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What just makes me sick is many people that lost their manufacturing jobs were told by the “Free” Trade advocates that they would need to retrain and learn new skills since their jobs were being sent offshore.
Many trained, got education/certifications/job skills/experience. They did what was asked of them to make it in this new normal, then suddenly the goal posts were moved yet again, because the “Free” Traders want to IMPORT people from other countries to replace them, rather than their jobs being sent offshore, as previously happened to them in manufacturing.
This always has been, and is still nothing more than a two party sell out to those who are writing the big checks. Not many of those bastards give a f#*k about us, and our interests ARE NOT *their* interests, as we no longer have a two-party system. We now have a two-tiered system. It’s US, and THEM; or rather, the ‘Elite Ruling Class’, and the ‘People’.
I used to have ZERO regard for criminals, but now I can’t say I blame someone that makes a good living for themselves on the ‘black market’. Such people are merely operating within the parameters they’re in, given this environment. It’s a form of Moral Hazard, and TPTB are going to reap what they have sown. Particularly when you see all of the financial criminals during the recent years getting bailouts, rather than handcuffs....
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Like trying to sell cigarettes in NYC without getting killed by the police.