Bill Clinton on Anti Trade, Anti-Immigration Politics

[MadBadger]

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Maybe this is why Bill is staying silent so far.

[Morereason]

1. Out of touch politics from the view of the rich

I don't think they can "get it". They are too removed from having to "live it".

[Xipe Totec]

2. I must be out of touch too

because what he said made sense to me.

[susankh4]

3. He is alsways so on target!

How can he keep doing that? He must just eat, sleep and breathe American politics.

[tnlefty]

4. Blah-dee, Blay-dee Bullshit as I friend of mine says.

Textile mills decimated, the furniture industry in NC decimated, plants closing around me right and left and coming and going, sock manufacturing mills in NE Alabama and TN closing (thanks CAFTA). Three of my neighbors have been directly affected by Maytag closing plants and moving them to Mexico - 2 worked for Maytag and my Big Dem neighbor who is in sales had accounts with Maytag. Yeah, it trickles down. :mad:

Health insurance premiums? Yes, those and deductibles have gone up, but if the jobs are gone or if one has a job that doesn't provide health insurance it doesn't really matter how much someone else's premiums or deductibles increased now does it?

I'm no where close to having the amount of money that he has and I'll never see it, but I will continue to buy fair trade products, union made products and environmentally friendly made products as long as I can.

[greendog]

5. We wouldn't have to worry so much about "creating" good jobs if...

..."certain people" hadn't been so enthusiastic about shipping perfectly good jobs to cheap-labor hellholes.

I'm gonna be real happy to watch this guy (and his bullshit) fade away.

[shellfishgene]

6. No, Bill

We're not "anti-trade." That would mean that we all want to produce our own crops only and never commercially interact with anyone else. That's not the progressive position.

We don't like the free trade policies that have been enacted. They are unfair to everyone except for the super rich who control the world's capital. Free trade hasn't done a damn thing for the poor. All it's done is allow multinational corporations (mostly headquartered in America) to bring in more profits by reducing "barriers to entry" in foreign markets and allowing big capital to buy into those markets.

If other countries didn't want free trade, our government, economic hitmen, or mercenaries bribed, blackmailed, or killed their leaders.

Bill, your conception of free trade is a crock of shit. We want fair trade so we can keep our jobs and not have to be embarassed at the end of the day.

Anyone interested in this should definitely read "The Shock Doctrine" and the "Economic Hitman" series.