Whats in the trade deal for us.

[lakeland27]

here's a place you can list what you and the country will gain from the trade deal with Japan. so far we are down 1 auto industry and 30,000 jobs (why do you think they let it go ?) any positives listed must contain detail as to how and why there is benefit to ordinary people .. trickle-down is ineligible because its carp.

[spotweldersfriend · Accepted solution]

Because the Age Of Entitlement is over,debra, and the Age Of Endarkenment has begun.

[lakeland27]

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@debra9275 wrote:

Wow!! that was rather short lived euphoria wasn't it LOL

I was having a coffee with a couple of friends today and one of them mentioned that we sell gas really, really cheaply to Japan & China. Why can't we buy it cheaply here as this is where it comes from?

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 FTA's mean living on top of the gas is no longer an advantage. our gas pricing wholesale is derived from a world price, not the actual cost pf extraction + profit.  . so we have inexpensive gas but we have to pay the same as someone who has no gas reserves.

may as well leave it there.

[spotweldersfriend · Accepted solution]

Let's see,how many FTA's have we signed up to now.If they were as good as they tell they are, our unemployment rate would be down to around 2%.Or do we have to tweak i.e sign more FTA's just to keep it to an 'acceptable' 5% - 6%*

*Which we all know is really 10%-12%

[donnashuggy]

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@lakeland27 wrote:
here's a place you can list what you and the country will gain from the trade deal with Japan. so far we are down 1 auto industry and 30,000 jobs (why do you think they let it go ?) any positives listed must contain detail as to how and why there is benefit to ordinary people .. trickle-down is ineligible because its carp.

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I think I have the answer, it's not free.