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Fast Track to Poverty

That giant sucking sound predicted by Ross Perot commenced 20 years ago last week. It is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) vacuuming up U.S. jobs and depositing them in Mexico. Independent presidential candidate Perot was right. NAFTA swept U.S. industry...

Fast Track to China

Washington reality constantly astounds even the most cynical. The U.S. trade deficit with China has reached new heights (depths?).  This deficit with one country – historically unprecedented – now approaches $1 billion a day, and is about 45 percent of our entire...

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