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To: 1rudeboy; SealSeven
From one of the reports you cited: The United States exported almost $16 billion in goods to the five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic in 2004...

Notice how they conveniently leave out the imports from that report? We have been in deficit trade with all of those countries for years. Will CAFTA turn that around. No way. We will now be able to import more cheaply from those countries boosting their economy only to allow them to buy a couple of American cars. It's another lose situation for us. Just like NAFTA.

14 posted on 05/14/2005 9:46:33 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: raybbr
Let's see if we can understand each other's point of view; and if we can't, we'll at least forego the name calling.   

Some of us like how CAFTA lowers our import taxes and gives us more freedom to shop where we want.   I understand you want to raise my import taxes, you want to limit my shopping freedom, and you want to force me to support an American minority that you think is more disserving than the majority of Americans.

I told you what I believe-- don't try and say I believe something else.

If I misstated your point of view (I know, it happens), please tell me which of the beliefs that I hung on you --that you don't agree with.  I want to understand your position-- I figure there's always the possibility that you may be right.

15 posted on 05/14/2005 10:06:01 AM PDT by expat_panama
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