We could never lower wages enough to compete with the third world hell holes ...out jobs were sent to...same old same of free trade bs. Free trade is the devil.
Not even close. With minimum wage laws driving up the cost of unskilled labor and taxation to support those who aren't producing, we can't compete. We are no longer the only industrialized nation as was the case just after WWII. There is now competition. We can't command any price we want because others can easily undercut those prices.
Free trade is reality. Figure out how to compete.