[MonroeDNA]

Speak english, please. ;)

[Lazamataz]

So please reiterate, given the above, why anyone should believe that the CTPS is nothing more than a gladhandling shill front for multinationals, 100% divorced from everyday reality circa 2003, and intent on elevating multinational corporations and their profits above national sovereignty and individual freedoms and quality of life

This is the only complaint I have about the pro-tariff side. They are occasionally incomprehensible. ;^)

[SteveH]

Speak english, please. ;)

[OK, how about if I type very slowly :-]

From the CTPS website link

http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tbp-007es.html:

The number of H-1B visas was unlimited before 1990, when it was capped at 65,000 a year. In 1998 the annual cap was raised to 115,000 for 1999 and 2000, but industry is expected to fill the quota several months before the end of the fiscal year. The shortage shows no sign of abating. Demand for core information technology workers in the United States is expected to grow by 150,000 a year for the next eight years, a rate of growth that cannot be met by the domestic labor supply alone.

MonroeDNA, do you agree with this statement? Do you find the CTPS authors credible?

If so, why? If not, why should anyone believe anything the CTPS has to say about trade and economics?