My main concerns with the TPP, TISA, TTIP, etc. are not job losses but the

[JDPriestly]

106. If things had gotten better after NAFTA, we would not be arguing against the TPP.

It is because factories were dismantled and moved to Mexico and because our country began to import more from well organized, resource rich, and in some respect socialistic Canada and closing down factories and eliminating jobs here, reducing the wages and lowering the living standard here, that thinking Americans do not want the TPP.

Mexico had decidedly lower wages and an incompetent government so corporations can get by with a lot there and Canada beats our economy when it comes to skills and education and health care. Simple. We are the losers in the NAFTA trade deal.

I've asked you this before perhaps. Do you live in the US? I don't ask that because I don't like foreigners. It is nearly impossible in America to have a family in which all members were born here, so it isn't anything against people born in foreign countries or living in foreign countries, but sometimes DUers who argue in favor of these trade agreements make statements that cause me to question whether they know what is going on in the US. Either you are not in our country or you are very young and don't realize how our country has lost jobs, creativity, skills, educational excellence, and so many other good qualities since NAFTA.

NAFTA has reduced the quality of life for most Americans.