2016 Postmortem

Romulox

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22. Of course your claim is nonsense (as per usual, for you.) We have the largest trade deficit

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Sat Apr 16, 2016, 03:28 PM

Apr 2016

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Trump and Bernie are both right: ‘Free trade’ is killing us [View all] RiverLover Apr 2016 OP

people want to ignore this reality restorefreedom Apr 2016 #1

No, equal rights are hurting "us" Onlooker Apr 2016 #2

Our unemployment rate is low becasue so many people have to work 2 jobs in order to survive! RiverLover Apr 2016 #4

The other person wasn't saying people shouldn't have those things mythology Apr 2016 #11

And the incredibility inequality, childhood poverty, and lack of social mobility? PAYBACK! Romulox Apr 2016 #23

Next time you go to an ATM and deposit or withdrawal cash, next time you call information for your Jitter65 Apr 2016 #3

Exactly! Even Fedex now is using foreigners to handle customer service calls. RiverLover Apr 2016 #5

"Principles for Trade: A Model for Global Progress" - Where is Hillary on this??? Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #6

Its just good, moral common sense trade. RiverLover Apr 2016 #7

The revolution will take care of those grafters, no problem. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #8

Hillary shilled for the TPP all over the world, a LOT of speeches saying how wonderful it djean111 Apr 2016 #9

Total campaign BS. Over 40 speeches praising the TPP. RiverLover Apr 2016 #10

Except that Bernie has always been against free trade agreements BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #12

'Trump "is a demagogue who realized that criticizing free trade played to the crowd he was trying to pampango Apr 2016 #14

Trump is incompetent & not capable of being an effective leader. But he's appealing to people. RiverLover Apr 2016 #15

I didn't say Trump isn't appealing to them BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #17

Preaching to the choir. Geesh, I didn't write the headline for the OP article. /nt RiverLover Apr 2016 #25

that little Keebler incident's actually massively dangerous, since there's nothing MisterP Apr 2016 #19

Really interesting LAT article, change is in the air & the masses are waking up. RiverLover Apr 2016 #26

this election's exposing the neoliberal hornswoggle that both parties have used to keep MisterP Apr 2016 #29

Sweden and Germany import much more than we do, yet both have a trade surplus. Why don't we? pampango Apr 2016 #13

It was annual approval. We could have not allowed any trade with China that year instead of RiverLover Apr 2016 #16

"We could have not allowed any trade with China that year instead of permanently allowing it." pampango Apr 2016 #18

Of course your claim is nonsense (as per usual, for you.) We have the largest trade deficit Romulox Apr 2016 #22

Imports are 29% of Sweden's economy; 37% of Germany's economy; 12% of the US economy. pampango Apr 2016 #24

Right, but those economies EXPORT more as a percentage of GDP than we do. Much more. Romulox Apr 2016 #30

I agree. I gave the percentages that show how "much more" they export than we do. pampango Apr 2016 #31

So, your initial point is a deflection, if not outright misleading. Quelle surprise! Romulox Apr 2016 #32

My initial point was "Sweden and Germany import much more than we do, yet both have a trade surplus. pampango Apr 2016 #33

But they also EXPORT several times what we do. Hence, their workers have power where ours have none. Romulox Apr 2016 #34

"More protections" like a repeal of Taft-Hartley, higher progressive taxes for a stronger safety net pampango Apr 2016 #35

Anyone who cares care to can click on your name and see what you've been "pushing for". Romulox Apr 2016 #36

Romulox. RiverLover Apr 2016 #37

Thank you for the comment. It is much appreciated! nt Romulox Apr 2016 #38

They certainly can do that. As Bernie said "Why can't we be more like Scandinavia?" pampango Apr 2016 #39

K & R AzDar Apr 2016 #20

We have jobs in this country HughLefty1 Apr 2016 #21

The rust belt began when jobs moved to the sunbelt Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #27

Yep, that about sums it up. RiverLover Apr 2016 #28