Could he be any less inspiring? Let us eat trade deals? Trying to top the 700,000 lost NAFTA jobs?

[Karmadillo]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/12/nafta-job-loss-trade-deficit-epi_n_859983.html

When the North American Free Trade Agreement was first signed in 1994, proponents said it would eventually create jobs for the U.S. economy.

17 years later, a new report estimates, the American worker only has hundreds of thousands of job losses to show for it.

According to a report by Economic Policy Institute economist Robert Scott, entitled "Heading South: U.S.-Mexico trade and job displacement after NAFTA," an estimated 682,900 U.S. jobs have been "lost or displaced" because of the agreement and the resulting trade deficit.

The historic agreement, signed just three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, tore down trade barriers between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, making trade and investment easier for businesses without allowing for the cross-border movement of labor. Despite the agreement being considered a boon for Mexico, the country's economy grew only 1.6 percent per capita on average between 1992 and 2007, The New York Times reported in 2009.

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[OhioChick]

1. NAFTA killed Ohio n/t

[Atman]

2. Video killed the radio star.

Apple killed the CD industry.

I have no point to make here...just rambling.

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[EFerrari]

3. Obama is going to create jobs -- in Korea and Colombia. n/t

[bvar22]

4. Free Trade was a SCAM from the Get go.

"Free Trade" was a SCAM invented by the RICH (Corporate Owners) that would enable them to outrun Labor Rights,
Human Rights, and Environmental protections.
It gave them open access to Slave Labor.
They used smooth Talking Politicians to sell it to a gullible America.

If you Work for a Living,
do NOT trust ANY politician who espouses a belief in "Free Markets", Free Trade", or an "Invisible Hand".
NONE of those exist,
and that politician is NOT your friend.

Ross was RIGHT!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgx1C_S6ls&feature=player_embedded



Cherish your memories, SUCKERS!
because we're TAKING everything else!
Hahahahahahaha!

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[Karmadillo]

6. Kick

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