Free trade is a policy that the ruling class keeps saying is the backbone of capitalism and good for the American people. Yet, any investigation into free trade will show that it increases the wealth of the ruling class or as Bernie Sanders has coined the phrase the “billionaire class” while taking good paying jobs from the American people. The factories that used to pay $20 an hour now have been replace by Walmart and McDonalds who pay from $7.25 an hour to $10 an hour. Since the 1970’s, when Nixon opened trade to China, the average working has only seen a 6% increase in his wages while the coast of living has gone up astronomically, and the average CEO has seen a 900% increase in his wages. All free trade dose is let the ruling class take advantage of third world nations with horrible labor conditions a
Free trade is a policy that the ruling class keeps saying is the backbone of capitalism and good for the American people. Yet, any investigation into free trade will show that it increases the wealth of the ruling class or as Bernie Sanders has coined the phrase the “billionaire class” while taking good paying jobs from the American people. The factories that used to pay $20 an hour now have been replace by Walmart and McDonalds who pay from $7.25 an hour to $10 an hour. Since the 1970’s, when Nixon opened trade to China, the average working has only seen a 6% increase in his wages while the coast of living has gone up astronomically, and the average CEO has seen a 900% increase in his wages. All free trade dose is let the ruling class take advantage of third world nations with horrible labor conditions a