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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Outsourcing Clinton Allies Accused of Abusing L-1, H1-B Work Visa System [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)37. Well, that will help the workers in IN, who lost their jobs to Mexicans earning 10%. TEN PERCENT
of what was paid to them, Americans, for the same job.
They want to turn us all into SERFS eventually.
Waiting for trickle down. The Clintons may speak ag trickle down, but its just part of their con. Their actions belie the words.
Last month, the air conditioner manufacturer Carrier told 1,400 workers in Indianapolis that their middle-class jobs were being offshored to Mexico. Carrier would slash its labor costs since its new workers would earn only about 10 percent of what the United Steelworkers earned in Indiana.
This is the real face of free trade deals. Workers that could afford to own their own homes and send their kids to college have had their economic security sacrificed on the altar of free trade.
Since the 1990s, the big business wings of the Democratic and Republican parties have united to push corporate trade deals that cost millions of jobs and contribute to Americas growing economic inequality. There was agreement among the Washington elites that these trade agreements written by and for the worlds biggest corporations were good for everyone. But really they were only good for everyone they met at the best cocktail parties.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/31/changing-politics-free-trade-politicians-are-finally-listening
This is the real face of free trade deals. Workers that could afford to own their own homes and send their kids to college have had their economic security sacrificed on the altar of free trade.
Since the 1990s, the big business wings of the Democratic and Republican parties have united to push corporate trade deals that cost millions of jobs and contribute to Americas growing economic inequality. There was agreement among the Washington elites that these trade agreements written by and for the worlds biggest corporations were good for everyone. But really they were only good for everyone they met at the best cocktail parties.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/31/changing-politics-free-trade-politicians-are-finally-listening
The Clinton are Super-Politicians.
No conscience, no empathy, we can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.
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Outsourcing Clinton Allies Accused of Abusing L-1, H1-B Work Visa System [View all]
Baobab
Mar 2016
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as many as 30 or 40 million currently good paying jobs could eventually be globalized if the WTO
Baobab
Mar 2016
#13
Some interesting info- This is a big big big thing, global in scope. Going back 22 years
Baobab
Mar 2016
#18
From first hand experience I can say that my paycheck was decimated because of H1b visa workers
peacebird
Mar 2016
#28
I would like to point out there is an important "left wing" side to this and thats
Baobab
Mar 2016
#12
here is a "left wing source" basically, this is a much more information rich story
Baobab
Mar 2016
#19
EPI.org has a lot of solid research on guest worker visas, H1 and 2-Bs are being abused when
Baobab
Mar 2016
#15
Lowering wages is NOT good. Lords paid serfs low wages too. We ended that practice for a reason.
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#27
To WTO lowering wages in developed countries is good because its MORE "EFFICIENT"
Baobab
Mar 2016
#30
Well, that will help the workers in IN, who lost their jobs to Mexicans earning 10%. TEN PERCENT
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#37