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Baobab

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11. Economic integration is similar to integration of US society in the past.
Tue May 24, 2016, 10:01 AM
May 2016

Countries are specialists in whatever they do best for less. Some countries corporations make computer chips and space satellites, other countries corporations run schools and hospitals and prisons. Highly skilled labor intensive jobs.

With the economics of scale one company can specialize in running thousands or even perhaps someday millions of workplaces at the lowest possible cost.

Countries like the US have been accused of coddling professional protectionists.

Would you rather they completely changed our healthcare system ? With globalization we can give people with the aluminum foil plans healthcare in India that is the equal or better of care in any rural community in the US. Travel is cheap, healthcare and profit margins for insurers expensive.

Prisons can be offshored.

We cannot hoard jobs or spend government money on our own country alone, in a globalized service economy.

So truly, since we've gotten rich off them - selling them expensive drugs, making them give up public health care, now "Its Their Turn"

Hillary is a globalist. This is globalism. Equal pay for equal work.

Sanders or Trump would probably start a trade war by breaking these agreements, the negotiations have been going on for 22 years.

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Yep, some Republican women. Am I supposed to be surprised? leftofcool May 2016 #1
More anti bullshit ... apcalc May 2016 #2
Imagine if you will, life in America for women under a President Trump liberal N proud May 2016 #3
Clinton hijacks womens issues with globalism. Baobab May 2016 #4
You really want to take your chances with Trump? liberal N proud May 2016 #5
One world, ready or not! Trump or Sanders would cause a trade war! Baobab May 2016 #8
So, if not Bernie, then Trump? cheapdate May 2016 #26
Its not a gamble.. the WTO rules are public and anybody can read them. Baobab May 2016 #23
If we globalize services lots of women in public sector jobs will likely lose them Baobab May 2016 #22
Lol. She's winning the female vote and she's going La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #6
Hillary has been a globalist her whole life- she wants to create a level Baobab May 2016 #7
So we should become a third world country because it's their turn? zalinda May 2016 #9
Movement of Natural Persons to provide services Baobab May 2016 #10
Economic integration is similar to integration of US society in the past. Baobab May 2016 #11
Women would yourather give up jobs and careers and let the globalization proceed than break promises Baobab May 2016 #12
maybe women recognize that is a global world. if you want to sell american products abroad La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #13
thoughts on the rate of change Baobab May 2016 #15
Whatever your brand of paranoia is, I don't buy it La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #16
"paranoia" implies not true. Are you saying that something I said isnt true? What- be specific, Baobab May 2016 #19
WTO Disciplines on Domestic Regulation are public Baobab May 2016 #24
Poor people in this country know zalinda May 2016 #18
I totally agree. Thats why I am supporting Bernie Sanders- He wants global wages to rise Baobab May 2016 #20
the sustainability argument is the one the neoliberals reject- "on principle" Baobab May 2016 #25
I like how you first rock May 2016 #14
Actually, because of the way trade deals work, once the on switch is switched it makes no difference Baobab May 2016 #17
For example, read the story of what happened to Slovakia Baobab May 2016 #21
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