[expat_panama]

Friday morning kick-the-hornets-nest ping.

[Leaning Right]

Clinton doesn’t address NAFTA specifically on her campaign site, but promises to “reject trade agreements that don’t meet “her high standard...

In other words, she'll reject any trade agreement that won't enrich her personally.

[God luvs America]

...The late ‘90s was a period of strong economic growth...

thanks in large part to the dot_.com bubble, which eventually burst.

[VitacoreVision]

How the Free Trade Agenda Is Knocking Down America
-- The New American (PDF) Special Report
http://www.thenewamerican.com/files/TNA2917.pdf

The Special Report includes the following articles:

- The "Free Trade" Agenda Threatens Our Rights
- Global Merger: Piece by Piece
- The EU: Regionalization Trumps Sovereignty
- Trade Promises... and Trade Reality
- North American Union: From NAFTA to the NAU
- Fast-track: Enabler of the "Free Trade" Agenda
- Regional Scheme for the Pacific Rim
- EU/U.S. -- Transatlantic Convergence

[Graybeard58]

Clinton doesn’t address NAFTA specifically on her campaign site, but promises to “reject trade agreements that don’t meet “her high standard...

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That vile woman has also said that she would close every public school in the U.S. that was “below average”.

[Heff]

The bigger question is does ANYTHING come back to haunt that evil piece of human excrement? It amazes me how she gets away with crap she does and NEVER held accountable.

[HamiltonJay]

In the states that matter, NAFTA has been a disaster.... PA, OH, WI, MI, IA, MN and IL.... People who used to have good jobs with benefits now drive school buses making under 20k a year trying to support their family, or are stockers at Wal Mart for the same...

You can see the devastation across this region that free trade has wrought... Sure the suits in DC and NY have gotten fatter paychecks, but don’t think for one minute that NAFTA and WTO have been beneficial to the average American, particularly if they live and work in areas that were driven by Manufacturing.

[central_va]

Since 2002 the USA has lost 12 million manufacturing jobs and over 55,000 factories have closed.

NAFTA was a SHAFTA...

Globalist are the new Communists.

[DoodleDawg]

President Trump can cancel NAFTA, slash corporate taxes, and reduce regulations and corporations like Carrier will still send jobs to lower cost countries. Nor will it do anything to prevent IT jobs and accounting jobs and medical administration jobs from going overseas either. Companies will send work to the lowest cost suppliers.

[zzwhale]

no sheet sherlock

it is only the fans that think they are rooting for something... go team go ... yea rah

its like rooting for IBM or Microsoft

hey if you enjoy it ... fine

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS A BUSINESS FOCUSED ON THE BOTTOM LINE...
and for many its gambling and enjoying that more than the game itself or drinking to excess at the local bar....

hey if you got from 1 pm til near midnight on a sunday .... godbless

it is a multibilliondollar business that provdes competition and entertainment
modern day gladiators willing to take millions for their physical and mental well being ....
SHERMAN IS A BRIGHT GUY ..... HE JUST CAUGHT ON.... ???

[wastoute]

A couple of analogies I think are revealing and interesting. I think in a Tsun Tsu sense it does us little good to bemoan the past couple decades but it is imperative we understand what actually happened there without being propagandized. The analogy I first would point to is Kurt Vonnegut’s money river. While Kurt Vonnegut was a pure psych job and even his own family members admit he was a terrible person, his insight is funny while being very penetrating. If you have never read Vonnegut, do so.

Another analogy I encountered recently here on FreeRepublic that really says what I believe to be very prescient succinctly. As Vonnegut said, the real money is to be made by interpositioning one’s self between two parties that are exchanging massive sums. Well we currently have a situation where a massive amount of wealth is owned by a whole bunch of “middle class” folks in the US. The global intellectual elite know that if they can cause that wealth to “move” (and this is the part that is pure genius) they can “surf” that Tsunami and skim BILLIONS easily. All they have to do is cause that wealth to exit the US.

In other words, the globalist intend to shake down the US citizen. Now this is not really news to us here at FreeRepublic but we rarely see the fact conceptualizer clearly and succinctly. Soros and friends intend to create a Tsunami of wealth, 10 to 20 Trillion to exit the US and they intend to “surf” that Tsunami.

I don’t know if there is a way to stop it at this point or not or even how to go about trying but there it is. In the Tsun Tsu sense, there, gentlemen, is the battlefield.

[Theoria]

From Hertiage, a big supporter of NAFTA back in the day.

The North American Free Trade Agreement: Ronald Reagan's Vision Realized

'...The NAFTA also will offer Americans cheaper goods, and increase U.S. exports by making them more affordable for the rest of the world. Moreover, it will create an estimated 200,000 new jobs for Americans, reduce illegal immigration from Mexico, help tackle drug trafficking, strengthen Mexican democracy and human rights, and serve as a model for the rest of the world.'

From Hertiage, a big supporter of NAFTA back in the day.

The North American Free Trade Agreement: Ronald Reagan's Vision Realized

'...The NAFTA also will offer Americans cheaper goods, and increase U.S. exports by making them more affordable for the rest of the world. Moreover, it will create an estimated 200,000 new jobs for Americans, reduce illegal immigration from Mexico, help tackle drug trafficking, strengthen Mexican democracy and human rights, and serve as a model for the rest of the world.'

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...free trade has done more for OTHER countries than for American workers...”

I’m in that camp. But, the Socialists love nothing more than dragging America DOWN to the level of the undeveloped countries.

Of course, THEIR assets are well protected/hidden; we SCHMUCKS need to just Man Up and take it in the shorts, I guess.

Grrrrrrr!

[Shadow44]

NAFTA is not the Boogeyman. Labor costs fell like a rock due to robotics and women entering the workforce.

Tariffs isn’t going to fix that. Point is, nobody wants to hire a person when a robot can do the job. Robots don’t show up drunk, threaten to sue for discrimination, or require vacations.

[visualops]

I’m wondering where this “larger and more efficient economy” is at.