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guillaumeb

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18. I was replying to your list.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:07 PM

Jun 2016

Many US trading partners, including China and S. Korea, have substantial barriers to trade. So there is no level playing field, no truly free trade because someone, and it is always the workers, loses.

Otherwise what you have is a race to the bottom where jobs flow to the country with the lowest wages. And this is happening to industries and jobs that are considered skilled work.

Is this your idea of Utopia?

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It was not factory jobs that created the great American middle class [View all] Yavin4 Jun 2016 OP

Left out was the word "unions". guillaumeb Jun 2016 #1

Using your argument Yavin4 Jun 2016 #6

They are the "foreign competition"... kentuck Jun 2016 #7

I was replying to your list. guillaumeb Jun 2016 #18

Unions created the middle class AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #2

Unions were getting killed in the streets Yavin4 Jun 2016 #4

Every country on earth with a large middle class has strong unions AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #10

+1 Go Vols Jun 2016 #25

Becase it was cheaper than revolution. rug Jun 2016 #12

Don't forget the GI Bill....nt Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #3

Big factor Freddie Jun 2016 #14

Many Americans don't aspire to be "factory workers" either. MADem Jun 2016 #5

That's the thing that's so strange about the romanticization of manufacturing alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #9

I have a relative who worked for a summer in a manufacturing plant. MADem Jun 2016 #16

The history of manufacturing and labor revolt 1965-1975 alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #17

You are right. It put food on the table, but it didn't feed the soul or the mind. MADem Jun 2016 #20

Good post treestar Jun 2016 #19

Thanks! nt MADem Jun 2016 #21

+1, "I am a fan of FAIR trade, where that playing field is reasonably level, " uponit7771 Jun 2016 #24

that's exactly what they want you to think. nt TheFrenchRazor Jun 2016 #8

Th GI Bill jump-started the floundering middle class Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #11

You forgot to factor in ... GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #13

Unions. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #15

Been said before, I'll say it again: * U * N * I * O * N * S * made the middle class baldguy Jun 2016 #22

Lots of government money KT2000 Jun 2016 #23

lol SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #26

Unions and the GI Bill. Hekate Jun 2016 #27