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JDPriestly

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7. World trade should have been developed at a slower pace.

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:46 PM

Jan 2012

Economies cannot adjust so quickly. These treaties for free trade are adopted without any concern for the people who must learn new skills or accept unemployment, without concern for the elderly or the very young who will never be able to adjust to the change.

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Aw, boo hoo, the "globalism is not a zero sum game" scam is being outed as BULLSHIT... worldwide! [View all] Zalatix Jan 2012 OP

Well it sure worked well for the wealthy. Not so much for the workers. The leaders of all these southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #1

Behind their armies. Zalatix Jan 2012 #2

Yes, just what I thought. Living on those ships that are like cities and living in gated southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #6

Hopefully they'll sink at sea. Zalatix Jan 2012 #8

Does Germany have increasing unemployment ... Boojatta Jan 2012 #3

It doesn't have to be analogous. The problem is Zalatix Jan 2012 #4

Slave labor should develop cracks. Nasty cracks! lonestarnot Jan 2012 #5

World trade should have been developed at a slower pace. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #7