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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:47 PM Original message |
Kucinich to Obama: Free Trade = Fewer US Jobs |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kucinich is wrong. Free trade equals more jobs, and better standard of living for all. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hahaha |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The data doesn't seem to back you up. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. How Free Trade Helps Employment and the Economy by the Heritage Foundation |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. lol |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Just trying to help catapult the propaganda. nt |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. !! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. The Heritage Foundation is a corporate shill |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, that would be the point. nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. The job increase that the Heritage Foundation cited is so misleading. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I think you should take economics and then read up on David Ricardo. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. You might want to change your Icon if you believe in more ethical companies... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Are you on any level interested in environmentalism? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. LMFAO..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Comparative Advantage: There is no comparative advantage. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I majored in economics and statistics in college |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. No, he's right. Reality trumps theory. Free trade is not raising our standard of living or more jobs |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Free trade agreements = slave labor -- they're "harvesting slave labor all over the globe"... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. you forgot the sarcasm tag |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Uh .. . this one's dead serious. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. ..... more jobs where? india? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Should we believe what we see, or what you tell us? nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. DUzy!!! Thanks for the laughs. |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Yeah, how's that been working out for us so far since NAFTA? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. . |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. yeah, sure n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Capitalist propaganda. -1000 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
61. + |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. dreamer........chicago school economics 101 maybe....... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. You are making a fucking joke. Right? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Not that one. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. You are wrong. Here are Dennis's facts: |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. BULLSHIT! Comparative advantage doesn't trickle down at the micro level! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I had to login just so I could throw you into my ignore dungeon. Enjoy your stay. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. More jobs? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. No one ever accused Dennis of knowing about economics. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. He knows 8 trillion in trade deficits and 10 million lost jobs because of our insane free trade |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Dennis in this instance knows more than somre of us. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I now accuse Dennis of knowing about economics. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Fair trade is what we need. Free trade is nothing more |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. +1000 |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am inclined to agree with Dennis on this one |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Who would have thought 20 years later that RossPerot had it right. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. One of the few Democrats still standing up for democracy -- and economic democracy, w/o which .... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. The problem is offshoring will happen with or without trade agreements |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. NO one says to abandon Trade Agreements. |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Thank you Dennis Kucinich for your courage to state the truth before the Machine. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yet another reason why people like Kucinich will never be in the White Hose |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. how is he wrong Freddie? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. America was losing manufacturing jobs long before free trade |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. In 2010 our trade deficit with "free trade" partners is $70 billion compared to $560 billion with |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. DK didn't get his memo from the Chamber of Commerce. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Once again, Kucinich is absolutely right. -nt |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. He's incorrect. But even if he was correct. Everyone to Kucinich "Think of someone other than |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Another one who worships millions in US job losses and trillions in trade deficits. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Wha.. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Same here. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. Interesting study from 2003 about free trade and job losses |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-23-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Is this the same guy who was against supporting Libyan rebels? |
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