The main feature of CAFTA is the elimination of tariffs on US exports, something which is clearly in our interest. But there's not much point in using logic or facts with protectionists.
I did not know that.. Thanks for the info!
What?????
Lets talk facts then....did you know the whole Central American Market is less than that of Connecticut?? Yeah that's such a lucrative market for our products....
The only thing CAFTA does is allow our companies to leave the US and manufacture in Central America without any penalty.
Wake up people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at our trade deficit and its exponential growth...this can't go on forever.
Yeah, removing tariffs was so much in our interests that the founding fathers threw a tea party for the King when he did it. Why, because the King was driving colonists out of business on their own soil. And now what the King did is seen as some sort of glorious insight afore missed by the founders. To the contrary, the founders protested and led a revolution to put end to the tyrany. Something that may be done once again before it's over because the King will no more listen now than he would then.
The GOP policy on trade is to open our market to allow consumers to benefit from lower prices of low wage producers. Meanwhile our trading partners keep thier markets closed to our products as they develop their own high tech manufacturing infrastructure. Resulting in huge job loses for USA workers. The GOP is brain dead, open borders, unfair trade, borrow and spend big government. The GOP committing suicide.