Archive for March 31st, 2007

You’re making more money

“Free trade lowers consumer prices. In other words, when you open up trade, it’s good for consumers. Trade is good for people working. I don’t know if you realize this or not, but jobs exported by – supported by exports pay wages that are 13 to 18 percent higher than the average. If you manufacture a good that is sold overseas, you’re making more money that somebody who’s not exporting. Isn’t that an interesting fact?”

–Washington, D.C.; March 30, 2007