Re: Trump's trade agenda takes the GOP back a century
After 30 years the free trade experiment has failed miserably. North Americans can now buy cheap crap that doesn't last made by virtual slaves in underdeveloped countries and it's a good thing we can get that $3 t-shirt because that all most can afford working 2 part-time jobs at Tim Hortons and McDonalds. The days of 1 parent working full-time in a factory or plant for a solid wage that allows the family to have a house and a car and vacations and pay $15 for a t-shirt that doesn't need replacing after 3 washes have been gone for too long and the general citizenry wants to return to that lifestyle. Very few are happy to see boatloads of shoddy good arrive from China and Malaysia knowing full well that if they could still get a job making those products here they would be able to afford to buy them at 5x the price and still have extra money over their current minimum wage existence. Canada and the USA went from net-exporters in 1983 to net-importers in 1985. The only reason Canada is currently an exporter is grain, gas and oil and 2 of those sources are under heavy attack from the left-wing nutbars running AB, ONT and Canada.
There have been many theories tossed around since the 70's of managing and growing the economy and many of them were tried and failed. The only economic measure to have ever consistently worked to improve the standard of living and ROI for the shareholders at the same time was giving the working classes more money to spend. Better jobs/wages and lower taxes have always and will always create economic growth and stability for the people and businesses alike. Free trade only achieves he exact opposite.
