The loss of trade will come about because we will have nothing to trade to anyone. Have you noticed the mass exodus of manufacturing/any-kind of production jobs within the last three years to third world countries? Someone better wake up before the "ship hits the sand" (did I mix my metaphors there?) and we start to resemble Bangladesh.

You see, the further the Powers that Be let the present situation slide the worse the Krasche will be. No one seems to want to mention that. Remember, all that cheap labor in foreign countries only benefits the "Owner/Managers" profit margins and NEVER benefits the home grown labor in any manner what-so-ever. We are the "home grown" types and the Chinese (mainly) are the cheep foreign labor.

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