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1 posted on 03/12/2016 6:33:12 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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I thought you were a Cruz supporter, no?


2 posted on 03/12/2016 6:34:36 PM PST by Kenny
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The 0001% are, and that’s who the GOPe cares about.


3 posted on 03/12/2016 6:35:43 PM PST by heights
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Amen Jum. The loss of our manufacturing base has nearly destroyed the middle class in this country and without question has added to the breakdown of the nuclear family.


4 posted on 03/12/2016 6:36:28 PM PST by tatown (Career Policians Suck)
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Fair trade or bust.


5 posted on 03/12/2016 6:36:45 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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Well said Trump 2016


6 posted on 03/12/2016 6:36:54 PM PST by remaxagnt (`)
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Vote Trump


10 posted on 03/12/2016 6:37:52 PM PST by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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Is ushering in free trade before (or without) reducing our own costs the equivalent of national suicide?

Jim, this is why we need to reduce the corporate tax down to 4% or less. Not only are our wages higher, but the taxes are, too. Money is being left off-shore and never getting back here for reinvestment, even when it otherwise would be needed.

12 posted on 03/12/2016 6:39:25 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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Agreed. Why any country would voluntarily ship its manufacturing base overseas is entirely beyond me.


13 posted on 03/12/2016 6:39:59 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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The American Industrial Base™: don’t fight a world war without it.


14 posted on 03/12/2016 6:40:46 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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No, we’re not better off and it’s time we elect a president that’ll turn it around.

Go Trump!


15 posted on 03/12/2016 6:40:53 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Going by my memories of the 1980s the answer is no, not even close.


16 posted on 03/12/2016 6:41:30 PM PST by jospehm20
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All good questions, Jim.

I'll point out that this is a much more complicated issue than most people realize. I've been saying for years that the number of U.S. factory jobs that have been lost to outsourcing is dwarfed by the number of these jobs that have been lost to automation and technology.

Kudos to the Freeper who pointed out several months ago that U.S. manufacturing employment would have been declining for years even if the U.S. was the only country in the world, and there was no such thing as "foreign trade."

20 posted on 03/12/2016 6:46:19 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Bye bye, William Frawley!)
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Basically, the "elites" of our country - possessed of educations that allow them to manage the lives and property of millions of people from afar, with the aid of information technology - have decided that the noise, the smell, and the sight of the kind of factories that allow ordinary, non-U people to earn a good living and experience a feeling of self-worth, are too injurious to their idea of an antiseptically clean environment to be worth keeping.

So, those manufacturing jobs are shipped elsewhere. To places where they have to worry about things like where their next meal is coming from, and how to find a drink of water that doesn't put a parasite into them that ruins their health for the rest of their life. The people who live in places like that aren't bothered by a bad smell, or a smokestack, because they're just happy to be able to put a roof over their heads.

But here in America, non-super-educated people like that are S.O.L. And politicians and media people pander to them, displacing blame anywhere but where it belongs.

23 posted on 03/12/2016 6:48:51 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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Is ushering in free trade before (or without) reducing our own costs the equivalent of national suicide?

Yes.

Economic suicide = National suicide.

24 posted on 03/12/2016 6:49:27 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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National Review Writer: Working-Class Communities ‘Deserve To Die’
26 posted on 03/12/2016 6:50:27 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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I’m not singling out Walmart, but here is a very interesting visualization - take a few minutes and watch:

http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/

Now we all know Walmart claims to have “lowest prices always”, but we who live in smaller communities at least also know the has been a price to pay. Are we better off now with a couple of acres of asphalt and bigbox store, or when we had thriving “mom and pop” stores and downtowns that people actually felt safe going to? How many towns benefited from the generosity of local business owners who gave back when they had the opportunity? How many churches, sports leagues, and non-profits were taken care of by local donations by people who worked in local stores and were’t just minimum wage-slaves with a blue apron?

Trump says he likes free trade but it has to be smart trade an fair trade. The Walmart example is a good one to pose the same question: are we better off?


27 posted on 03/12/2016 6:50:38 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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32 posted on 03/12/2016 6:53:06 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Are we better off with cheaper foreign (cheap) goods, fewer U.S. factories, fewer U.S. jobs, higher unemployment and welfare, higher taxes and higher national debt?

There's 95 million people out there who have given up looking for work...But yet they still eat everyday...On someone's dime other than their own...

Cruz says to cut corporate taxes, regulations etc. and this will give the corporations more cash to invest in their business and increase jobs...Eventually...

The flaw in the plan is that while the other countries manipulate their currency, we will never be able to compete so the American corporations will spend their new windfall in those countries where they can make bigger profits...

Course everyone knows this but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway...

I'm sticking with Trump...

34 posted on 03/12/2016 6:54:17 PM PST by Iscool (Trump will Triumph)
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“Is ushering in free trade before (or without) reducing our own costs the equivalent of national suicide?”

Yes, well on our way, with TPP the coup de grace.


35 posted on 03/12/2016 6:55:30 PM PST by odawg
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Protectionism is the lazy way out. It may provide a short term solution to the problem.

We as a nation need to realize that the myriad, feel-good government bureaucracies (EPA, OSHA, EEOC, etc) are a major cause of the jobs losses.

Another major cause is our corporate tax structure.

Deficit spending has made the dollar worth $0.14 compared to 50 years ago.

Finally, unions need to recognize that they must compete, sooner or late, with foreign labor.

Higher tariffs mean that anyone purchasing anything imported is subsidizing union labor, government regulations and high taxes.

Try living for a while in a country with high import duties or trade restrictions. It is a real aggravation!

The USA used to be able to compete with the rest of the world. We can again, if we choose to do so.


38 posted on 03/12/2016 6:56:48 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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