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In reply to the discussion: So, fans of free trade, how does shipping jobs out of America create jobs for America? [View all]bart95
(488 posts)19. 'It could have been made here, using American workers'
and most of it used to be, 30+ years ago
exact same products, in many cases
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So, fans of free trade, how does shipping jobs out of America create jobs for America? [View all]
Zalatix
Apr 2012
OP
That's what corporations have done to f**k up our country, and why our country is in this
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#2
Because nearly everybody in both parties did this to us and they knew exactly
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#67
What difference does it make that both parties did it? It's still the government's fault
badtoworse
Apr 2012
#68
But this isn't the WWII era when the infrastructures of Japan and Europe lay in ruins.....
marmar
Apr 2012
#8
No, but TVs, clothing, shoes, appliances, toys, and just about every other consumer product were
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#34
Your response shows you didn't read my question, so DO NOT lecture me about research.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#24
It is not bogus. You once again did not read. I did put a question mark after it.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#29
Good luck with putting toddlers to work on your revived AMC Pacer assembly line
KurtNYC
Apr 2012
#63
Ironic that you should use the phrase "Jobs making iPods" with respect to Chinese labour. (NT)
Heywood J
Apr 2012
#44
I have outsourced my DU posting to China, here is the answer (which cost me only 18-cents):
KurtNYC
Apr 2012
#48
Yup, we know that. The problem is nobody's buying what you're selling. We all see right through it.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#57
Better question is who is going to fund Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.?
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#71