[Princeliberty]

How does NAFTA save jobs, nothing you said addressed
the question of NAFTA. Your arguments are sound
as to putting a government set minumum wage.
But not as NAFTA and more importantly trade with China.

With China we are losing our Manufacturing and even
High Tech jobs do to competition with slave labor
and government subsidized exports.
Adam Smith was talking about Freed Trade between
nations like England and France not about
allowing whole industries to be lost to slave
labor nations.
That kind of trade destroys the very Rule of Law
needed to maintain a free market.

[Pukin Dog]

Were it not for NAFTA, there would be even fewer jobs, because many corporations now using NAFTA would be out of business. Something that is never discussed among NAFTA detractors, is the reason why Businesses needed it.

Over-regulation, Tort lawyers, Environmentalists, Insurance and Union work rules have made the cost structure for most manufacturers too expensive to make a profit against foreign competition. China would not have been such a problem if not for the fact it just costs too much to manufacture things in America.

NAFTA has lowered costs to the point where SOME jobs in America have been preserved. Take away NAFTA, and you will see almost instant recession in America, as hundreds of remaining American shops go out of business. Businesses exist to turn a profit; no one should keep their doors open just to provide jobs.