I think a majority of Freepers are used to Republicans supporting Free Trade and so this is just not news to them so they don't post. The posters posting on this thread are the old Perotistas that said NAFTA would create a big sucking sound to Mexico, which never happened, but they still like to think free trade is always bad.
Free trade is always the best policy. Tariffs are taxes.
The Perotistas had to wait until the next recession after NAFTA was passed so they could start whining that they were “right.” What did it take, ten years?
The next time you step up to spew your CoC BS, you ought to have your facts straight:
The balance of trade with Mexico went from a $1.6bil surplus for the US in 1993, to a $60+bil deficit for the US in 2014.
In 2007 it was $74bil.
Over the 20 years of NAFTA over $1trillion dollars have been transferred to Mexico...and now they are suing the USA at the WTO to force us to stop labeling our fresh meat with country of origin. They say it's unfair.
Please explain to all of us has this has benefitted the US, it's workers and the preservation of our Capital Stock.
You know what Capital Stock is, right?
No the “sucking sound” was Mexico to here. And you’re so right, us “serfs” paying the taxes is SO much better than tariffs.