Globalism is a weapon that is being used to make American workers poorer.

[Zalatix]

Employers have used globalism to stifle American workers' wages by forcing Americans to compete with ultra cheap labor elsewhere. They have used it to defeat unions by closing factories and moving them overseas. They have used it to put millions out of work and to frighten other workers into not fighting for their rights.

As long as we allow jobs to go overseas Americans will never see wages keeping up with inflation, much less keeping up with productivity growth. As long as we allow jobs to go overseas, unions will never flourish again. As long as we allow jobs to go overseas, workers will never be able to fight for better health or retirement benefits.

Aside from cheaper TVs, globalism has nothing to offer American workers. It doesn't give the working class access to cheaper health care, cheaper education, cheaper food, or cheaper rents - all of which have been consistently going up in price. Globalism destroys more jobs than it creates. It stifles wages and by nature, it crushes worker's rights.

Oh, and TVs aren't cheaper because of globalism. They're cheaper because Moore's Law pretty much applies to manufacturing as well as computer chips.

Take a look at the benefits of globalism. Notice that American workers are the only ones who aren't benefitting?

Why should American workers not rise up and completely destroy a system that preys upon them? Destroy the predator. Destroy globalism.

[lib2DaBone]

1. Heard a Washington Post comment on News Radio today...

They said that the current dismal job numbers were due to the fact that workers were not properly trained to accept the joabs available... or that they were unwilling to re-locate to get better jobs.

As I spit coffee all over the dashboard of my car.... I was just served coffe by a person with a MASTERS DEGREE... the toll taker in the booth most likely was a PHd.. I look at the people standing outside Home Depot with signs that say WILL WORK.

Our Govt and it's msm media are LYING CHEATING RABID DOGS... what they have done to workers in America is criminal...

One day soon.. workers are going to get very fed up with the BS from Washington....

[AnotherMcIntosh]

2. How many know that there is another wage-lowering "free-trade" agreement in the works?

[Zalatix]

7. That law goes far beyond free trade. It's an attack on our sovereignty as a nation.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

10. Agreed. So-called "free trade" is just double-talk.

For middle-class America, the signing of NAFTA in 1993 was a disaster. Although Wall Street did well, manufacturing industries and jobs were lost. Then additional "free trade" agreements were signed.

It's been almost 20 years since the origional signing. Everyone with any sense has caught on by now. That's the reason why they have to keep the details of this latest one, or as much remaining details, as secret as possible. If it was good for us, secrecy wouldn't be necessary.

[Phhhtttt]

3. KICK

[dkf]

4. The jobs go there or the people come here...there is a huge supply of cheap labor.

If the jobs weren't created in China there would be coyote types bringing them here.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

11. The policy seems to be to do both. It is a race to destroy what's left of the American working

class.

[KT2000]

5. It sets us on par with

Third World countries that do not have environmental protections, worker health and safety and living wages for the US. That is what it was designed to do from the beginning.

[snot]

6. With all due respect,

I think we need to consider the opposite approach: globalize labor protections, environmental protections, food and drug protections, etc. – globalize the kinds of laws that would protect the people both here and abroad from predation by the 1%.

I don't think we can or should wall ourselves off. What's needed is that we all start policing predators everywhere.

We could all be employed, keep more of the wealth we create, and work less hours under healthier conditions.

[Phlem]

8. Good points.

I think the decimation of the middle class tend to make folk have a knee jerk reaction, and absolutely, right fully so.

We need to take smaller more effective steps in the short term and keep this suggestion for our long term goal.

;0)

-p

[dkf]

9. They would still pick the cheapest labor...and thats not us

[TheKentuckian]

12. Which is why you can't win the game and so shouldn't play

and certainly shouldn't foot the bill for global security and acquisition force for the whole scam.

[Phlem]

13. Cost of living baby!

it just plain costs more to live in the US than anywhere else. Unfortunately, US salaries don't reflect that.

It's the global economy!

I've and I'm sure quite a few have known that the global economy was en excuse to knock back living wages in the US.

what can we do?

-p