Everyday, the drunken orange golfer who would be Speaker stumbles around the country braying "Where are the jobs, Mr. President?" The answer should be really clear: "you shipped them overseas, you NAFTA/CAFTA supporting idiot; now resign." But no one says that. And there's a reason. Our whole political class-- in a truly bipartisan way-- is completely corrupted. Corporate America finances our "democracy," underwriting the political careers of our politicians. That's the system. In return they get to write their own legislation. And when it has come to trade policy, it doesn't matter who's in power-- Democrats or Republicans-- trade policy is predicated on driving down the cost of labor at home and allowing U.S. companies to manufacture goods overseas and ship them back to home cheaply. That it has hollowed out the U.S. economy means nothing-- except to the American people... and that doesn't count since there hasn't been a politician's head on a pike in God knows how long.
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