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jeff47

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19. Actually, it's better in foreign factories than it was.

Reply to sad sally (Reply #15)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 06:04 PM

Sep 2012

The fact that it's utterly awful and inhumane now just demonstrates how bad it was before.

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Free traders must break down and admit, Globalization has done FAR more harm than good. [View all] Zalatix Sep 2012 OP

The larger the system a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1

Not for the .001% and that's all they care about. nt valerief Sep 2012 #2

Yer singin my favorite song... Boxerfan Sep 2012 #3

Yep. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #4

Thanks for the link. woo me with science Sep 2012 #10

Globalization is good BlueInPhilly Sep 2012 #5

We are evolving into an economy of no jobs and low paying service jobs because of globalism. Zalatix Sep 2012 #11

You quote your Economics 101 textbook like it's Biblical truth. It isn't. reformist2 Sep 2012 #31

"Economics 101" is RW propaganda. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #33

Why don't we just earn what an Ecuadorian does, then? Would that be "evolution"? WinkyDink Sep 2012 #36

service economy = datasuspect Sep 2012 #47

Interestingly enough, Smoot-Hawley was Republican policy. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #6

High tariffs were republican policy for 100 years from 1880 to 1980. Low tariffs have always been pampango Sep 2012 #7

I now await your direct response to the cited facts I've presented. Again. For the 100th time. Zalatix Sep 2012 #12

I accept the poll you cited regarding "Buy America" policies. Do you accept the poll I cited pampango Sep 2012 #27

Your poll is outdated and inaccurate. Your poll is outdated and inaccurate. Zalatix Sep 2012 #29

Fine we'll play the Zalatix game of accepting the polls we agree with and rejecting those we don't. pampango Sep 2012 #34

Let's play the pampango game of repeating polls that have no substantiation in real life. Zalatix Sep 2012 #40

Nice to see you gave up. Again. Zalatix Sep 2012 #18

You're dealing with brainwashed free trade worshipers who keep copies of the same Elwood P Dowd Sep 2012 #23

Pampango in particular is a habitual drive-by who disappears when his drive-by point is refuted. Zalatix Sep 2012 #25

FDR campaigned against Smoot-Hawley and lowered tariffs when he was in office. No one here pampango Sep 2012 #30

And look what lower tariffs have gotten us. Zalatix Sep 2012 #32

You've been corrected about this dozens of time on DU. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #39

And low tariffs have gotten us in the mess we're in now. Any response to that? Zalatix Sep 2012 #13

Got a link to where a reputable economist makes that assertion? (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #14

No need for an economist to make any assertion. History is dictating it. Zalatix Sep 2012 #16

Some good stuff in that article. Thanks. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #20

Those "U.S. computers and telecommunications equipment" were all MADE IN CHINA. Zalatix Sep 2012 #21

"The Number of Export-Supported Jobs Increased By 1.2 Million between 2009 and 2011". Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #22

Okay, and? President Obama is not entirely a Free Trader. Do you know what our trade deficit is? Zalatix Sep 2012 #24

And here's another reputable fact to support my claim. Zalatix Sep 2012 #17

Globalization has been great jeff47 Sep 2012 #8

Workers all over the world have been hurt by corporate globalization. sad sally Sep 2012 #15

Actually, it's better in foreign factories than it was. jeff47 Sep 2012 #19

New and improved! With suicide nets! Zalatix Sep 2012 #26

Environmental destruction. Armed thugs. Child labor. Great. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #37

It only works in the theoretical macro sense and for those who are insulated from its negatives Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #9

They are not into free trade but laissez faire business practices. Cleita Sep 2012 #28

It is working as planned. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #35

That meme is too often an excuse to keep the world beyond our borders poor bhikkhu Sep 2012 #38

You have given no reason why America's working class should listen to you. Zalatix Sep 2012 #41

Oooo, $1 per day! reformist2 Sep 2012 #43

Anyone wanna guess what Bhikku has to say to this? Zalatix Sep 2012 #44

Statistical garbage. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #45

They'll never admit it. Friedman reptile brains are not salvageable. marmar Sep 2012 #42

K&R nt Yuugal Sep 2012 #46

Free traders will never break down. librechik Sep 2012 #48