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wolfie001

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68. Yes you're 100% right!

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #29)

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 12:53 AM

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Voters Blame Trade Agreements for Job Losses [View all] eridani Feb 2014 OP

People who recognise this sort of thing can't, of course, vote against Obama. djean111 Feb 2014 #1

My brother, just about the lowest information non voting as you get, absolutely "KNOWS"..... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #24

President Obama himself has admitted that NAFTA fucked your brother and his buddies. bvar22 Feb 2014 #32

+1 Marr Feb 2014 #73

Um.. but Clinton did fuck American workers with NAFTA.[n/t] Maedhros Feb 2014 #41

Duh. But that doesn't mean they should vote for Romney or Rubio or Christie. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #49

What frustrates the hell out of me Maedhros Feb 2014 #50

Absolutely correct, it doesn't mean that at all Jack Rabbit Feb 2014 #53

You got that right dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #74

only the media iamthebandfanman Feb 2014 #46

EXACTLY!! And anyone that read Obama's books before 2008 knew Joe Lieberman was his "mentor" loudsue Feb 2014 #60

But Lieberman was the lone holdout against the public option! I grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #67

Rahm Emmanuel, I'm sure, counseled Obama to "consult" with the insurance companies first. loudsue Feb 2014 #79

Int'l trade agreements are so maverICKY ~ blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #2

I'm sure the Third Way sycophants will K&R this --- NOT! nt antigop Feb 2014 #3

Bring back tariffs! RoccoR5955 Feb 2014 #4

Simply Put bkanderson76 Feb 2014 #5

Even the Simpson's parodied Apple...... wolfie001 Feb 2014 #6

It's not JUST Apple RoccoR5955 Feb 2014 #29

Yes you're 100% right! wolfie001 Feb 2014 #68

Bring back FDR! L0oniX Feb 2014 #23

That wouldn't help. FDR campaigned against high tariffs, lowered them and pampango Feb 2014 #30

Yeah well I think you know he got America working again ...so whatever. L0oniX Feb 2014 #35

Oh he definitely did that. pampango Feb 2014 #40

Notice how effectively they've turned protectionism into a dirty word? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #52

Corporatist centrist reframing term "protectionism" L0oniX Feb 2014 #65

Good idea, and stop giving subsidies and tax breaks to Corps that take jobs out of the sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #69

From the linked article... PearliePoo2 Feb 2014 #7

Excellent explanation. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #10

And almost ALL the profits from such BOOM would end up in.... Amonester Feb 2014 #63

a candidate and/or party pipoman Feb 2014 #8

Yes. We hoot and holler about the split in the Republican Party. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #11

A lot of people abandoned the Democratic party pipoman Feb 2014 #13

Bingo! CANDO Feb 2014 #18

Or they were peeled off by same. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #26

And they're correct. jsr Feb 2014 #9

IMO Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #12

Your opinion is astute Populist_Prole Feb 2014 #36

AGREED Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #39

It couldn't be more obvious. Like Chained CPI, trade agreements are electoral suicide. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #14

"Apologist" and "highly paid sock puppet" checking in. pampango Feb 2014 #31

You don't have to be paid to be wrong. Most of the suckers that have bought this line Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #38

Now it's a choice between being a "sucker", "sociopath" and "unimaginative, incurious, sheeple"? pampango Feb 2014 #43

No matter how you attempt to modulate your advocacy, regardless of all the jargon crafted Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #44

Now Europeans, Canadians and I support "global parasitism"? They will be crushed, I'm sure. As am I. pampango Feb 2014 #47

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it." Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #48

It's not just manufacturing abelenkpe Feb 2014 #15

Exactly! ctsnowman Feb 2014 #17

Yep. Key word: India. jsr Feb 2014 #27

yep. Phlem Feb 2014 #42

K & R ctsnowman Feb 2014 #16

NAFTA CANDO Feb 2014 #19

So repukes made Bill sign off on it? L0oniX Feb 2014 #22

Nonsense pipoman Feb 2014 #28

Right you are, but my point being.... CANDO Feb 2014 #71

Hair splitting pipoman Feb 2014 #76

Mr. No Shit Sherlock agrees. Hey Obama ...get a fucking clue. L0oniX Feb 2014 #20

Ya know, I liked the way you put that!!! +1 grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #33

Well, either I'm missing it or it's not there EC Feb 2014 #21

time to bring out the pitchforks and torches. kath Feb 2014 #25

And yet those answering this poll will still shop for the cheapest price no matter what BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #34

Very Salient points Brother... druidity33 Feb 2014 #75

We did last time, too. Google "NAFTA." Made about half a shit's worth of difference. n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #37

"Bill to Repeal NAFTA Stalled in the House" iamthebandfanman Feb 2014 #45

Republicans blame democrats for NAFTA, but B Calm Feb 2014 #77

This just goes to show how bought and paid for our govt. is. OnionPatch Feb 2014 #51

K&R cprise Feb 2014 #54

K&R Great thread. woo me with science Feb 2014 #55

Good poll, and ProSense Feb 2014 #56

Crazy Old Ross Perot Was Right colsohlibgal Feb 2014 #57

Voters are 100% correct. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #58

Yeah, and you know what really burns my ass? Populist_Prole Feb 2014 #61

And all the while the media acts as if the TPP doesn't even exist. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #62

if they keep it up people will start distrsuting those who talk down to them constanly! MisterP Feb 2014 #70

If we lose big in 2014 this is the reason. Not Ralph Nader or some other lame excuse. rhett o rick Feb 2014 #59

What the cheering squad fails to understand is that people already know BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #78

The numbers of GOP and Independent voters Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #64

Americans also love their Hyundais and Toyotas. Basically, they're idiots. Romulox Feb 2014 #66

Spot on post Populist_Prole Feb 2014 #72

But many "foreign" cars are made in America Savannahmann Feb 2014 #80

H1B IT workers also work in America. So your point falls flat. Romulox Feb 2014 #81

I spoke of cars because I am interested and informed. Savannahmann Feb 2014 #82

Sure, speak of cars. But also speak of the engineers who design them. "Foreign" workers Romulox Feb 2014 #83

Seriously? All of that and you grasp at the "Engineering" straw? Savannahmann Feb 2014 #86

Trade is a good thing FreeJoe Feb 2014 #84

Nice post, FreeJoe. "Care must be taken to make sure that those benefits are distributed fairly." pampango Feb 2014 #85

The notion that TPP has something to do with trade is a bunch of bullshit eridani Feb 2014 #87

Some of the confusion comes from references to the TPP as "NAFTA on steroids" or NAFTA II when pampango Feb 2014 #88

NAFTA fucked over the 99% in all of North America eridani Feb 2014 #89

And NAFTA was a trade agreement and the TPP, as you pointed out, is largely not. pampango Feb 2014 #90