[Nephi]

The liberal policy of globalist free trade is alive and well at free republic. Sad.

In the 60's, GM was the nations largest employer. Today, besides the government, WalMart is the nations biggest employer.

If you think exchanging factory jobs for clerk jobs is good for America then you're part of the problem.

[Haro_546]

You are making me laugh, You are communist you believe that that products have value determined by other things other than the free market. Come on, are you a conservative?

[The Great Yazoo]

If you think exchanging factory jobs for clerk jobs is good for America then you're part of the problem.

Exchanging a skilled factory job for an unskilled clerk job is a bad deal. Exchanging freedom for serfdom is a worse one.

[squirt-gun]

Re # 19...If you think exchanging factory jobs for clerk jobs is good for America then you're part of the problem

There has been abundant "factory" job creation in America.... auto industry (BMW-Toyota-Honda etc) and in many other high tech sectors as well.

Correspondingly, there has been an out sourcing of many low tech support jobs to the likes of India (e.g.customer service for service industries).

Hamburger flippers are always used to underscore the so called destruction of America...total nonesense. The U.S. patent office shows America still leads the world. Freedom rules!!!!

[The Great Yazoo]

Furthermore, that "liberal policy of globalist free trade" is the handiwork of Adam Smith's seminal genius. Virtually every protectionist argument now being advanced was shot down by Professor Smith in The Wealth of Nations in 1776.