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6. How can you pass Free Trade with Korea, and now Trans-Pacific Partnership while pushing

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 01:44 PM

Jul 2012

Made in America?

I just don't get the strategy.

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"Made in America" is a very strong message. [View all] kentuck Jul 2012 OP

While people understand in the abstract that "jobs have been lost," I think more people need to Brickbat Jul 2012 #1

It means something because it's so rare. dkf Jul 2012 #2

I think it is a stronger message than ever Johonny Jul 2012 #3

Yep. kentuck Jul 2012 #4

Goods produced by American prisoners should also be labeled as such. justice1 Jul 2012 #5

Honda of Ohio was using prison labor to compete against my unionized company NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #8

Solution? "Free trade" with Korea! Romulox Jul 2012 #38

Talking more nonsense, eh? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #41

Paraphrasing you, friend! nt Romulox Jul 2012 #43

How can you pass Free Trade with Korea, and now Trans-Pacific Partnership while pushing Romulox Jul 2012 #6

the strategy is deliver for your corporate owners and lie to the public over and over nt msongs Jul 2012 #7

How true! n/t amandabeech Jul 2012 #27

Are you suggesting we had "fair" trade with Korea before this? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #10

You know *damn well* that "free trade" with Korea will put Americans out of work. Just like NAFTA. Romulox Jul 2012 #11

You avoided answering my question NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #12

And I'll take your non-answer as a concession that "free trade" with Korea will cost jobs. Romulox Jul 2012 #13

that you got screwed in the 80s doesn't mean that this deal won't screw more people. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #18

No success getting an answer from the poster above so I will try it with you NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #21

no. trade has always been managed for the benefit of the biggest boys on the block. and from HiPointDem Jul 2012 #22

What do you recommend doing about this decades old trade imbalance then? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #23

i recommend the organization of the working class outside the direction of the bought-off union HiPointDem Jul 2012 #25

You are saying our unions are bought off and corrupt NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #30

"Sounds more like a right wing talking point." = by design in the stage-managed realm of official HiPointDem Jul 2012 #33

I had a discussion about this with one of my oldest and trusted friends just last week over lunch NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #35

By their fruits, etc. I support labor and unions that support labor. Support of labor means HiPointDem Jul 2012 #36

Um, dude? YOU are the one pushing "free trade". YOU. Who was she talking about, again? nt Romulox Jul 2012 #37

You must be confusing me with someone else NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #40

"Fair Trade" is a fairy tale. You are pushing "FREE TRADE" with Korea. As it exists. In THIS world. Romulox Jul 2012 #42

What we had when my job and millions of others were shipped out of the country was free trade NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #44

That is not how the "free trade" deal with Korea works. Nor the TPP. You can't just make shit up. Romulox Jul 2012 #45

I kind of thought it was going to be over your head NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #47

Yes. Your fantasy world remains locked up in your own head. I suggest an insult, then a retreat. Romulox Jul 2012 #48

PS: I get sick of all this attention-seeking. The only reason there is ambiguity here Romulox Jul 2012 #46

It's still a strong message... kentuck Jul 2012 #14

Right. But Lakoff's "framing" theory suggests every frame introduces its own opposite. Romulox Jul 2012 #15

But, then again... kentuck Jul 2012 #16

I don't see it. Remember, Obama is trying to pass TPP simultaneously... nt Romulox Jul 2012 #17

The Party should vote against him. kentuck Jul 2012 #19

Today's Slate: "The Fake Headlines: Neither Obama Nor Romney Is Against Offshoring" Romulox Jul 2012 #20

I recall that Obama said during the last campaign that.. kentuck Jul 2012 #24

He then abandoned his pledge to renegotiate NAFTA, passed George W. Bush's "Free trade" with Korea, Romulox Jul 2012 #39

And his supporters said nothing. kentuck Jul 2012 #49

Nonsense. His supporters told us we should either vote for Mittens, else shut our mouths. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #50

Damn right! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #9

I'd like all the cameras covering American athletes to be made in America 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #26

I hear that. The revolution against foreign outsourcing is on. Zalatix Jul 2012 #28

Anybody tell the manufactures of the 1% ? orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #31

What's red , white and made in China ? orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #29

I couldn't agree with you more! C Span B Calm Jul 2012 #32

The valid points that some folks have made... kentuck Jul 2012 #34