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Xolodno

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21. Tons?

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 10:36 AM

Apr 2017

The Economic Policy Institute put it about 800k. What it doesn't tell you, how many of those were going bye-bye anyway. Its like wanting the hey day of Coal or Timber industries back, got news, no matter how much deregulation you do, those jobs aren't coming back. Only prolonging the inevitable.

The cost of manufacturing here for many jobs is prohibitive, unless you pay poverty wages which does no good for anyone anyway. Even then, if you forced these manufacturers to stay, they would have switched to automation. Again, no benefit. Plus the higher costs make the manufacturers products to costly to sell abroad. Hurting the company which probably houses the operations and service jobs domestically. So in effect, you still lose the manufacturing jobs and stunt the company from creating more jobs that would service international operations.

And here is a cold hard fact, 14 Million jobs here are now connected to NAFTA. 14 Million is a lot worse than 800k.

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White House readies order on withdrawing from NAFTA [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP

Don't believe it when Trump says NAFTA is bad for us, or when Democrats say it. Hoyt Apr 2017 #1

At this point the harm has been done zipplewrath Apr 2017 #4

as a person in IT burnbaby Apr 2017 #9

Are Canadians and Mexicans competition for IT workers? Honestly don't know. Hoyt Apr 2017 #11

i think Inidia burnbaby Apr 2017 #12

That's irrelevent to NAFTA -nt Bradical79 Apr 2017 #14

I'm sorry burnbaby Apr 2017 #15

Yes? Bradical79 Apr 2017 #17

This will not have the desired outcome. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #2

Inflation is gonna go through the roof. roamer65 Apr 2017 #7

then maybe we can make it over here again burnbaby Apr 2017 #10

Make it here? Xolodno Apr 2017 #19

I don't know anymore burnbaby Apr 2017 #20

Tons? Xolodno Apr 2017 #21

Wouldn't an EO upsurb the Senate's no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #3

If NAFTAs a treaty (I'm pretty sure it is) Volaris Apr 2017 #8

i think he can put burnbaby Apr 2017 #16

I think we're seeing exactly what this supposed 'master deal maker' relies on as a strategy Kentonio Apr 2017 #5

Currency wars, trade wars, world war. roamer65 Apr 2017 #6

America telling the world to go to hell after taking more than our share of resources & wealth Hoyt Apr 2017 #13

It seems like a bad way to negotiate "better terms" from number 2 and 3 on our export list Johonny Apr 2017 #18

Very, very, very, very very. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #22

yesterday's news....he's flip flopped spanone Apr 2017 #23