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Selatius

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Sat Oct-13-07 08:27 PM
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1. GDP in Mexico and Canada grew after NAFTA.

But with Mexico, most of the wealth created didn't get to the working poor in Mexico. Only the upper crust saw real gains.

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-so, what is the rationale for still supporting NAFTA?	ulysses	Oct-13-07 08:25 PM	#0
- GDP in Mexico and Canada grew after NAFTA.	Selatius	Oct-13-07 08:27 PM	#1
- And this is a problem for us because?	patrice	Oct-13-07 08:31 PM	#2
- NAFTA discourages immigration as I see it. It tends to raise the standard of living	rhett o rick	Oct-14-07 12:06 AM	#12
- Yea, come live closer to border of Mexico to see for yourself	nolabels	Oct-15-07 02:02 AM	#25
- Unfortunately that myth's been proven false	depakid	Oct-15-07 04:33 AM	#26
- And yet Bill O'Reilly still found time to bash Mexico's problems to ex-pres Fox...	HypnoToad	Oct-13-07 08:32 PM	#3
- YES - BUT WAGES WENT DOWN	FreakinDJ	Oct-13-07 09:22 PM	#8
- Just as..	sendero	Oct-14-07 08:49 AM	#14
- I have a memory that the idea was that if we helped Central and South	Mend	Oct-13-07 08:32 PM	#4
- We all agree trade is good, but I think that NAFTA has	The Wielding Truth	Oct-13-07 08:50 PM	#5
- Only the thick..	sendero	Oct-14-07 08:50 AM	#15
- Yes. Did you read the whole post?	The Wielding Truth	Oct-14-07 11:45 AM	#16
- "We all agree free trade is good"..	sendero	Oct-14-07 05:47 PM	#19
- Exactly, that is why I said........read the rest...........>	The Wielding Truth	Oct-14-07 10:56 PM	#23
- There is no rational reason, just some ideologues who stubbornly maintain that...	Solon	Oct-13-07 08:58 PM	#6
- Making Corporations richer	FreakinDJ	Oct-13-07 09:19 PM	#7
- Most people don't support it. Just the politicians connected to the corporations	illinoisprogressive	Oct-13-07 09:34 PM	#9
- Corrupt criminal corporations and their henchmen crooked politicitcians........	Double T	Oct-13-07 10:13 PM	#10
- I have to ask then	sailor65	Oct-13-07 11:33 PM	#11
- The rich get to keep on getting richer,	LWolf	Oct-14-07 08:45 AM	#13
- There is no rational.	jmp	Oct-14-07 11:50 AM	#17
- Apparantly because social wedge issues are a priority for too many voters. (nt)	w4rma	Oct-14-07 11:51 AM	#18
- The reason for free trade treaties remain the same:	robcon	Oct-14-07 05:55 PM	#20
- I'd point out that there's nothing wrong with NAFTA that cant be fixed	cuke	Oct-14-07 05:58 PM	#21
- well, you see, most people don't live in a world where it's either	paulk	Oct-14-07 08:09 PM	#22
- because some people are stupid enough to belive anything the clintons sell them	Adenoid_Hynkel	Oct-14-07 11:09 PM	#24

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