Reply #28: Until the trade agreements had their full impact, I thought the Clinton [View All]

[Vinca]

years were pretty good, too. There was a boom, which I suppose was the first wave of globalization taking hold and stocks going up and everyone happy they could buy a toaster at Walmart for $7.00. Then the toast got cold. Factories boarded up. $25 an hour jobs were replaced by $7 an hour jobs. Main Streets were decimated because Walmart was importing cheap crap from dubious sources and setting up shop outside every small town. And it has continued - getting worse under King George - until this day. It kind of takes the bloom off the rose.