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jeff47

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21. But the economy didn't crash the second NAFTA was signed!!

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:02 PM

Jan 2015

Therefore it wasn't bad!.

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Don't Buy the Hype: 20 Years of Data Reveals 'Free Trade' Fallacies [View all] RiverLover Jan 2015 OP

Kick.... daleanime Jan 2015 #1

20 years ago we were warned nationalize the fed Jan 2015 #2

Thanks. Good videos. RiverLover Jan 2015 #3

It's infuriating how so many elected politicians can just say whatever they want and... stillwaiting Jan 2015 #4

No question about it. +1! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #6

That's what happens when the "reality-based community" deutsey Jan 2015 #10

Our trade deficit is much larger with non-'free trade' countries than it is with the 20 countries pampango Jan 2015 #5

You cite Germany. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #8

Agreed. The key to a healthy middle class lies in government policy towards their workers. pampango Jan 2015 #16

Did everything change from 2012 to 2013? Where are these figures of yours coming from? RiverLover Jan 2015 #13

The figures (which seem inaccurate after checking the source directly) show the same thing. pampango Jan 2015 #17

My source was the US govt report. Our deficits with Canada & Mexico have gone up. RiverLover Jan 2015 #19

No, your source was for #13 was citizen.org which used statistics allegedly from a government pampango Jan 2015 #20

du rec. xchrom Jan 2015 #7

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #9

Small NY businesses agree.. (survey) annabanana Jan 2015 #11

Another -really- good article in Forbes yesterday~ RiverLover Jan 2015 #12

Thanks...this Forbes article is a good read..... KoKo Jan 2015 #14

Thank you. woo me with science Jan 2015 #24

K&R. The promoters pretended NAFTA and the others would be good for us back then too. Overseas Jan 2015 #15

K/R marmar Jan 2015 #18

But the economy didn't crash the second NAFTA was signed!! jeff47 Jan 2015 #21

The economy did great until Bush cut taxes Recursion Jan 2015 #25

Again, you are claiming connections that just did not happen. jeff47 Jan 2015 #32

K&R woo me with science Jan 2015 #22

kick woo me with science Jan 2015 #23

What FDR said. Octafish Jan 2015 #26

And FDR's trade deal actually helped American workers while the free trade deals today help corps RiverLover Jan 2015 #27

Me, too. Obama calls critics of TPP secrecy 'Conspiracy Theorists' Octafish Jan 2015 #31

kick woo me with science Jan 2015 #28

We are the prey of One Percent sociopaths woo me with science Jan 2015 #29

Yep, this is why the Koch Bros are celebrating having a Dem president with a GOP congress once more. RiverLover Jan 2015 #30

A slickly planned segue into 2016 for the oligarchy pretending to be a democracy. woo me with science Jan 2015 #33

K & R AzDar Jan 2015 #34