Chavez vs. Free Trade

The American Enterprise Online ^ | 11/18/05 | José Idler and Mario Villarreal

[HawaiianGecko]

	I'm embarrassed to say I don't know much about this at all, but I get the feeling I'm not alone.

 

 

[1rudeboy]

. . . an obvious stumbling block, in addition to their bold resistance to liberalization, is Venezuela’s Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)—a pact based primarily on socialist principles.

Too funny.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Doesn't Chavez know he shouldn't resist the socialists at the WTO? Didn't he get his orders from the OAS yet?

[Valin]

You do of course know that he is closely allied with Castro.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Why yes, I did know that.

[1rudeboy]

I'll give a nickel to the first person who suggests that ALBA is a stalking-horse for FTAA.

[Valin]

ALBA is a stalking-horse for FTAA!


Where's my money? :-)

[Valin]

Why do you suppose he's against this then?

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

This sounds like a good thing. Then maybe the Mexican president will get his act together and support his own people.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Why do you suppose he's against this then?

From your article:After all, if the poor become prosperous, it would be much harder to buy votes.

[Alia]

Informative article, thanks for posting.

The recent rift between Mexico and Venezuela shows that it’s not a matter of the Northern bloc against the Southern. Although Chavez commands popular approval in some circles, a recent report from Latinobarometro, a non-profit polling organization, shows that most people agree with the statement “a market economy is the only system which can develop your country.”

And the people are right.

[hedgetrimmer]

"The end of a 40-year, globally enforced apparel quota system and the recent passing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement — Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) have allowed, and will continue to allow, additional imports from overseas which significantly change our business,"

"We deeply regret the need to close this facility"

Carhartt also has applied for Trade Adjustment Assistance through the U.S. Department of Labor so employees can be eligible for services and benefits available under TAA.

"Honestly, I don't know what we're going to do. We're still hoping for some good news from the Job Corps facility that we're trying to get on a 30-acre campus in our industrial park. It would produce 140 to 160 new jobs and offer some really good technical skills training, but we're still waiting for word on that," he said

Who are the socialists? Who created the big new bureacracy, the TAA to deal with "free trade" job losses? Why is federal government now in the business of finding jobs for people who they put out of work kowtowing to the internationalists? Do the "free traders" pay for the programs, or does the American taxpayer? Why is there a federal "jobs corp"? Sounds a lot like the WPA, but this one was not created by a recession, but for the "free traders" so they can get cheap stuff from slave laborer while the US taxpayer foots the bill for their falsely named "free trade" policies.

Its a given that every company in the US dealing with "free trade" job losses will now go to a socialist inspired "trade adjustment assistance" program to deal with it. So who are the socialists? The ones who have legitemate businesses, or the ones who purposely kill off those businesses because some third world "poor country" wants a monoply on that sector in the name of "free trade"?

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Senate Democrats insisted on tying negotiating authority to worker protections, including health benefits for trade-dislocated workers. They originally sought a 75 percent subsidy, but eventually agreed to the 70 percent level.

The final deal also extends trade assistance eligibility to secondary "upstream" workers who supply goods to a manufacturer hit by trade competition. Grassley said that would double the number of eligible workers to more than 100,000. Separately, farmers, ranchers and fishermen would also have access to trade adjustment training and other benefits. The entire program would cost $10 billion to $12 billion over 10 years.
White House, Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement on Trade Package

[GOP_1900AD]

Oh, Chavez wants Free Trade alright. He wants Free Trade between all the various SSRs after he succeeds in bringing Che Guevara's vision into fruition. The vision is of a USSR of the Americas, from Tierra Del Fuego to the Bering Straight. Chavez must be put down.

[GOP_1900AD]

He wants to create his own internationalist group. But only after all of the Americas become Communist.

[Valin]

And this is a bad thing?

[FFIGHTER]

Buchanan might ask Chavez to be his running mate in 2008.

[Valin]

Pat Buchanan...Pat Buchanan? Didn't he used to be someone?

[Toddsterpatriot]

And this is a bad thing?

It'd be bad for Chavez, good for his people, good for the region and good for America.

[Toddsterpatriot]

The entire program would cost $10 billion to $12 billion over 10 years.

So, you think it's bad for the American people to pay this $1.2 billion per year?