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Egnever

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11. Interesting

Reply to pampango (Reply #5)

Fri May 15, 2015, 05:30 PM

May 2015

some other things to consider though.

Our population is 4 times that of Germany and our GDP is also 4 times that of germany. So when it comes to actual production we are almost equal.

Does that mean that Germany is able to provide better working conditions because a larger portion of their production is traded? And if that is the conclusion then would that not be a pretty strong argument for reducing trade barriers for our production?

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A Majority of Americans Born Before 1974 are to Blame for Our Bad Trade Agreements [View all] louis c May 2015 OP

1996 was my first election. bigwillq May 2015 #1

I am sorry. I just didn't know much about trade back then betterdemsonly May 2015 #17

After you vote you cannot control events so upaloopa May 2015 #2

Nice language louis c May 2015 #3

Perot was also talking about cordoning off the 'ghettos' an dealing with the 'drug problem' in Bluenorthwest May 2015 #9

Well said Egnever May 2015 #10

The pretense that that election was all about NAFTA is absurd. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #12

Thank you. People — a lot of people — seem to forget this about Perot. Raine1967 May 2015 #16

you might have a case in the primaries, but not the general karynnj May 2015 #19

No doubt there will always be a handful of individuals placing blame on a demographic LanternWaste May 2015 #4

Do you think the germans who voted for Hitler louis c May 2015 #6

Trade is 23% of our economy; 70% of Germany's. pampango May 2015 #5

Interesting Egnever May 2015 #11

Perot had some good points. He was also a very rich man who dropped out of that race only to Bluenorthwest May 2015 #7

We needed to ship jobs overseas... EL34x4 May 2015 #8

I turned 18 in 1992 and voted for the first time in the GE. StevieM May 2015 #13

It would have been hard for Gephardt ISUGRADIA May 2015 #14

As I remember it we started seriously losing jobs to maquiladoras during the Reagan administration HereSince1628 May 2015 #15

Yes, this shock to the American economy started before NAFTA betterdemsonly May 2015 #18

Cinton won the nomination before I ever got to caucus. MohRokTah May 2015 #20