[You Dirty Rats]

The people on this thread criticizing this agreement obviously know NOTHING about the actual agreement. This agreement so overwhelmingly benefits the US that it's amazing these other countries agreed to it.

Maybe these people are worried about the historical domination of the United States by these countries. They are so much larger and more powerful than we are and will crush our economy ruthlessly. Signing this agreement puts us in a helpless position of servitude and will cost us our last remaining shred of independence. Expect tens of millions to lose their jobs, crop failures, civil war, nuclear armegeddon and a mass pandemic of erectile dysfunction. Time to retreat to caves in the Rockies!! Dom't forget the plastic sheets and duct tape!

[lawdog]

You are a riot but surrending national sovereignty to unelected "world bodies" in an "agreement" is foolishness. This one "agreement" is just part and parcel of an erosion of the Republic. The power for a "world body politic" to tax American business will follow.

[hedgetrimmer]

Signing this agreement puts us in a helpless position of servitude and will cost us our last remaining shred of independence.

You are so right. The economic interdependence these agreements create make it impossible for the US to function as an independent, soveriegn nation anymore. Any trade agreements must be presented to a global body, as a member state of the OAS, we have no more autority or voting power than any other nation.

If you followed the induction of Britain into the EU, it happened exactly in the same way...
Complete economic integration
Unlimited migration
Creation of supranational bodies to oversee the regulation of the member states
Unified currency


It was all done without a popular vote or consent of the British people, just like here. And just like Britain, our politicians plan to sell us out to the western hemispheric trade zone despite the fact that it is unpopular with most of the people in this country and unconstitutional.

[n-tres-ted]

I am strongly for constitutional government in the United States as original intent can be reasonably determined. This means I am strongly against globalization of government jurisdiction over us.

At the same time, I believe the NAFTA and CAFTA agreements are very beneficial to the interests of this country and its individual citizens. Would we really prefer that these Central American countries be left to make their trade arrangements with the EU and/or with China and Asia, rather than the USA? Of course not. This treaty allows individuals to do the business they want to do with these countries, with less interference from the governments involved. Are we really to believe this is a bad thing? Again, of course not.