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westerebus

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5. When Nixon and Henry the K opened China there was a question.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 08:04 PM

Oct 2013

The question was how are some poor as dirt farmers going to pay for all the trade we were going to sell them?

The answer was free trade.

That did not answer the question asked.

The next question asked was why are plants closing in this country and opening in China?

The answer was free trade.

That did not answer the question asked.

Which lead to the question how will this work as far as living standards in both countries go?

The answer was free trade.

That did not answer the question.

Currently, there are less jobs here and a declining standard of living.

The question today is why would anyone vote for any party that promotes free trade?

That's the answer to a lot of unanswered questions.

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