Throughout this entire course the topics of healthcare, the economy, and national security have been brought up. But one that hasn’t that Im going over is trade, America has it flaws in its trade system and they need to a total revision of all free trade importing into America.

In this weeks lesson reading forming unions and a light history was brought up and how Americas at companies where forming unions for improving minimum standards, wages and work conditions. These union have help the people that are on the floor working in these manufactor companies improve quality of life. But they have also killed many jobs, as stated in the lesson, General Motors, for example, laid off more than 25,000 employees – largely because GM could no longer afford to pay them the wages and benefits that …show more content…
Free trade agreements are job killers, and will push many of America’s Manufacturing jobs elsewhere. Alexander Hamilton’s Report on the Subject of Manufactures goes over having less import from Europe, moving manufacoring companies westward with Americas expantion. He goes on to advocate protecting tariffs on rival foreign goods and establishment of a national board that would grant premiums or awards for excellence in manufacturing. He countered that manufacturing would bring more wealth to the nation than farming ever could.

This topic of trade doesn’t get as much attention as I personally think it should because it really is taking the money out of Americans’ pockets and handing it over to other countries. The United States has free trade agreements in force with 20 countries, all in which need to be revised or cut all together to help build jobs in America. The city of Detroit and its unemployment is a prime example, once have a city with promise in the 1950’s and 1960’s now is a city that may never be the