I wish I could change my handle to CreamPaiMei, please A2
Yea, Donnie's not to blame for anything. Holy shit that's some serious bafoonery. Hey dumb fuck Drumpf supporters (which includes some of my willfully ignorant friends): STOP BEING SELFISH PRICKS. Considering people other than yourself can be more fulfilling than a Molly D BJ. There are plenty of books about that too. Yes, you'll have to turn off the TV, kiss your boyfriend Hannity goodbye and actually read a book but I assure you it's true. Expand your horizons you fkn Hillbillys; stop being an asshole. . You don't want to end up like WonderInAButt do ya? -CPM.
Please don't defend nafta
[QUOTE=BengalMan;4716463]Some historical perspective:
Republicans (I am one) supported NAFTA. I did too. It was a way to enable free trade across Canada and Mexico whereby each country did what each does best at the cheapest cost. Capitalism!
The USA Should ALWAYS want lower-skilled jobs done elsewhere and higher skilled jobs done here. Higher skilled jobs pay more!
It's ones own fault if they failed to take advantage of acquiring higher skills so they could get these higher paying jobs. That is called laziness because there were TONS of high skill jobs out there.
Just because you wanted to be the tire checker on the assembly line and get $35 an hour to do it is no reason to hate NAFTA. Mexicans will check that tire for $4 an hour because that's all it's worth.[/QUOTE]In 1988 the average wage in the US was over $12 an hour. Largest employer in the US was GM (Manufacturing). In 2006, average wage in the US was below $9 an hour. Largest employer in the US, Walmart (retail / service).
NAFTA inadvertently took out the higher priced jobs too.
Mondo.