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Deliberate decline: the jobs needed to live the American Dream are fast disappearing--not because of unrestrained market forces but because of government policies including NAFTA.(North American Free Trade Agreement)

The New American

| September 06, 2004 | Wolverton, Joe, II | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

By the time you finish reading this magazine, 500 more American families will be out of work. Headlines around the country report the devastation:

* "Lives Unraveled"--Kannapolis, North Carolina, is decimated when 4,800 families are left jobless in the wake of the closing of the Pillowtex textile mill. Charles Morris labored at Pillowtex for 36 years and is now unable to find work: "It's been terrible. I've job searched, but I haven't been able to find anything." Left without health insurance for himself or his wife, and under the stress of being unemployed, Mr. Morris broke down while visiting his doctor--who was generously treating Morris pro bono.

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