03-06-2020, 04:30 AM
From the linked article:
“Though NAFTA was created by George H.W. Bush, Clinton signed it into law. He promised NAFTA would bring jobs to the U.S. We now know it did the opposite. He promised greater economic prosperity on both sides of the border, but forgot to mention who would prosper and whose economic conditions would decay. In Mexico, as in the U.S., the rich got richer and the poor stayed poor. No, it’s worse than that. The rich got richer and those who had sustainable lives lost their ability to support themselves and their next generations, both in Mexico and the U.S.
After NAFTA, I became an independent voter.”
I have seen the growth in northern Mexico, especially in the Monterrey area, due to NAFTA. It is quite remarkable, the change over the last four decades, from a stereotypical sleepy area to a fast developing robust economic engine. And, yes, I have also seen the decimation of union jobs in the rust-belt, jobs that would eventually have gone to China rather than Mexico.
I will happily vote Democratic and would do so even without Pres. Trump. The Republicans are set on destroying America.
“Though NAFTA was created by George H.W. Bush, Clinton signed it into law. He promised NAFTA would bring jobs to the U.S. We now know it did the opposite. He promised greater economic prosperity on both sides of the border, but forgot to mention who would prosper and whose economic conditions would decay. In Mexico, as in the U.S., the rich got richer and the poor stayed poor. No, it’s worse than that. The rich got richer and those who had sustainable lives lost their ability to support themselves and their next generations, both in Mexico and the U.S.
After NAFTA, I became an independent voter.”
I have seen the growth in northern Mexico, especially in the Monterrey area, due to NAFTA. It is quite remarkable, the change over the last four decades, from a stereotypical sleepy area to a fast developing robust economic engine. And, yes, I have also seen the decimation of union jobs in the rust-belt, jobs that would eventually have gone to China rather than Mexico.
I will happily vote Democratic and would do so even without Pres. Trump. The Republicans are set on destroying America.