[Asclepius]

Dudes! Just say si to CAFTA and freer trade in general.

[Archon of the East]

I say read article 6 section 2 and Just say no to all international treaties with the UN or other international organizations.

[mmercier]

I still stick to the notion that any willing seller should be permitted to deal with any willing buyer on what ever terms they freely establish between themselves.

If the playing field is level and both parties abide by agreed upon terms then there should be no government interference...

Historically, less governmental impediments to free trade have generally created efficiency and prosperity. The free flow of goods and services exchanged on voluntary terms by willing individuals is beneficial, except to the inefficient. You are quick, or you are dead in the market.

I don't know if this makes me a libertarian or a trader, I only know what I see, and what history teaches.

[Dog Gone]

Well, this post is utter crap. I wonder if the author even read the agreement.

CAFTA is good for conservatives. It's bad for nobody except the sugar farmers who take your tax dollars to make sure that you pay more for sugar than anyone else in the world.

It doesn't even hurt them much, but they'll make you think it's the end of the world if you pay lower prices.

I cannot believe how many conservatives are being suckered into opposing this agreement. I thought we were the better educated party.

[SunnyD1182]

A big fat NEGATIVE to CAFTA or any more free trade agreements from me. Not until we clean up the existing ones we have, most of which are absolutely not "free" at all, giving America the shaft in favor of greedy corporations that just want to increase their bottom line. Free trade agreements- even ones that are slanted against America- are great for greedy corporations, but not everyone else.

CAFTA doesn't seem anywhere near as bad as the other free trade agreements we've signed in the past (NAFTA, etc), but I'm flat out against it just so we don't continue the free trade spiral of suicide that we're going on. Good post, and I assume the free traders will come out anytime now with their Cato Institute/Heritage Foundation talking points of economic theory- theory which clearly has not worked in the real world.

[Nowhere Man]

I'm on it and rolling. (Visual Effect: think of a 1969 Chevy Penna State Police car taking off with its "bubble gum" machine lit and the sirens on). I will call my Congress Critters tomorrow to say no to CAFTA.

[SandyB]

Central america is less of a threat than communist china. Central america will not nuke American cities.

[need_a_screen_name]

Bump!

[RoadRanger]

Anyone who thinks treaties such as NAFTA and CAFTA (and the soon-to-be-touted FTAA) are about trade either knows nothing about them, or wants our sovereignty and economy to go completely away.

They are about imposing international socialism on the United States. Pure and simple. If you want to learn more, go to StopTheFTAA.org.