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11. What was the reason manufacturing has been offshored to China and Mexico?

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:18 PM

Jun 2016

To take advantage of Chinese and Mexican robots?

"Trade" (what should more accurately be called "job offshoring") is paramount on the list.

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The four-letter word supporters of free trade never utter: DEBT [View all] brentspeak Jun 2016 OP

Tag Ohioblue22 Jun 2016 #1

I'm sorry... orwell Jun 2016 #3

Consumer debt has everything to do with cheap imports brentspeak Jun 2016 #7

Nobody's "forcing" consumers to do anything. orwell Jun 2016 #8

Well, that's good you're not in debt brentspeak Jun 2016 #9

You're an anecdote, and a lucky one, but one data point is meaningless closeupready Jun 2016 #14

You're conflating American consumer debt with factory jobs Yavin4 Jun 2016 #5

You basically supported my argument brentspeak Jun 2016 #6