Re: Ten Years of NAFTA - What it's Done for You?

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:21:31 -0700, Fred Elbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:22:54 GMT, Capitalist Pig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
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>> Right. The fact that, after NAFTA, the US Economy grew like never
>> before was just "luck".
>
>Why did it grow?  Because transnational corporations were able to
>shift production overseas in order to increase their profit margin.
>Increased short-term profit margin drove up share prices, as wealth
>continued to be transferred from the middle class to the upper class.
>

If you were unable to get a piece of that bigger pie, that put's you
in the loser category too.

>
>> Loser: for training your replacement.
>
>I need the money.  Many Americans have been losers in this
>forced-displacement scenario.
>

So you sold your soul to the devil and now want a helping hand from
the Government.

> 
>> Loser: for not being able to learn spanish and work as a gardener.
>
>When I am in germany, Ich spreche Deutsch.  Here in America, I speak
>English, the native language of our country.
>

Hey, feel free to do as you please. It's you unable to find a job as a
gardener, though.

>
>> Oh my goodness, the population is going to double! It's the end of the
>> world!
>
>No, but it just might be the end of America as we know it.
>

America has been changing since the very beginning. Don't see any
reason why it should stop now.

>
>
>> Not being able to be productive, this guy decides to be lobbyist.
>
>Sorry, dude.  I *am* productive and I also work for immigration reform
>- which in itself is a productive endeavor.
>

I wouldn't call productive trying to obtain Government protection from
outside competition, I would call it fear of competition.