Today, 15yrs ago, NAFTA was signed into Law by President Clinton. It effectively removed ALL Tariffs between Canada, USA, and Mexico.
Ross Perot warned us to hear the "Giant Sucking Sound" of thousands of jobs leaving the USA and going to Mexico.
Many people dismissed him as "paranoid", "protectionist".
Well 15yrs. later and MILLIONS of LOST JOBS later, we see that Ross Perot was RIGHT.
Except now many of those jobs that went South to Mexico, now have left Mexico for even CHEAPER SLAVE LABOR in CHINA.
I remember that right after NAFTA was passed, Mexico devalued its currency and went into even worse economic condition.
Company after Company has now left the USA for cheap, slave labor in first Mexico, but now more so in China.
China has become the WORLD FACTORY.
Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame.
What we are left with is cheap, sorry quality crapola + a few hundred LOW PAYING Service Jobs.
Shame Shame Shame on Congress for passing this horrible bill and letting it spread to even cheaper labor in communist red China.
We foolishly believed we were all in this together, equal partners in a bold new venture to create jobs and prosperity across the hemisphere. What we failed to realize is that despite the American flag lapel pins their CEOs wore, U.S. corporations have no “American” interest in their global wheeling and dealing. Only the bottom line matters. They saw NAFTA as a superhighway to drive down wages, and they put the pedal to the metal. Shuttered factories and loss of manufacturing jobs have made voters angry and frustrated.
People in the USA make the best quality products. China makes Garbage products.
People in the USA will pay a few bucks more if they know that "drill" or "shovel" or "whatever" they buy is made by their neighbor here in the USA and keeping him employed and the community healthy.
We just plain don't need any more so called Free Trade deals like NAFTA or CAFTA.
We don't need anymore cheap $3.00 T-shirts or $1.00 toys from China.
What we need are more HIGH PAYING MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE USA.
Call your Congressmen to support higher Tariffs just say NO to any more outsourcing jobs out of the USA.
Jimbo
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