Internal White House documents allege manufacturing decline increases abortions, infertility, and...

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Internal White House documents allege manufacturing decline increases abortions, infertility, and spousal abuse

By Damian Paletta October 17 at 8:34 PM

White House officials working on trade policy were alarmed last month when a top adviser to President Trump circulated a two-page document that alleged a weakened manufacturing sector leads to an increase in abortion, spousal abuse, divorce and infertility, two people familiar with the matter said.

The documents, which were obtained by The Washington Post, were prepared and distributed by Peter Navarro, director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. They were presented without any data or information to back up the assertions, and reveal some of the materials the Trump administration reviewed as it was crafting its trade policy.

Two administration officials confirmed the authenticity of the documents, which have emerged as the administration has threatened to withdraw from a free trade agreement with South Korea and is taking a hard-line stance against Canada and Mexico in renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The fourth round of talks wrapped up on Tuesday amid pointed remarks and with few signs of progress. Negotiators said the talks would have to be extended beyond the original deadline into 2018.

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A document circulated by Peter Navarro, director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, linked the country’s manufacturing decline to a host of social problems.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Huh??

[jmowreader]

3. Very simple

A smaller manufacturing sector = fewer good-paying jobs, both blue-collar (the people who make the stuff) and white-collar (the people who design it, sell it and manage the companies).

Fewer good-paying jobs = less disposable income

Less disposable income = less likelihood of conceiving children or continuing pregnancies, more marital stress, more domestic violence

Now ya gotta ask yourself, why do we have a smaller manufacturing base? Partly because consumers wanted cheaper prices and the way to get same is to make the stuff in low-wage countries, and partly because of people like the sorry bastard in the White House who will import shit we make perfectly well and competitively priced right here in America.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Except statics for birth rates don't back that up.

Nor crime stats.

[dalton99a]

2. WTF

[Vinca]

4. Was there a segment about the outsourced Trump family products?

[Bettie]

6. I don't even know where to mentally file this one

seriously, WTF?