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In reply to the discussion: 'I'm not with her': why women are weary of Hillary Clinton [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)because its all fairly easy to prove if you want me to. At least i know where to find proof at this point.
They just dont tell us this. They dont want people getting involved because - hell, people would be outraged if they knoew. As you can see they think they know best. They likely are listening to what lobbyists tell them would be best for the country. Just like when GM tore up the trolley lines to force people to buy cars, creating the US underclass of people who could not afford cars. Whats best for GM was said to be best for the nations economy but that is simply not true. Low wages - which are earned by people from other countries wont translate into lower prices, just higher profits and no jobs.
Don't trust them!
Please let me know what you think is "paranoid" - and want some verification of.
Everything we are used to vanishes, the whole picture changes when services become world trade-
High "minimum" wages in the US have been frequently brought up by foreign countries as a trade barrier, as a barrier to market entry.
Would the WTO see them that way?
In the past, a similar raise in the minimum wage in El Salvador right before entering into a trade agreement was seen by WTO as a violation of the "fair and reasonable treatment" standard I think..
Just think about it for a minute. Things are not how they seem.