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AnotherMcIntosh

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11. The photo is probably from a city where manufacturing jobs were shipped to foreign countries.

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 10:06 AM

Jul 2013

Thank you Bush I for proposing NAFTA. Thank you Bill Clinton for getting Senate Democrats (or enough of them to support it) and signing NAFTA. Thank you Bush II for continuing the let's-send-jobs-to-foreign-countries policy, and for financing Middle-East wars on credit. And thank you Obama for signing three "free-trade" agreements and negotiating the pending TPP, the NAFTA of the Pacific on steroids.

A special thanks, too, to all the enablers, including posters who supported Bill Clinton ("Look, the DOW is so high&quot and Obama ("Would you rather have McCain?" "Or Rmoney?" "You just have to be more patient with the chess-master.&quot

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More Evidence That America's Middle Class Is Sliding Toward the Third World [View all] xchrom Jul 2013 OP

That Gini is going to get us. Pulls Empires apart, every time. leveymg Jul 2013 #1

Second most inequitable nxylas Jul 2013 #4

k/r marmar Jul 2013 #2

Don't worry! The Trans-Pacific "Partnership" will make it all better! MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #3

! xchrom Jul 2013 #5

Sure it will abelenkpe Jul 2013 #9

It contains rainbows and ponies. East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #10

Racist Paulbot Ponywanter tblue Jul 2013 #14

Hardly, but Finland has more 'free trade' and 'sacrifices' more sovereignty (to the EU) than pampango Jul 2013 #21

The problem is *ridiculous* "free" trade agreements, not MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #37

Thanks for the well-written explanation. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #41

Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia (the 3 newest members of the EU) all have lower incomes than Mexico. pampango Jul 2013 #48

that's heaven05 Jul 2013 #6

I confess I don't know everything there is to know about economics. Lasher Jul 2013 #7

i would say that seems reasonable...and obvious. nt xchrom Jul 2013 #8

American exceptionaism tblue Jul 2013 #12

The photo is probably from a city where manufacturing jobs were shipped to foreign countries. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #11

+1 xchrom Jul 2013 #13

You also need to include illegal immigration joeglow3 Jul 2013 #15

Agreed. But according to many, we're racists, xenophobes, and not true Democrats if we AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #16

Wow! Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #20

OK. Stop. Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #19

So you oppose the "Robber Barons" but not a particular tactic that they use AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #23

Your response Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #24

In case you haven't noticed, you are not the DU language monitor. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #27

Oh, christalmighty. Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #39

Case in point: The Meatcutters union provided the members of its bargaining units with liveable byeya Jul 2013 #42

Where did I say immigrants? I say IMMIGRATION. joeglow3 Jul 2013 #44

So that's all you got from my post? Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #45

You need to go back and re-read what I said joeglow3 Jul 2013 #46

tech and H-1b visas were the next domino to fall markiv Jul 2013 #33

Yes, but if you even mention this, you risk being called a racist, a xenophobe, and someone who AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #35

'racist' in the 21st century, is the 'communist' of the 1950s markiv Jul 2013 #36

Absolutely! AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #40

When you blame NAFTA, you mean Mexico, right? We already had 'free trade' with Canada and pampango Jul 2013 #25

Shipping jobs to foreign countries is not a good idea, even if you favor Mexico. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #26

for the millionth time, the Reagan revolution was a fucking failure NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #17

Somebody should tell the Chess-Master. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #29

true, that NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #49

Bush Sr and Clinton laid waste to the economy with 'free trade' markiv Jul 2013 #34

that is true... free trade has really done a lot of damage NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #50

Thanks for the info. blackspade Jul 2013 #18

Please stay on the "economy booming!" points please. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #22

But at least Turbineguy Jul 2013 #28

Or, instead of focusing upon the economy, we can look at diversionary issues. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #31

We understand eachother. Turbineguy Jul 2013 #32

What I understand is that unnecessary gun violence could be reduced by economic reform. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #43

BOTH parties support doubling of H-1b tech guest worker visas in immigration bill markiv Jul 2013 #30

Ignore column 7 - it doesn't take size of population into account. Cols 6 and 9 are relevant muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #38

Toothlessness. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #47

First thing a horse buyer will do is check the horses teeth to see how they have been treated. eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #52

And along with it, Democracy. Octafish Jul 2013 #51

Folks,it's not free trade nor H1Bs nor Foreigners Yavin4 Jul 2013 #53

If one thinks these data are stark, just think what the data will reflect after ten/twenty indepat Jul 2013 #54

When two sociopaths control $50 billion, that's a problem. Initech Jul 2013 #55

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Jul 2013 #56