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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]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)It is nothing like that. And... post 24? We're talking about the OP, not post 24.
And as for your 80.6 million to 91.4 million jobs cite, that doesn't address MANUFACTURING JOBS and it also DOES NOT NULLIFY the fact that jobs were leaving the country.
Your argument only shows that job growth happened IN SPITE of jobs leaving the country. If we had not had offshoring we would probably have had 12 to 13 million additional jobs during that period, instead of 11.
As for your metrification argument, once again, that is for exports. This discussion is about what we produce and consume here in America. The goods we buy here should be made here. Your metrification rant has no relevance to that.
Once again you failed to even address the argument I was making, much less disprove it.