Posted on 07/28/2005 8:26:19 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
American Families Are Hungry Too; CAFTA-DR's Passage Questioned
WASHINGTON, July 28 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Early Thursday morning the House passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement by a two-vote margin, 217-215. The Senate approved CAFTA-DR last month; it now goes to the President for his signature.
The agreement's said purpose is to open trade between the US, Central America and the Dominican Republic to promote higher paying and better jobs, investment in America and helping to forge relations with developing countries, supposedly cutting down on job loss and immigration issues.
"Why would America purposely give away American jobs to bridge relations with developing countries?" asks Janice McLean DeLoatch, syndicated TV host of Entrepreneurs Edge. "Americans are already suffering from manufacturing and textile jobs being lost overseas. I know this from my own personal business experience. Our families are hungry too. I would like to know if those in the US House had businesses deals that will be impacted by this agreement. Do we deserve to have American businesses go out-of-business for the sake of helping the democracies of Central America and the Dominican Republic succeed."
To schedule an interview with Janice McLean DeLoatch, call 410-515-2991, 443-299-7360 or email info@entrepeneursedge.org.
They will see many like this between now and November, 2006.
I won't vote democrat but I also won't vote for a party that screwed me over either.
It's all over. The sky will not fall. All the anti-NAFTA folks who predicted 20% unemployment in the US were wrong. The anti-free traders are afraid of competition. They shouldn't be. Jobs are always being created and lost. This will have a net gain in both US jobs and CAFTA country jobs.
There is no illegal alien immigration problem either, right?
"It's all over. The sky will not fall."
Pay close attention to what happens in november of 06.
NAFTA worked -- so will CAFTA. Perot's giant sucking sound never came to pass because it defies economic logic, based as it is on the zero-sum game, and on the only statistic of all time to be even more meaningless than the late Game Winning RBI, the "trade deficit" (cue scary music).
Free trade is where it's at and is where the Republican Party is at. If you want protectionism, join the Democrats. Or Japan.
You're either lucky, in a good position, or not paying attention. Yes, there are jobs, but the new ones being created are forcing people to downgrade their lifestyles,ie. they pay a lot less. Also, many of the products from the newly outsourced manufactorers IS inferior in quality.
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We're working on that. You want everything all at once and it's not practical. The Bush administration is working on an immigration bill. If you think this country can go without migrant workers, think again. Fruit and berry growers everywhere would have their products rotting on the vine if it weren't for migrant workers. No US worker is willing to do the job.
Why?
We'll win then too. The neoconservative package of legislation passing is bearing fruit. The economy is going well and will continue to do so. Expect more legislative gains in '06, with or without your support.
Really? That would explain why H-P and all the other high tech companies have added so many jobs since the '80s.
...."supposedly cutting down on job loss and immigration issues......"
God almighty, when will this tired rhetoric end? Yeah, we have NO immigration problem with Mexico. The Mexicans are fat and happy and have stopped the massive illegal immigration flood over our border.
Thank you Nafta, Thank you President Clinton, thank you President Bush (dad and son). I feel so much better now............
Everywhere except Central America and Mexico?
Free trade in this hemisphere is good for the US. I'm also more confident in our ability to compete. All rhetoric aside about Central American workers making $2 a day is just silly. We already have high tech companies exporting billions to the CAFTA nations. This will help the US economy by a little, but it will help the US position in the world a great deal.
Keep telling yourself that.
I think that's just BS. We have never been so prosperous. There are good jobs galore if you have the right skills. There are many SHORTAGES of skilled labor.
NAFTA hasn't worked, neither will CAFTA. The only reason NAFTA hasn't done more harm than it could is that the markets are small. We've got a NAFTA-like situation currently with favored nation China. How's that working for us?
With CAFTA, we get the added benefit of a lot of authority transfer to the less-than-friendly-to-American WTO. That should definitely give the U.S. the leg up on the world market.
If you're skeptical of free-trade being the be-all end-all of utopian experiences, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're protectionist. There are ways to create a more level playing field than slapping a bunch of tariffs in place. You could (gasp) lower taxes and other government restrictions and regulations on our industries to make them more competitive. Any time you have American companies setting up shop overseas it's the sign of bad things. If you start seeing American workers/companies squeezed out of existence (not in just isolated market segments) it's a sign of bad things.
Resorting to such hyperbole is a turn-off.
Tell that to the hungry families.
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