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Fresh_Start
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Fresh_Start's Journal
April 16, 2016
The US middle class is in the top 1% ....
of the world economically.
As liberals, shouldn't we be equally concerned about the other human beings on our planet?
Shouldn't we be willing to share the wealth and the jobs and the industries with other countries and peoples?
We have been very privileged...and like the silver spoon portion of our society, most of that good fortune has been an accident of birth rather than something we have earned.
Trade agreements in spite of their ugly local side effects are good for the worlds populations.
The problem is not disruption due to trade agreements, it's the failure of the social safety net including job training and housing/food assistance.
We shouldn't be trade isolationists any more than we should be political isolationist.
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