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Jobs Versus Net Jobs

Greg 161 Wrote: Jul 11, 2012 10:59 AM

Steel is part of national defense. The San Francisco Bay Bridge uses China steel. Over 30% is rejected for failure to meet specs. One way trade deals have cost us at least 8 million good paying jobs. Pitting our middle class against the third world is bringing us a lower standard of living. Free trade is anything but free as implemented.

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Robert97 Wrote: Jul 11, 2012 6:54 PM

I thought the SF Bay Bridge was built in the 1930's, with US steel.

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Jobs Versus Net Jobs

One of the reasons for the popularity of political rhetoric is that everybody can be right, in terms of their own rhetoric, no matter how much the rhetoric of one side contradicts the rhetoric of the other side.

President Obama constantly repeats how many millions of jobs have been created during his administration, while his critics constantly repeat how many millions of jobs have been lost during his administration. How can both of them be right -- or, at least, how can they both get away with what they are saying?

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