Globalization And Idiotic Trade Agreements Are Good For U.s. Because?

1. jim s Says

   I know this guy’s a liberal, but that doesn’t prevent him from making sense.
   When you have the time, give a listen to the whole thing.
   His explanation is hard to argue with, and he’s willing to work with anyone.
   He makes very clear that there’s No master plan going on.
   The constant meddling of our government is a perpetual series of band-aids (Obamacare, Stimulus 1-?, QE’s 1-?, TARP, Jobs Bill (joke), on a sucking chest wound. (with borrowed money)
   As well the EPA is fast becoming a terrorist organization.
   Profits were made and returned with (gotta laugh) a line-of-credit, instead of wage increases.
   China is doing to America what the Banks, Federal Reserve, Congress, IMF did to us.http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Richard_Wolff_…
   He has followers on all sides.
   Renaming insurance as a credit default swap to avoid regulations, and still be guaranteed.
   Sellers becoming their own loan companies (because there’s more money in it & it’s guaranteed by the government).
   Fannie/Freddie/AIG/Goldman Sachs … risky speculation, all guaranteed for a tremendous profit, and not just the original investment, if any at all.
   Many of the same butt-plugs (in Congress) who allowed this, are squashing the same chair they have for many years, still only Dodd ran before he was “lynched”.
   Of course there are a “Cornucopia” of other reasons, but he explains the excessive “gap” in incomes pretty well.
   Death by Credit Card.

2. J. Spicoli Says

   Probably the hope is that it will liberalize China and others so we don’t have to spend bazillions fighting them in another world war or something crazy like that bro.
   Marx would honk harpos horn bro.

3. Walter Says

   I couldn’t agree more. Buy American.
   The American consumer has tremendous power, but apparently can’t be inconvenienced to exercise it.

4. Comprised of Thoughts Says

   If you are one of the people who view America as only its business interests, than yes, they are good for America.
   Never mind those pesky citizens though.

5. Ugh Says

   Stop referring to the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution is dead.

6. who is #1? Says

   Since nobody knows where we go from here, I have some thoughts.
   Clearly the concept of Nation States is becoming obsolete. And we Star Trek fans know that planet earth will have a world government eventually, and assuming it is not corrupt and evil, that would be a good thing. Good, because if we could stop wasting resources on arms races, wars and too many levels of government, those resources could go to better things, like taking over this solar system, ending poverty and of course, since automation will give us so much leisure time, we could spend all day making love instead of working.
   So what do these trends mean at street level? As world resources get shared around a little more evenly, the American standard of living (which was based on credit anyway) will decrease and become simpler. The suburbs which ring our cities will turn into green agricultural zones. Most people will move back into the cities and others will develop rural homesteads. The middle class may survive, but not as we know it.
   EDIT: Scales3 has a good answer but he forgot to mention that in the business world of stocks and boards of directors and performance reports, the corporate business “reality” is all short-term thinking. Everyone is worried about the next quarter’s earnings report and nobody is thinking 30 years ahead. Well, maybe China is…
   EDIT2: BEK above has a good answer which made me think of George Carlin’s solution: “So long as everyone keeps f”ing everyone else, eventually all of humanity will be a beautiful golden brown”. Imagine how great the future would be if humanity wasn’t fighting with itself over race or religion.
   We still have a long way to go in our muddling toward sanity as a species.

7. Peace through blinding force Says

   > Debt is ENTIRELY due to government spending
   > Our manufacturing base has shrunk dramatically becasue of DOMESTIC policy that makes domestic production more difficult and expensive
   > Our borders are unsecured (with laws remaining in place) because POLICY makers demand a brown underclass to exploit
   The original rationalization for “globalism” is wholly identical to the reason you shop outside your own house. Seriously. No solution to any of those problems is to be found in compelling YOU to pay more for the same goods. This WILL simply reduce your overall economic participation. Multiply that by 300,000,000 people participating in the economy LESS if you want a good idea of the wisdom of trade barriers.

