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Hoyt

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14. If it gets to that point, which I doubt soon, we better be trading in every global nook

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #13)

Tue May 28, 2019, 08:32 PM

May 2019

and cranny because we are going to need every penny to provide for the citizenry. Taxes will have to be levied on production, services, etc.

I heard these dire predictions back when I was carrying punched cards for computer projects.

I do believe it’s going to be tough for the USA to maintain the size of our homes, number of cars, etc., relative to the rest of the world. Hope middle class here can handle lowering their expectations.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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2020 Democrats split in growing divide on US trade policy [View all] mia May 2019 OP

This is true. PatrickforO May 2019 #1

"Our people better be talking about 'fair trade' as opposed to 'free trade'." mia May 2019 #2

Jobs have been lost while productivity has gone through the roof, Blue_true May 2019 #4

NAFTA did not cost the USA 800,000 jobs. Manufacturing jobs increased from the year it was riverine May 2019 #11

I'm sorry, global trade is important to the world's economy. trump is an America Firster. Hoyt May 2019 #3

Robots and AI are killing employment worldwide, not just here. Blue_true May 2019 #5

they refuse to believe or accept it when informed also JI7 May 2019 #6

I think that they see it. Blue_true May 2019 #7

I'm not sure AI/robots can be restricted. A Guaranteed Income is important, but if we Hoyt May 2019 #8

There are people that are just racists and bigots. They could have everything Blue_true May 2019 #13

If it gets to that point, which I doubt soon, we better be trading in every global nook Hoyt May 2019 #14

You mentioned punch cards and you see what today is like and that did not set off alarms? Blue_true May 2019 #17

It's been over 50 years, and I don't think we are close to mass unemployment. Underemployment, maybe Hoyt May 2019 #18

We have never been at a juncture like this in world history. Blue_true May 2019 #19

THIS, and thank you! Our industrial revolution paradigm is changing. Amimnoch May 2019 #9

It is about more than just education. Blue_true May 2019 #15

The issue of trade requires a balanced approach Indygram May 2019 #10

+10000 BannonsLiver May 2019 #12

I saw an ad for a new pickup truck yesterday. Blue_true May 2019 #16