[elfman2]

" No one worries about this until it is their job that is leaving the country. Third world status, here we come."

Maybe you could give us an example of a country achieving “third world status” due to free trade.

[cynicom]

elf...

Look around you, you are living in the example that is heading down hill. If you cannot, or will not see it, you are part of the problem.

[RussianConservative]

Indonesia....2.5 and back to 3 minus....no really, Britian is brain drain for 30 years now...so is Germany (11%+ unemployment and last year GDP shrink 1%) Germany living standard only above Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal...oops and it still fall.