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In reply to the discussion: How did American companies get tax breaks for moving jobs overseas? [View all]Dan
(3,524 posts)15. Well, Ross Perot
http://www.ontheissues.org/Ross_Perot.htm#Free_Trade
indicated that there would be a huge sucking sounds of loss jobs...
indicated that there would be a huge sucking sounds of loss jobs...
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He was opposed to it originally, but when he realized it was going to pass anyway
Samantha
Nov 2012
#39
Not saying this is your position but I always wondered if those against free trade
True Earthling
Nov 2012
#2
Europe has free trade and open immigration and is much more progressive than the US with
pampango
Nov 2012
#5
Germany and France do not give tax breaks to companies that off-shore manufacturing, but
pampango
Nov 2012
#25
European countries have more 'free trade' than the US, including with Mexico, Columbia, Egypt, Peru,
pampango
Nov 2012
#26
Agreed. Germany is proof that strong unions and high wages are not incompatible with a strong
pampango
Nov 2012
#29
As someone that wants to emigrate, let me assure you that Europe does not have anything like
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#35
And we're all free to move to 49 other states, hardly the description of open immigration.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#42
There is NO "free trade". These trade agreements are designed to promote corporate profits.
AdHocSolver
Nov 2012
#9
GATT has been around since 1948. It was negotiated by FDR and signed under Truman. The WTO replaced
pampango
Nov 2012
#31
They don't have to pay US taxes on overseas profits unless they move the money
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#30
Unwillingness to tackle the problems would be an upgrade in circumstances
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#16
We're a nation that is unable to manufacture goods to meet its own consumer demand.
Selatius
Nov 2012
#43
The foreign policy / national security establishment will screw both labor and corporations
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#21