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limpyhobbler

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1. Fool me once, shame on me.

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:49 PM

Oct 2012

A lot of people supported NAFTA in the 90s because we were told there would be programs for structural readjustment. To re-train workers for new jobs and place them in newer and supposedly better jobs. That never really happened. There are some small programs but clearly not enough. It's also pretty clear that the newer jobs never really materialized in the first place. I doubt too many people are falling for the "free trade" con anymore.

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The devastating impact of globalization upon poor, minority communities [View all] Zalatix Oct 2012 OP

Fool me once, shame on me. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #1

It would still be popular lalalu Oct 2012 #3

Even if outsourcing hadn't moved up the skill ladder Zalatix Oct 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #2

I don't live in a large city anymore, but I grew up in one. Zalatix Oct 2012 #4