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Recycle_Guru

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19. yes--agree with all if those. Canada has made out well

Reply to Celerity (Reply #16)

Thu Nov 9, 2023, 12:35 AM

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30 years on, whose side of this NAFTA debate would you support [View all] Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 OP

Ross Perot was an eccentric for sure but he was correct on NAFTA. former9thward Nov 2023 #1

Yes indeed. NAFTA, moving from GATT to WTO, giving China MFN status Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #4

He was very right. But it was inevitable. The cash flow. cachukis Nov 2023 #6

Only inevitable if TheFarseer Nov 2023 #9

Persactly. cachukis Nov 2023 #10

this is the way Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #12

Na. Perot was wrong. MyNameIsJonas Nov 2023 #30

Perot wasn't wrong leftstreet Nov 2023 #2

As Zhou Enlai remarked in 1972 about the French Revolution gratuitous Nov 2023 #3

The cash flow. cachukis Nov 2023 #7

Under DU rules I can't comment nt doc03 Nov 2023 #5

one can comment on the issue without attacking Dems Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #8

Vice President Al Gore and Riss Perot twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #11

fixed it Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #13

I liked it. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #24

Manufacturing peaked in the U.S. in the '60s, shifting to a service economy. Automation is betsuni Nov 2023 #14

no one said it was the beginning of job losses -- I work in supply chain Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #21

Why this then: betsuni Nov 2023 #22

Please? Before NAFTA and after? Nobody? betsuni Nov 2023 #23

Nobody is blaming Dems. I am blaming both parties caving to greedy corps Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #34

Careful ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #29

... Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #33

I was always wary of NAFTA Mossfern Nov 2023 #15

The Problems With NAFTA Celerity Nov 2023 #16

yes--agree with all if those. Canada has made out well Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #19

Great research, as usual Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2023 #26

It sure as hell did NOT improve the trade balance with Canada and Mexico dalton99a Nov 2023 #17

fascinating chart--wow Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #18

Recall some union members saying tiredtoo Nov 2023 #20

Capital District Labor Religion Coalition and NAFTA RSherman Nov 2023 #25

It wasnt so much what NAFTA did to the economy. It was that it doc03 Nov 2023 #27

I think I agree with you on that Recycle_Guru Nov 2023 #35

I thought it didn't sound good to many back then. EllieBC Nov 2023 #28

NAFTA was a disaster for working men and women...Perot was right. Demsrule86 Nov 2023 #31

Remember the slogan? Polybius Nov 2023 #32