There you go again making up phony strawmen. I never said or intimated that I believed that jobs of American workers would never go away. That is insane. The issue is how government policies are affecting the functioning of the marketplace.
Trade agreements like the TPP and NAFTA leave these decisions not up to individual citizens, but to government regulators and negotiators who make decisions in the interest of the state and its favored special interests.
But we are not losing net jobs simply because of our trade policies. Taxes and regulations, union rules and other restrictions on business have a much larger effect on both employment and our standard of living.
Yes, but we are discussing trade policies and the impact they have on our labor market. You left out immigration and guest worker programs that bring in millions of foreign workers. We don't have a shortage of labor. If we did, wages would be going up, not down.
You are focused on Trade Policy. Big mistake. You are looking in the wrong box for the problem. You think you are helping your country. You aren't.
Wrong again. I am focusing on the thread of this post. We are discussing what the impact of TPA, TAA, and the subsequent secret trade agreements that flow from this authority. I know what is harming this country. We need to keep the bureaucrats and globalists from distorting the marketplace. These free trade policies (really not free) are eviscerating the American worker.
I want you to think about how many people were involved in building Apps for iPads, iPhone etc. 10 years ago. I'll give you the answer: ZERO. Things change. People have to adapt. Those that do survive. Those that don't will not. Free trade will make us more successful. Yes, it will displace people. Buggy whip manufacturing is not good pursuit these days. I would not invest in that business nor study it in school.
Please stop making up these phony strawmen. I am 72 years old and witnessed tremendous change across the entire economy led by technology.
Where you and I disagree is the impact on the American worker. You pass it off as "displacing people", but there is a far greater cost to our society and economy. Creating a permanent underclass will affect even those who live in gated communities like I do.
Free Traders are religious zealots.