Economy

http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements

These are the countries the United States has a free trade agreements with.

I think metro students voted the free trade agreement position because they believe that the importing of goods can create more jobs stimulating our economy. We feel free trade is the foundation of jobs in America and expanding it can only benefit us.
This effects us because we will also be a big part of this economy come the next 2,3, or 4 years. Jobs will be very important to us coming out of college. We all want to know that we won't have to be living  in our childhood houses after graduating college with no job. This also effects a select number of students who have parents struggling to find jobs. Also, since our country is on the verge of dropping off into another recession, we want a plan that will stimulate this tough economy so we aren't in our senior year of college struggling to find a job.
Despite this, I don't think that Metro is very educated on this topic, because of its complexity. There are so many different ideas on how to improve this economy that it get confusing. Even most of the students in our AP class weren't educated on any of these political topics or issues until entering this class.