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BlueBlud

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17. What does that mean? How much freedom will we be able to afford?

Reply to treestar (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 08:47 PM

Dec 2021

For instance, the level of freedom your employer allows, has a lot to do with the profit margin. As we stop being on top, some of our FREEDOM will be curtailed.

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Classic Capitalism will see us stomped by China. [View all] BlueBlud Dec 2021 OP

Nixon thought it was a good idea to trade with a communist country on the other doc03 Dec 2021 #1

I have pushed for years, for a AMERICA trade bloc. With us investing in S and C America. BlueBlud Dec 2021 #2

We had NAFTA but Republicans blamed it doc03 Dec 2021 #8

No, it was not just Republicans. former9thward Dec 2021 #9

That's true about unions but I never saw even doc03 Dec 2021 #10

Hello from a fellow steelworker myself. former9thward Dec 2021 #11

My last car a Ford Fusion was assembled there. The Honda CRV was assembled doc03 Dec 2021 #12

Bill Clinton believed NAFTA could serve as counterbalance to China radius777 Dec 2021 #14

That's too complex an argument for most Americans Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #21

If nafta had included environmental and worker protections, it would have been beneficial, not a job BlueBlud Dec 2021 #18

I have also for years (since I saw the offshoring of manufacturing in the 1980s) harumph Dec 2021 #3

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2021 #22

Left and right, people in this country see ones gain as another's loss. David__77 Dec 2021 #4

Our GDP per capita (PPP) is $68,309. China's is $18,931 or 28% of ours Klaralven Dec 2021 #5

It's not the dollars, it's the buying power FakeNoose Dec 2021 #13

Do you believe their system of government is preferable to ours ? MichMan Dec 2021 #6

No, but we STILL have to compete. BlueBlud Dec 2021 #16

They don't have freedom treestar Dec 2021 #7

What does that mean? How much freedom will we be able to afford? BlueBlud Dec 2021 #17

First Amendment treestar Jan 2022 #24

Green Energy and fair trade is the key to the future radius777 Dec 2021 #15

Trade agreements have a bad name TheFarseer Dec 2021 #23

Why do we have to compete? Let's let it go. Ron Green Dec 2021 #19

Just one problem ... Xoan Dec 2021 #20