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We've got an argument that has weight the economy. For the majority of the time since NAFTA was passed the US economy has been chugging along at meterioric rates, unemployment has dropped lower than ever, the GDP is up, the DOW finally broke away from the 1000 mark it hovered at for decades.

We have a baseline: the entire history of the American economy before NAFTA. Things are better now. While Free Trade might not have made things better it sure didn't make things worse. Show me ONE vital economic statistic that's down since NAFTA went into place. Is our manufacturing sector producing less than before NAFTA? Do we have fewer people employed? Is the stock market lower? Is our GDP lower? Is manufacturing a lower percentage of our GDP? Are the manufacturing indexes lower?

The answer is no across the board. The only "bad" thing is that we have more trade imbalance, and yet inspite of all the panic this causes no one is able to point to concrete example of something bad that has ACTUALLY happened BECAUSE of this imbalance. They all make dire predictions, none of which have come true, then when confronted they call the opposition traitors and claim that all the statistics are lies.

Sorry but the statistics aren't lies. The economy is chugging along well and the protectionist are wrong. That's the TRUTH, no spin. And if you don't have an answer that isn't filled with LIES, insults and accusations then just don't reply because I've already read all your LIES, insults and accusations 100 times and they aren't interesting anymore.

Dodge and distort. Dodge and distort. Still waiting.

We've got an argument that has weight the economy. For the majority of the time since NAFTA was passed the US economy has been chugging along at meterioric rates, unemployment has dropped lower than ever

Sounds good, but in reality, thousands went from good full time positions with benefits, to low end jobs at Walmart and other low end service jobs....Trust me, this is not a good thing.