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You can say what you want about Perot, but that mousey little guy was right about that giant sucking sound called NAFTA.

Exactly! He said "NAFTA will cause a giant sucking sound as jobs go south" As this chart shows, he was right!

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Data extracted on: September 4, 2007 (10:56:29 AM)

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Series Id: CES3000000001 Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector: Manufacturing Industry: Manufacturing NAICS Code: N/A Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
1993	16790	16806	16795	16771	16766	16742	16742	16741	16768	16778	16800	16815
1994	16853	16862	16896	16932	16962	17011	17027	17082	17114	17144	17187	17218
1995	17259	17264	17263	17278	17260	17250	17218	17241	17246	17215	17207	17230
1996	17206	17229	17192	17204	17221	17226	17222	17255	17253	17268	17276	17285
1997	17298	17316	17339	17351	17362	17387	17387	17451	17466	17513	17555	17587
1998	17621	17627	17637	17636	17624	17607	17421	17564	17558	17512	17466	17449
1999	17426	17394	17368	17342	17333	17294	17319	17288	17281	17275	17283	17277
2000	17285	17285	17302	17299	17276	17297	17325	17287	17232	17215	17204	17181


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Just look at all the manufacturing jobs we lost in the 7 years after NAFTA.

But why stop at the year 2000?

Not Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector: Manufacturing Industry: Manufacturing NAICS Code: N/A Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual, 1997,17184,17222,17268,17288,17355,17486,17351,17552,17550,17563,17597,17614,17419 1998,17511,17536,17568,17579,17607,17708,17405,17640,17632,17552,17503,17475,17560 1999,17325,17305,17303,17291,17316,17394,17303,17363,17335,17314,17316,17300,17322 2000,17179,17193,17236,17249,17262,17403,17319,17364,17278,17251,17227,17200,17263 2001,16993,16934,16870,16750,16646,16615,16392,16332,16185,16010,15847,15723,16441 2002,15475,15414,15375,15340,15335,15399,15273,15272,15195,15096,15010,14919,15259 2003,14744,14675,14654,14562,14556,14594,14432,14467,14420,14368,14339,14304,14510 2004,14171,14172,14220,14267,14337,14434,14370,14430,14386,14360,14331,14305,14315 2005,14141,14168,14200,14203,14246,14323,14250,14288,14234,14224,14218,14222,14226 2006,14094,14104,14141,14182,14209,14334,14261,14303,14255,14193,14152,14136,14197 2007,14010,14010,14024,14026,14059,14149(p),14088(p), , , , , ,