And now the buzz from the twitter world.......
A word on trade from a very knowledgeable source....
It’s a shame the Democratic candidates for president feel they have to make trade – specifically NAFTA – the enemy of blue-collar workers and the putative cause of their difficulties. NAFTA is not to blame. Consider the numbers. When NAFTA took effect, Ohio had 990,000 manufacturing jobs. Two years later, in 1996, it had 1,300,000 manufacturing jobs. The number stayed above a million for the rest of the 1990s. Today, though, there are about 775,000 manufacturing jobs in Ohio. What happened? The economy expanded briskly through the 1990s. Then it crashed in late 2000, and the manufacturing jobs lost in that last recession never came back. They didn’t come back for two reasons: In some cases, employers automated the jobs out of existence, using robots and computers. In other cases, employers shipped the jobs abroad, mostly to China – not to Mexico.
NAFTA has become a symbol for the mounting insecurities felt by blue-collar Americans. While the overall benefits from free trade far exceed the costs, and the winners from trade (including all of us consumers who get cheaper goods and services because of it) far exceed the losers, there’s a big problem: The costs fall disproportionately on the losers – mostly blue-collar workers who get dumped because their jobs can be done more cheaply by someone abroad who’ll do it for a fraction of the American wage. The losers usually get new jobs eventually but the new jobs are typically in the local service economy and they pay far less than the ones lost. robertreich.org/...
For those who don't know, he endorsed DUDE in the democratic primary... kinda hard to square what he said in 08 to 2016..... right?
Are you a woman pissed off right now? GOOD. you're going to need that energy as it's open season on you guys.
Ruffled some feathers and made some folks uncomfortable the other day with this pic. Good article explaining from the sign maker herself.
As strong as sisters are, they get treated like black men by the law.. they know they need Caucasian women support.. just don't want to be taken for granted. we’re a team.
A dog whistle and a prelude to future plans….
An insult to those who contribute to our nation
media looks like deer caught in headlights…. why are they surprised?
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