hvactec
VIP Member
10/26/2013
President Obama is now calling for immigration reform. Americans recognize the need for a sensible immigration policy, so why dont we have a sensible trade policy as well? By entering into free trade agreements we are allowing workers from afar to take our jobs, devastating our economy and straining our system without any immigrants even setting foot in our country.
The hypocrisy of many of our representatives is astounding. They will get up on their soapbox and rant about how a flood of illegal immigrants are taking our jobs, but then turn around and sponsor a free trade agreement that gives away our jobs to the lowest-cost competitor. The worst part is that while illegal immigrants usually take some of our least desirable and lowest paying jobs, free trade agreements ship our best middle class jobs off to other countries. How can these politicians stand up with a clear conscience and claim they care about jobs when they sign these disastrous agreements?
Free trade allows unrestricted, uncontrolled access to our economy for goods made overseas at labor costs far below ours, sometimes as low as $4 per hour, tariff- and duty-free. We cannot compete with these labor costs, so we must outsource our manufacturing or see our factories go bankrupt. This renders us uncompetitive and sends the middle class jobs we once depended on overseas, devastating our economy.
Read more Where Is Comprehensive Trade Reform? | Economy In Crisis
President Obama is now calling for immigration reform. Americans recognize the need for a sensible immigration policy, so why dont we have a sensible trade policy as well? By entering into free trade agreements we are allowing workers from afar to take our jobs, devastating our economy and straining our system without any immigrants even setting foot in our country.
The hypocrisy of many of our representatives is astounding. They will get up on their soapbox and rant about how a flood of illegal immigrants are taking our jobs, but then turn around and sponsor a free trade agreement that gives away our jobs to the lowest-cost competitor. The worst part is that while illegal immigrants usually take some of our least desirable and lowest paying jobs, free trade agreements ship our best middle class jobs off to other countries. How can these politicians stand up with a clear conscience and claim they care about jobs when they sign these disastrous agreements?
Free trade allows unrestricted, uncontrolled access to our economy for goods made overseas at labor costs far below ours, sometimes as low as $4 per hour, tariff- and duty-free. We cannot compete with these labor costs, so we must outsource our manufacturing or see our factories go bankrupt. This renders us uncompetitive and sends the middle class jobs we once depended on overseas, devastating our economy.
Read more Where Is Comprehensive Trade Reform? | Economy In Crisis
