Articles such as this should make all Americans second guess the value of trade agreements our government has entered into. The level of poverty in America is quickly rising to near record levels. The article states the reason for such levels is the "astonishing number of people who work at low paying jobs". In fact according to the think tank Economic Policy Institute half the jobs in America pay less than $34,000 per year.
When our politicians enter into trade agreements it should be for the sole purpose of enhancing the standard of living of all Americans. Unfortunately their thought process has been influenced by multi-national corporations whose sole purpose is enhancing the value of their shareholders.
We have spoken on numerous occasions of the titanic struggle between shareholder value and the middle class. Articles such as this clearly demonstrate trade agreements that fail to protect wages and benefits of the middle class doom them to a quality of life that never should occur in America.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/why-cant-we-end-poverty-in-america.html?_r=1
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