Mexico has had 500+ years to develop a "middle class". So why the hell should we eliminate our middle class in order to provide them with one? Why "level the playing field" at the expense of only the US? Our forefathers gave their lives to build that advantage for us - the arsenal of the free world - so that we wouldn't have to face the sacrifices that they did during WWII. But no, you greedy short sighted money worshippers had to cash in your profits.
I used to own a CNC machine shop making parts for Boeing. It was long hours of highly technical work, for moderate pay. "Free trade" sent my work offshore to nations that subsidize that industry. Now I'm a farmer and logger - hard physical work, dangerous, and I make less money. Thanks for the promotion, free traders. The consolation I'll get when you stock market parasites fail and are forced into the world of real work won't be satisfaction enough. But when that bottom does fall out of our economy and those stocks are worth less than toilet paper, I'll be really curious as to what it is that you'll use to buy food from us with.
Yes, economic dislocation is an unfortunate side effect of becoming more efficient and prosperous as a country and there are always winners and losers. But free trade means there are more winners than losers everywhere.
"Mexico has had 500+ years to develop a "middle class". So why the hell should we eliminate our middle class in order to provide them with one? Why "level the playing field" at the expense of only the US? Our forefathers gave their lives to build that advantage for us - the arsenal of the free world - so that we wouldn't have to face the sacrifices that they did during WWII. But no, you greedy short sighted money worshippers had to cash in your profits."
The NWO folks were always counting on our greed : )
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Our forefathers gave their lives to build that advantage for us - the arsenal of the free world - so that we wouldn't have to face the sacrifices that they did during WWII"
I extracted this, because it makes my blood boil that illegals jump our borders, live in section 8 housing, grab food stamps, and use our emergency rooms as a HMO clinic, while hard working Americans foot the bill.