^*The Clinton administration’s ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (as well as numerous other “trade agreements” since then) made it possible to shift manufacturing and production jobs from the United States to the developing world. The American situation is mirrored throughout the world, as industrialized nations lose manufacturing jobs and developing countries become spotted with sweatshops like a child with measles. Humans require passports and visas to travel from nation to nation, but corporations can now move anywhere with virtually no restrictions.