Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are often cast as opposite poles of this presidential election, but when it comes to trade, immigration, and blue collar jobs, they actually have a lot in common. Both have promised to nix free trade deals and keep out low-wage, foreign workers to produce a blue collar revival in America.
"But many economists say that's little more than an appealing fantasy," Politico reports, because "[m]any, if not all, of the low-skilled, assembly-line jobs the two leading populist candidates talk about bringing back are gone for good."
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