Robert Reich on "Lessons from the Election"-- I think he's spot on

[Farmer-Rick]

23. There are plenty of factory jobs still

But they are just not in the US. We buy a crap ton of junk from factories in foreign countries. We support their jobs by buying their crap. Just like there are a ton of cows producing milk just not in the US. We support their dairy industries too.

That's why the tariff idea isn't as crazy as you might think. A smart factory owner would look at moving the factory to the US to avoid the tariffs.

Thanks to free trade and all those free trade agreements, we managed to hollow out our manufacturing and major farming sectors. Both Dems and the GOP participated in that. Even Robert Reich helped in crafting NAFTA with Bush and Clinton.

That's why we crashed in 2007 and bailed out the banks while providing austerity for the rest of us. The politicians couldn't give us those factory jobs back so they told us to suck it up and pay for the filthy-rich. Did your mortgage get rescued like the banks did?

Honestly, I think people remember when factory jobs in manufacturing were our back bone for employment. No college required. They came with good paying middle management jobs too. They paid much better than a sales clerks job. Now we are a nation of badly paid sales clerks and waiters.

That could be the reason that a lot of people did vote for the pedo Trump.

But......Trump was complaining about rigged elections. It's always projection with him. He won by about 1% in 3 states. But they also got the Senate back so that tells me he did get a ton of votes. And the house has always been gerrymandered.

Too bad Dems didn't see it coming.