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What Trump and Sanders Get Wrong on Trade
Townhall.com ^ | April 2, 2016 | Steve Chapman

Posted on 04/02/2016 12:15:50 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: vette6387

Yes, and this is why we back a business man instead of a Hack writer or politician.


21 posted on 04/02/2016 12:38:16 PM PDT by STARLIT ((Tea Partier))
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To: Ciexyz
"What happens when Americans can’t afford to buy the junk that’s available to them on store shelves?"

No problem, imported tech is so cheap you're still way better off. Ask any Free Traitor.

22 posted on 04/02/2016 12:39:12 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: austingirl
He says he is going to bring overseas jobs home. How? Through force? Through federal fiat? By getting us out of trade deals that don't work well for us, for starters. I'm a Free Trader, also. It's should be free on both ends. It's not. This needs to be acknowledged first, and the white liberal democrats won't acknowledge it, and the white conservative republicans won't acknowledge it.
23 posted on 04/02/2016 12:40:25 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: hiho hiho

We certainly disagree. I do not believe that Trump has demonstrated an understanding of international trade and economics beyond the very limiting scope of his personal business. Trump produces goods in Mexico. Will he be the first to bring jobs back?


24 posted on 04/02/2016 12:40:26 PM PDT by austingirl (Taqiyya, sharia, jihad, and hijera- what else do you need to know about islam?)
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To: Ted Grant

How will trade deals make corporations bring jobs back to the US? What wages will be offered by the corporations to US workers?


25 posted on 04/02/2016 12:42:42 PM PDT by austingirl (Taqiyya, sharia, jihad, and hijera- what else do you need to know about islam?)
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To: austingirl

I said it was a start. If the cost of goods imported overseas remains absurdly low, US workers simply can’t compete.

Acknowledging there is a serious problem is essential. Republicans have lost many working class people because of it. Democrats at least give them something to chew on in their blissful unemployment.

We’re in the early period of liberal ascension and dominance that will last as long as it can, until we can’t afford it anymore. I figure at least well into the 2060s.


26 posted on 04/02/2016 12:45:48 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: austingirl

It doesn’t matter because they will shut him out at the convention. Not sure if he can run independent on several fronts, so don’t worry about Trump.

If we did have a chance to elect him, I was OK with him on a learning curve.
No candidate has been president before, they all have strengths and weaknesses.

What I trust in Trump is his intentions.
That would have been good enough for me.

Cruz won’t make it the nominee either, BTW.


27 posted on 04/02/2016 12:46:06 PM PDT by MarMema (2016 - Trump or Goldman Sachs)
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To: Will88

In Donald’s history and business lesson today in Racine was currency manipulation. Oh wait, Donald doesn’t talk about specifics. This was only one topic he talked about and explained to his supporters. NATO and TPP hit on too besides many other topics for us uneducated supporters.


28 posted on 04/02/2016 12:46:12 PM PDT by STARLIT ((Tea Partier))
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To: austingirl

“Trump lacks a basic understanding of economics and trade.”

Howls, Sheila. Howls of derisive laughter.

“Building a casino and hiring a bunch of illegal aliens to work for you does not translate into managing a national economy.”

It translates a lot better than any amount of classroom time being taught by some drooling socialist idiot.

“He says he is going to bring overseas jobs home. How?”

Really? You can’t figure that out?

“Corporations look to give their shareholders value”

Corporations have used that excuse to operate with absolute freedom from honesty or ethics.

“Will Trump bring jobs back to have US citizens work for the same wages as they do overseas?”

Nope.

“He is unraveling and looked like a fool on the Chrissy Matthews interview.”

Trump is learning fast, but he has yet to come to terms with the utterly despicable character of his opposition.

“Matthews laughed in his face.”

Matthews has read his Alinsky.

Oh, how I wish Matthews would laugh in my face someday soon.


29 posted on 04/02/2016 12:46:45 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: MarMema

If Cruz or Trump is not the nominee, the GOPe and the party is over.


30 posted on 04/02/2016 12:47:55 PM PDT by austingirl (Taqiyya, sharia, jihad, and hijera- what else do you need to know about islam?)
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To: Kaslin
What he overlooks is that this country is one of the most inviting places for people abroad to invest their money.

That makes us a colonial bank not an industrial or economic power.


31 posted on 04/02/2016 12:50:18 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
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To: dsc
I wrote: "He says he is going to bring overseas jobs home. How?"

You answered:"Really? You can’t figure that out?"

My point is that Trump can't figure it out and cannot do it without force. Are you claiming that you have a plan? LOL!

Corporations exist to make a profit- I guess you don't approve.

32 posted on 04/02/2016 12:54:29 PM PDT by austingirl (Taqiyya, sharia, jihad, and hijera- what else do you need to know about islam?)
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To: austingirl

I think it is now a uniparty of elites all backing Hillary and the eventual globalization they have been pursuing for decades.

All of them have been signing the UN treaty crap since the first George Bush.


33 posted on 04/02/2016 12:56:12 PM PDT by MarMema (2016 - Trump or Goldman Sachs)
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To: rstrahan

Mic drop!


34 posted on 04/02/2016 12:56:19 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Kaslin

So we buy cheap crap from China, and they buy up our assets? There’s a win-win if I ever heard one.


35 posted on 04/02/2016 12:56:54 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: MarMema

Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US, I always say.


36 posted on 04/02/2016 12:57:41 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: Kaslin

Only the Hildabeast with the backing of the GOPe can save us.


37 posted on 04/02/2016 12:58:25 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: Kaslin

You’re fired.

Stock rises.

Wall Street loves layoffs


38 posted on 04/02/2016 12:58:37 PM PDT by donna (Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
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To: Kaslin
Really Steve Chapman this is the best argument you have?

Totally moronic since is does nothing for many Americans at all. Americans who would rather rejoin the workforce and do for themselves in jobs that pay decent wages. These types of jobs are leaving our shores in droves and all you can tout is this country is one of the most inviting places for people abroad to invest their money.

Well I guess it isn't the same usual lame claim that we get cheaper goods, which aren't really cheaper at all. Once you figure in the lack of quality requiring replacement sooner rather than later, and the additional taxes to support people without jobs those savings are quickly lost. Then when you calculate the erosion of buying power brought on by printing more and more money and adding to the national debt, those savings evaporate altogether.

39 posted on 04/02/2016 1:01:57 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: austingirl

“My point is that Trump can’t figure it out and cannot do it without force. Are you claiming that you have a plan? LOL!”

If I can figure it out, and it’s not hard, then Trump and his advisors have certainly figured it out.

“Corporations exist to make a profit- I guess you don’t approve.”

Corporations exist within our country and society. They are, therefore, *not* free to operate unethically and immorally. I guess you don’t approve.


40 posted on 04/02/2016 1:04:07 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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