re: 1992 Ross Perot predicted our country after Nafta

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This will go over well.

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It's true. Since 1970, the percent of manufacturing jobs has decreased from 30% of all private employees to about 10%. When we look at the balance of trade deficit as a percent of GDP, we get about 3-4%. While not exact, we can reasonably say, that trade has only cost about that percentage of manufacturing jobs. The rest of the loss has come from technology, capital, and regulations.