Posted on 06/09/2004 3:47:18 PM PDT by ConservativeGramps
Powell for Congress Suite 200 Park West •4400 Silas Creek Parkway• Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (336) 768-0035
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For Immediate Release
June 9, 2004
Contact: Ed Powell (336) 768-0035 (O), (336) 722-9909 (H), or (336) 655-6269(Cell)
Former North Carolina Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Edward L. Powell, Republican candidate for the Fifth Congressional District, today strongly condemned the recent Supreme Court decision that allows Mexican trucks to use the highways of the United States.
Powell said, “This is another direct result of the disastrous North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has already virtually destroyed our textile and furniture industries in the Fifth District. NAFTA now threatens to destroy another vital part of the Fifth District, our trucking industry and its drivers and employees, in addition to the potentially deadly highway safety considerations."
“As the former head of highway safety in North Carolina, I can foresee deadly consequences for our citizens with these mechanically faulty Mexican trucks driven by non English speaking, inexperienced reckless drivers on American streets and highways. In addition, these Mexican trucking companies will take away large portions of our trucking business from our trucking companies in the Fifth District destroying these jobs just like “free trade” has destroyed our textile and furniture jobs. I can foresee the strong likelihood of Mexican trucks hauling drugs and other contraband into our country with our eagerness to do “free trade."
“This is yet another compelling reason to go back and repeal all the so-called “free trade” agreements that are destroying our way of life in North Carolina. We must elect a Congressman who pledges to lead the fight against and to vote against the new disastrous Central America Free Trade Agreement (Cafta). Cafta will allow the Wall Street robber barons to move the rest of our manufacturing businesses and tens of thousands of our jobs to poverty stricken countries such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.”
“My philosophy as your Congressman will be buy America First and to keep our jobs in this country. We must reject the cheap goods made by foreigners, often under the direct influence of Communist control, or there won’t be any working Americans left who can afford to buy any goods.”
“We must have a wakeup call in America and stop “free trade” before we give our country away to the greedy Wall Street robber barons who are selling us all down the river."
Sounds like a good idea to me.
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