Well said, I agree with every word of that.
The middle class has been crushed in this country. Free trade has done little to nothing to raise the standard of living of the average Joe. I submit, quite the contrary. We've been fed a lie.
Free trade has been a disaster for America.
Couple of years ago, my wife and I hopped on the motorcycles for a vacation ride from Texas to NC. We intentionally stayed off the highways to experience small town America.
What we witnessed was stunning. Town after town, hundreds of small towns decimated, abandoned. Scores of manufacturing facilities that usually stand on the outskirts of towns...scuttled. Where parking lots once full of vehicles of those working in the various plants....knee high weeds growing through the cracks of these facilities.
Y'all, we've been fed a huge $h!t sandwich. Small town America is dying. Largest employer now days in these small towns...Walmart (China-mart).
Time to rally back folks. We want our jobs back!