Clinton and Obama are trying hard to make it seem as though NAFTA is a disaster for the United States. Philippe Legrain, writing in the WaPo, points out herethat they’re attacking myths.
It’s hardly the first time that a politician tried to win votes by trying to create imaginary fears and telling the people, “I’ll save you from this horrible menace.”
Mencken put it well — “The whole aim of practical politics is to menace the people with an endless procession of hobgoblins.”
