NAFTA has been an engine for American prosperity and economic growth through trade. Anyone who states otherwise is too stupid to recognize the truth or too disingenuous to state the facts. Neither one is a good characteristic for a presidential candidate...Hilliary...Obama.
Let's face it, low skill manufacturing jobs have been leaving our shores for decades. These jobs belong elsewhere. Blaming NAFTA for this job migration is either obtuse or dishonest...Hilliary...Obama...which is it?
The law of large numbers makes it easy to find many people who....have lost manufacturing jobs, do not presently have health insurance, or believe that aliens have tried to kidnap them at some point in their lives. We have over 300m citizens in the United States. If less than half of one percent of people have lost their jobs due to jobs migrating offshore, then there are over a million and a half people who are in this condition. That is a big number, when examined in a vacuum. However when considered in the context of a population of over 300m, the number is not statistically significant. So should we trash NAFTA and the other trade agreements that have fueled the greatest economic expansion in the past 50 years? Hilliary...Obama....why would you shoot the golden goose?
Hilliary and Obama are smart people. They know the truth about NAFTA. They understand the numbers on the uninsured. They just believe that their election prospects trump the truth, trump economic reality, and trump the best interests of everyone besides themselves....which makes them like every other common politician.
BTW, is whining about being picked first to answer questions in a debate a good precursor for how one will respond in the White House when real issues arise?
Don't take my word for it:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_democratic_trade_myths.html
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