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Billy Clinton signed NAFTA, which lead to the unemployment of millions of Mexican farm laborers. This in turn lead to our illegal immigration troubles. Globalization can be done wrong, and Obama could have staked out a position that defied the Clinton legacy of sloppy globalization. I can't think of a candidate that is supporting "play to win" globalization strategies that protect American workers. Outsourcing jobs may improve the bottom line for top corporations, but by lowering the wages of the middle class, a lowering tide will lower all boats. Free trade agreements and farm subsidies guarantee a solid bottom line for American mega-farms, but they gut the small farmer world wide. Obama could have easily taken this issue and said, stop, think, "play to win."
