Hi Humans,

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Chloe

Monday, May 2, 2016

TRADE



Hi Humans,
You humans have this thing called trade which you have been developing for thousands of years. Now some of the candidates for President of the USA say they want to limit free trade because they say it is the reason for unemployment in the USA. Both Trump and Sanders are against the Trans-Pacific partnership. President Obama is for it. Listen Humans, during the last 7 years the available jobs have increased. Unemployment is not just a matter of jobs going overseas or immigrants taking jobs. Unemployment is also because of new technology. Last week Mom and Dad went to the hardware store to make a copy of a key. Not so long ago, one would give the key to a human who would make the key. Now there is instead a machine. the customer sticks the old key into one slot and a credit card into another. Then click click and out pops a new key. Now should not stop technological advance in order to keep jobs. Humans need to learn new skills to get the new jobs. If you are an unemployed human with an old unwanted skill, you need to learn a new skill. Trade barriers in the USA will stimulate trade barriers elsewhere which would result in a loss of jobs. What the US government needs to do is invest in training workers for the skills required for the new jobs. Someone who is willing to retrain or move to a new location can find work. The others support Trump (and maybe Sanders).
Chloe

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