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In reply to the discussion: "Free Trade" is a SCAM. It always has been. [View all]nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)54. k&r
People just didn't listen to those few who told the truth all along. It's not brain surgery but it requires independent thought, which is almost non-existent.
Sir James Goldsmith, along with Ross Perot, tried to tell us but scumbags like Laura D'Andrea Tyson were shouting over anyone that tried to have a rational debate. "Luddites!", "Neanderthals!" and "Stupid" they said, over and over.
Sir James Goldsmith (26 February 1933 18 July 1997) was an Anglo-French financier. Towards the end of his life, he became a magazine publisher and a politician. In 1994, he was elected to represent France as a Member of the European Parliament and he subsequently founded the short-lived eurosceptic Referendum Party in Britain.
In this interview, Sir Goldsmith discusses the ramifications of free-trade agreements that were about to take place in 1994 (GATT), as you can retrospectively see, he correctly predicted many of the things that happened after that.
Time to OutSource a few politicians.
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Sweden trades more than twice as we do. Their unions are strong. Their wages are high.
pampango
Jun 2016
#2
How do they have positive trade balances without tariffs and with high wages and strong unions?
pampango
Jun 2016
#51
Also because wealthy corporations have gotten wealthy exporting jobs to other countries and then
Akamai
Jun 2016
#73
Yup/ Free Market Job Creation, Bedford Falls: 'It's a Wonderful Life' GOP Version.
appalachiablue
Jun 2016
#77
I'm sure you are right. They expect more from their government and "are more than willing
pampango
Jun 2016
#50
VAT applies to both imports and domestic products. Tariffs only apply to imports.
pampango
Jun 2016
#49
So applying a VAT (say 20%) to both imports and domestic products levels the playing field?
pampango
Jun 2016
#58
The Swedish VAT raises the cost of a Swedish-made car by assessing incremental increases at each
pampango
Jun 2016
#60
Just because Trump stopped thinking doesn't mean Democrats should. No automatic positions, pls. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2016
#10
And the latest ones are mainly about proving more power and leverage to big corporations
n2doc
Jun 2016
#15
Yep. The US would be a better place if all 50 states could impose tariffs on trade with each other.
Nye Bevan
Jun 2016
#56
There's no such thing as free trade. Some people lose big time ... WORKERS
Zen Democrat
Jun 2016
#74