You bet, 30 to 40 years of insanely bad leadership and corrupt government brought all this on as all the insiders told everyone destructive free trade policies like NAFTA were good for us...
They lied, and only a few super-wealthy benefited from these free trade schemes.
Off shore hundreds of thousands of American jobs and businesses, and at the same time government rolled out the red carpet for tens of millions of low wage illegals?
Is there anyone who thought this would end well?
Anyone??
You hit the nail on the head. Trade deals were sold on only the low paying jobs would be lost and we would add high paying good jobs. Now about everything you buy is made elsewhere and the person on the other end of the Help Desk can't even understand you.
But when we made China a permanent free trading partner, jobs, factories, Treasuries and purchasing power when out on the high speed exit lane.
NAFTA only increased the speed at which the factories were leaving, it wasn’t the cause.
Until people begin to admit THE GOVERNMENT ran out the jobs, we are going to stay in this situation.