For many of us, who are neither 'laborers' nor 'farmers/big business' these agreements just seemed a pleasantly cooperative way of working with neighbors and expanding (theoretically) economies for all. However, they seem to have hurt workers, leading to mass illegal immigration and poverty not only in countries like Mexico, but here in the US where poverty is importing itself for the average taxpayer to cover in education and health care costs.
This article has some interesting points, I think.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6085392&ft=1&f=1004
Clearly trade agreements are not the only problem, but they seem to have created a turning point. I am rethinking the assumption that globalism is good, actually, at least until we can separately get our own acts together.
What do you think?
2006-09-16
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