>     The logic behind the idea that we're all going to be poor as aresult
of
  >free trade escapes me. This rich get richer- poor get poorer mentality
makes
  >no sense. How will the rich get richer if none of us have any money?  Even
i
  >we absorbed the entire Mexican population (meaning they all moved up here
an
  >none of them had a job) we would still have over 15,000 ($15,000) per
capita
  >GNP. They are not going to sink us.
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Joey,
That is making the socialistic assumption that all would share equally
in GNP.  The problem is that those who need the most (the Mexicans)
would be taking from those who have the least (the poor and middle
classes) and the top 10-15% would still be hanging on to most of theirs.
Remember, Karl Marx favored free trade for the intra-class dissension it
would cause.  Absorbing Mexico's millions of poor would simply drag most
of America down toward their level and drastically widen the gap between
haves and have-nots.
That is why Hilly allowed bubba to promote NAFTA.  The fallout will
expedite her dream of the Socialist States of Amerika.
Bill, in KC

 * QMPro 1.02 41-9802 * Like bubba, Karl Marx endorsed "free trade."

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