Ron Klink said "I would ask those that are in support of PNTR, what are they willing to sacrifice on the altar of free trade. 22,000 Pennsylvania workers sacrificed their jobs. They laid their sacrifice on the altar of free trade. How much worse will it be when one was asked to make the same kind of sacrifice with a country that is so much larger than Mexico, and that is with China? The reality is the Mexican workers make 60 cents an hour. Many of the Chinese workers make less than a quarter an hour. In fact, many of them work in state-owned industries that were really little more than slaves." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I would ask those that are in support of PNTR, what are they willing to sacrifice on the altar of free trade. 22,000 Pennsylvania workers sacrificed their jobs. They laid their sacrifice on the altar of free trade. How much worse will it be when one was asked to make the same kind of sacrifice with a country that is so much larger than Mexico, and that is with China? The reality is the Mexican workers make 60 cents an hour. Many of the Chinese workers make less than a quarter an hour. In fact, many of them work in state-owned industries that were really little more than slaves.

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Ron Klink

Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of NAFTA and potential consequences of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China.

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