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MrMickeysMom

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10. Now we are in an even race to the bottom, Hoyt...

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 01:04 PM

Jun 2015

… and that is not good for anyone, given the productivity of all and global corporatism, which is quite in the other direction.

The idea of trade agreements and tariffs are so that all boats are lifted, not so many more can joint the bottom. The idea is not, " Now my back isn't hurting as much to support the top 1%, now that your country has given me more of their mutton". That is unsustainable, regardless of what 50 cents a day turns into.

When everybody does better, then everybody does better.

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NAFTA at 20 [View all] Jefferson23 Jun 2015 OP

Yet Mexico and Canada asked to be part of the TPP. NAFTA must not have been so bad. Hoyt Jun 2015 #1

When a government agrees that means the people of that country have benefited? Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #2

Those poor farmers were making $0.50 a day, now they are getting jobs much better. Hoyt Jun 2015 #3

You have any documented support for that? n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #4

NAFTA has been a disaster for Mexico. truebluegreen Jun 2015 #5

Thanks for that post..appreciate it. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #11

Thank you for yours. nt truebluegreen Jun 2015 #12

Life is so good now there that immigrants have stopped roody Jun 2015 #9

Now we are in an even race to the bottom, Hoyt... MrMickeysMom Jun 2015 #10

effect of NAFTA seems impossible to determine Cicada Jun 2015 #6

It's not that complicated when by design there was no balance..keep in mind this was at the 10th Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #7

When Greece joined the EU its per capita GDP was $5,400. Portugal's was $8,600. Mexico was $5,637 pampango Jun 2015 #8