to pay the $81,000 you owe in funded and unfunded national debt, since the GDP is higher?