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It’s fucking free trade. Done even only semi-competently it brings about wealth, freedom and peace. It’s quite harmless, actually.
by arrrg 13y ago
It’s fucking free trade. Done even only semi-competently it brings about wealth, freedom and peace. It’s quite harmless, actually.
- triangleman 13y agoHow has the average American worker done since NAFTA was passed? There used to be a time when an autoworker could support a wife and two kids on a single income. Free trade is great when it's fair. What we have today is free movement of capital, semi-free movement of goods, and non-free movement of people. Not the best combination.
- CamperBob2 13y agoWell, we don't have free movement of capital, as any American citizen who has recently tried to open or maintain a foreign bank account can tell you. My US-based commercial bank account no longer even supports outgoing wires. So whatever's going on doesn't involve increasing economic freedom across borders. How has the average American worker done since NAFTA was passed? No complaints here. But NAFTA was ratified a long time ago. TPP is not NAFTA.
- minor_nitwit 13y agoFree trade is a misleading euphemism, it's a set of new rules for trade.
- gnaritas 13y agoIn the long term, eventually, yes; in the short terms it's devastating to the people who it displaces.