Paul Ryan, Boehner, McConnell et al. Posted on 06/12/2015 8:58:01 AM PDT by concernedcitizen76
Paul Ryan, Boehner, McConnell et al.
Over the weekend an anniversary was marked with little fanfare — the second anniversary of the implementation of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement passed with the usual fanfare, supported by the usual suspects. Barack Obama hailed the agreement’s implementation on March 15, 2012. In the middle of his re-election campaign, he cheerfully promised the agreement would increase American exports to South Korea by $10 billion and would create 70,000 U.S. jobs.
One of Barack Obama’s signature efforts for his second term is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal among the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam and Japan.
Most people would expect Obama, in the middle of a fight over the fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to be trumpeting the successes of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
There is a reason for Obama’s silence.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
The U.S. has entered into a number of these so-called free trade agreements, starting with the NAFTA agreement in the early ‘90s. The results are predictable. Every time, America’s trade deficit goes up and American employment goes down.
What is the difference between conservatives and liberals?
Liberals are married to their ideology, and no matter how many times it fails, they hold the eternal hope that somehow the result will be different after they have done the same thing over and over again.
Conservatives are practical and do not hesitate to re-examine their views when evidence is presented that those views might be wrong. A great example of this is the interventionist policies of the George W. Bush administration.
Ten-plus years ago, most conservatives supported those interventionist and nation-buildingpolicies. Now, most conservatives oppose them. Barack Obama has tried to intervene in several conflicts around the world, only to find opposition from his own party and from conservatives who would have supported such action in years past.
Free trade agreements are another of those issues on which conservatives are changing.
Conservatives believe in free trade. Unfortunately, these free trade agreements have little to do with free trade. Trade concerns only two issues: Taxes and Tariffs.
Yet these free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership, mostly deal with other issues, not taxes and tariffs. In NAFTA, special conditions were created that gave foreign competitors benefits that U.S. companies do not have.
Unfortunately, free trade can be a dog whistle for some Republicans. As soon as they hear the words “free trade,” they run toward the agreement, no matter how bad it is.
While many Democrats in Congress have started opposing these free trade agreements, many in the Republican establishment continue to embrace them. No matter how many times these agreements have failed and backfired, the free trade wing of the Republican Party reflexively runs toward them.
Perhaps it is proof some Republicans don’t suffer from insanity. They seem to enjoy it.
Free Trade dies when the first shot of wwiii is fired.
LOL
When will this nightmare end?
Fortunately for patriots the ChiComs are going to over play their hand. her are going to get in a shooting war sooner rather than later. When that happens the Free Traitors glory days are over. You don't maintain trade relationships with the enemy that is killing your sons.
There is no way the Korean’s would make a trade agreement with the US unless they expected to export more to the US and import less. I’ve dealt with the Korean Govt on trade issues and non-tariff barriers and they laugh at our negotiators. They have no intention of allowing more US goods or services into their economy..no way.
It’s a great line. And it paraphrases what the heroic Sen. Jeff Sessions said to Mark Levin two days ago. When asked why Republicans suppport agreemnents they haven’t even read, Sen. Jeff Sessions said that, to a number of Republicans, “free trade is a religion.” They’ll vote for anything stammped with the label “free trade.” What mindless fools these members of Congress are on both sides.
Here are 7 reasons why the House of Representatives should vote NO on TPA (as stated in “7 Reasons Why Trade Promotion Authority/Fast Track Must Be Defeated” by William F. Jasper, TheNewAmerican.com, June 5, 2015):
TPA is essential to passage of the very dangerous TPP and TTIP.
TPA is a “bum’s rush” that ratifies a secret, corrupt process and aims to ratify a secret, corrupt product.
TPA is an unconscionable abdication of constitutional responsibility by Congress.
TPA not only hands power to Obama, but to his successor as well.
TPA is another giant step in the unconstitutional transfer of congressional authority to the president.
TPA also challenges the Constitution by violating the requirement that treaties be ratified by a super-majority vote of two-thirds of the U.S. Senate.
The TPA will speed the transfer of immense power to federal and international judges to eviscerate the Constitution; to strike down federal, state, and local laws; and to legislate from the bench.
Vote NO on fast track, then debate the particulars of the agreement like civilized men and women — point by point — out in the open.
Great article, which cuts through all the corporatist BS that we hear from our bribed GOP politicians.
Jasper forgot to include TiSA, the totally secret Trade in Services Agreement that no one can read, not even members of Congress. Wikileaks released a portion of the dreaded thing having to do with health care. In addition, people in Europe are going ballistic over the TTiP. Brussels had to postpone the vote because of the groundswell of opposition. Washington DC is a rogue beast fed by an internationalist cabal. “Consent of the governed” is meaningless to the monsters and goons in DC.
It will end with a letter in the mail from The Department of Health and Human Services which schedules your end-of-life counseling session for next Tuesday.
That’s because the CEOs are blowing the whistle.
Very simple concept. Never enter a free trade agreement with countries that have significant lower cost structures. You will lose every time and those countries typically do not want the hi cost and more difficult to produce products we sell. Yeah, there may be a few winning markets, but most will lose.
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