Reply #8: To The Contrary - They Were Successful

[MannyGoldstein]

Anyone with any smarts at all, who actually thought about it, knew that NAFTA would be a catastrophe for the bottom 95% of Americans (by income). Even worse for that bottom 95% was Clinton's getting permanent "free" trade status for China. The claims, that $2-a-day workers would spend huge sums on American goods and services and thus increase US living standards, were simply nonsensical.

Obviously the Clintons are smart. So they knew what the results would be.

So it follows that they did it for those who they knew would benefit - the wealthiest 5% or so of Americans. And, indeed, it has been a roaring success for the Predator Class.