Commentary: Free Trade has sold out the American worker

[Mari333]

CNN) -- While America reels from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, it is time that we take a deeper look at the root causes of our current predicament.

The cold, hard truth is that the unholy alliance between Washington and Wall Street has sold out the American worker and exported our standard of living.

Driven by the insatiable greed of Wall Street profiteers and accelerated by the false promise of free trade, our manufacturing base has been chased out of this country and along with it the livelihood of millions of hard-working Americans.





http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/09/am.bernero.trade.reform/index.html

[Greyhound]

1. Which way are the people going? I must get there to lead them! n/t

[Bread and Circus]

2. That's a very good opinion piece

[Captain Hilts]

3. China isn't part of NAFTA. nt