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Reply #120: I don't know enough about NAFTA to really say. [View All]

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KurtNilsen

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Wed Mar-31-04 07:54 PM
Response to Reply #119

120. I don't know enough about NAFTA to really say.

But, I'll have a go anyways...

Free trade is as a rule always good. The poor are generally the biggest beneficiaries. I am against the EU, because of its undemocratic structure.

That said, free trade creates change. Change causes problems for people. Here it is a progressive government's role to make sure that people don't suffer as a result. With paid for reeducation etc. Clearly in America today, you don't have that, and the fat cat corporations are the biggest winners whilst many ordinary people suffer.

So, it's not a black and white issue, but on the balance of things I support free trade.

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