Escape From Wall StreetDave Hodges There Is a New Elephant In the Room The premise of this article is based upon the fact that Detroit was primarily destroyed by the anti-worker free trade agreements of NAFTA and CAFTA. If the complete destruction of one American city was not enough, through NAFTA and CAFTA, we should all be concerned that Congress is preparing to pass H.R. 1777. H.R. 1777 is not just another free trade agreement, but this is far worse than NAFTA and CAFTA. This bill takes American taxpayer money to fund industrial infrastructure in many of the 54 African countries in order to make them factory ready. America, you are soon going to be forced to fund your own economic demise. Not only will you likely lose your job, witness your city going broke, but you will go deeper into debt paying the taxes that Congress will require to fund the African Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA, CAFTA and the Destruction of the Motor City At the height of Detroits success as a city, it was a representation of American middle class dominance. It was the greatest manufacturing city ever seen on the planet. Detroit once made cars that were the envy of the world. At its peak, Detroit was the Americas fourth-largest city, with more than 1.8 million people. Detroits population losses began in the 1960s with migration to the suburbs. Then in the 1990s Detroit fell victim to global politics in the names of NAFTA and CAFTA; and, literally, the roof caved in. Today, 30% of Detroits 140 square miles are either vacant or deserted. Today, Detroit has less than 700,000 residents. There are more than 33,500 vacant houses and over 90,000 vacant lots in Detroit. The city government is razing entire city blocks of business buildings and residential homes. If you are the only one left on your block, you are forced to move, and if you are lucky you will receive $10,000 for your home. Under NAFTA and CAFTA, virtually all tariffs were eliminated so that manufacturers could shut down U.S. plants and relocate to the Third World in order that they could pay their new, foreign workers slave labor wages. Then, adding insult to injury, when NAFTA and CAFTA eliminated tariffs, they made it possible for the multinational corporations to ship these foreign made products back into the U.S. and pay no import taxes at all. Thus, the great city of Detroit was destroyed. The National Impact of the African Free Trade Agreement Soon after H.R. 1777 passes, every major city is going to look like Detroit. As bad as NAFTA and CAFTA are, at least the government did not take trillions of American dollars to build infrastructure in foreign labor markets. Yet, this is exactly what the African Free Trade Agreement is going to do. I have to hand it to Congress for their undisguised boldness as they are not even hiding this private theft of public money. Additionally, Congress has the nerve to title this bill in such a way that it appears that American jobs are going to be created by passage of the bill. Sadly, most of the sheep will believe them. How can I be sure that H.R. 1777 will be passed? A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing In addition to H.R. 1777, SB 718 Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013, is being run through the Senate. The language for both bills is identical. Additionally, the text of H.R. 1777 turns up in SB 431, the Nepal Trade Preferences Act, and SB 432, the Asia-South Pacific Trade Preferences Act. The language for all four bills is virtually identical. Why do the banksters need all four bills with the same language? Simple, if one bill does not pass, the other three bills still have a chance. For those who do not think that Congress doesnt cater to the whims of Wall Street, explain why these bills contain provisions for global health, global education, global transportation and global water? Make no mistake about it, there is an excellent chance that at least one of these bills will pass. Conclusion This bill is being perpetrated by the international banksters on Wall Street. Why do we continue to fund this criminal government, who in turns funds Wall Street? The solution resides in defunding the government which hands our money and our jobs over to the thugs on Wall Street. It makes no sense to continue funding our demise. There are several options. First, there are countries which would be happy to accept skilled Americans because of the boost to their economy. Can you imagine if 100 million Americans suddenly left the country? Certainly, the government would eventually move to impose an iron curtain type of restriction on leaving the country. Secondly, we should withdraw from the Wall Street system as much as possible. I can see the day where people cash out of their 401Ks (the government is preparing to steal them anyway), withdraw money from your bank account and invest with other like-minded people in a farm collective. Trading and bartering would be the new underground economy. By owning farms, urban refugees would be food sufficient, could become water sufficient with the proper planning and we could largely be out of the reach of the feds. However, there is one caveat. In a brilliant move, the Obama administration and the Supreme Court mandated participation in the Obamacare system. In my opinion, this was establishments way to keep people in their system. Obviously, defying the dictates of Obamacare would have to become our first line of civil disobedience. There is a third option. The American people could defy the tyrannical laws to the point where the country erupts into a civil war. I prefer the second option because it comes the closest to nonviolent revolution. However, my instincts and knowledge of history tells me we are in for a very serious civil war. The flash point for what is coming will be gun confiscation. Of course, the fourth option is to acquiesce. Presently, that is what well over half the country is doing. It is sad to think that so many will go quietly into the night without putting up a fight. At the end of the day, all Americans have a choice on whether we are going to stop funding our destruction. The Common Sense Show features a wide variety of important topics that range from the loss of constitutional liberties, to the subsequent implementation of a police state under world governance, to exploring the limits of human potential. The primary purpose of The Common Sense Show is to provide Americans with the tools necessary to reclaim both our individual and national sovereignty. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 