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Originally Posted by partofme
Citizens benefit from the lower cost of consumer goods that trade brings and if they own stock in companies that do business in other countries which most do.
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Ok thanks for answering but...
1. You are assuming that when companies employ "cheap" labor they will pass the savings on to the customer by reducing the price of their product. Has this been shown to be true.
2. Also what good does cheaper goods do U.S. citizens if they are unemployed, or underemployed? Which is what happens when companies hire "cheap" labor from other nations.
Please bear with me I am not trying to argue I honestly am uninformed on both sides of the arguement. If there is merit to NAFTA and other "free trade" ideas I would like to know.