Are workers trading down?

Retraining can’t keep up with flood of jobs lost overseas

Those who preach the gospel of free trade say it will lift the whole world’s economy, from rich nations to poor.

And, they say, if American workers lose jobs to workers overseas or cheap imports, they can get retraining — courtesy of the federal Trade Act — to learn higher-skilled jobs for the 21st Century. Full Story »

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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
4.1
by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Jul. 25, 2010

This story meets the old MSM fairness criterion of letting the liars (in this case free trade advocates) rebut the truth, and it had as much numerical as anecdotal information in it, although I personally felt the anecdotal portion was more powerful. I have a conflict of interest because I, myself, am a Surplus American over 55, and I am starting to believe we need to either deport all Republican officeholders or try them for treason, then put them to death.

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