Free Trade
The current Administration is claiming that free trade agreements will bring prosperity, and “jobs, jobs, jobs!” But what about the hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs that have already gone--encouraged to leave the United States because of “free trade” policies? There is talk that some type of “retraining” programs might be considered, but what kind of good-paying jobs will be available when companies have already moved away and how will our collective standard of living be maintained without these jobs?
CHUY VALLIN
San Diego
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