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12 ways free trade is ruining nation
Exclusive: Roger Simmermaker warns about No. 1 issue in 2016 election
Published: 06/22/2016 at 9:18 PM

Unless you don’t mind if our country slides into fiscal bankruptcy and oblivion, then trade policy needs to be your No. 1 issue in this year’s election.

Free trade is bad for America, because free trade:

Causes persistent trade deficits

Increases the unemployment rate
[li] Is the main contributor to our budget deficits and national debt

Reduces our national GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Subsidizes foreign imports at the expense of domestic production

Makes it harder to find and buy American-made products

Reduces American wages, destroying our capacity to buy

Encourages producers to evade U.S. laws and rewards them for doing so

Is based on double standards

Erodes our national sovereignty

Suggests that the grass is always greener on the other side

Is contrary to what our Founding Fathers had in mind

Before I tackle the above points one by one, let me address another one first for the American voters who are primarily concerned with “social issues.” Free trade is the root cause of many of the social problems and challenges we face today, since it puts Americans in unemployment lines, stressing families and marriages, increasing the divorce rate, and depriving our kids of stable home environments. Few things are more humiliating and disgracing to a family breadwinner who can’t win any bread through no fault of their own.

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