8. Anonymous Says

   I’m all for free trade and Capitalism. It does two great things, it allows us to sell goods to more people and it gives the American consumer more choices and lower prices. How could anyone argue against that.
   Free trade has nothing to do with our national debt or our companies sending jobs overseas. Higher business activity taxes (corporate tax) is what sends our jobs overseas and over reach and over spending of our government is why we are in debt as a nation.

9. Scales of Justice 3 Says

   I have court today a 1:15 appearance so I have some time to offer to this question and
   Statement.
   1. We have taken the incentive away from our own business interest to grow and thrive
   within our own borders. In my opinion this began around the Mid 60′s. When we went
   off of the Gold Standard. We fostered and developed the thought that debt was
   acceptable. Ergo the the CREDIT CARD.
   2. This put a business acumen in place that would allow false growth and expansion
   based on future earnings. What was never considered was the unintended circumstances
   that would permeate and rare its ugly head over long periods of time.
   3. In order to appease stock holders of major companies, boards of directors had
   to start hacking employee’s and restructuring pension plans. However the biggest
   move was to shift operations to third world country’s. Here they could hire child
   labor and worse to make goods and products to come back into the country with
   no new tarriffs in place to equalize cost and comparison on US shelves of retailers.
   Henceforth the birth of Wal Mart. Types that began to reap huge sales at the cost
   of independent and small business people, who in no way could begin to compete.
   If Americans only knew that the worst retailer in the world to do business with was
   WAL MART. Why, Simple. Wall Mart can take up to 90 days to pay their invoices,
   and during that time if the shipper sent in 30 thousand pieces, walmart will run a
   stocking inventory and only pay for the product sold and not what remains in
   inventory. Then you wonder why we are in the trouble we are in. This is why US
   makers of goods have stopped dealing with Walmart. And this is why they have
   thrived in third world country’s.
   This format by just this one retailer is the blue print for all the rest. Wake up
   America. Time to bring the 1.3 Trillion dollars in Foreign banks, back to the
   United States. Time to restart making products in this country again.
   The only way to do this is replace the subversive type of administration we
   have in place now.
   Thanks for the opportunity to offer this.

10. Bekindto Says

    Evidently the idea is to end the nationalism that the international groups believe leads to wars. They feel the same way about religion. They see Europeans as not being indigenous to the US and some other previous colonies around the world. They want to make the history that was once called “progress” to be erased as if there were no wars before that happened and to make Europeans the intruders. They want the world to be homogeneous in demographics which is why they now call immigration “migration” and religion as ignorance. All are supposed to be “the same” and all are being pushed into living in the same way throughout the world with the exception of Asians at this point. I believe the result will be chaos around the world within all communities.
    When has Obama followed the Constitution? He has stated it is a negative document that says what the government must not do but not what it should do. He ignores the fact that it was written to keep government within strict boundaries so the people remain free. What I find to be hard to believe is how many people actually want the government to be their keeper giving up that precious freedom.
    Poverty around the world is the result of central banking, the world bank, the IMF. If every country had their own currency and no central bank, there would be no poverty in the world. Of course, that would require leaders who had some integrity, another rare commodity in the modern world.

11. ~ Libby ~ Says

    Well — THEY ARE NOT GOOD !! imo
    Look what CHINA has done.
    I am not a big fan of TRUMP — however is is CORRECT on Chins.
    Edit — “The Constitution is dead.” ????????????????????
    WTF ?? — This is the thinking that makes me HAPPY to go to CIVIL WAR with such ANARCHISTIC THINKING !!!
    F.U. — to “that” person !
    Edit 2 –
    Oh, “:GLOBALIZATION” — both Parties have been for this, for quite some time –
    From Bush, Sr. I think the purpose was to benefit the World’s TRUE “puppet masters” of Wealth.
    From the LEFT — I think Globalization is a way to SOCIALIZE THE .U.S. and to LOWER IT to the equity of other Countries.
    If this happens ( and as you know, it is already in-progress ) — All Countries will most like be 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES.
    Now, why in the HELL would the U.S. want to be “NOT a Great Nation” — that’s like saying, “let’s be on the Losing Team, because ‘it’s fair’ ”
    PURE NON-REALITY-BASED THINKING.
    .

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