Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Race To The Middle For 2008
Eagle Forum ^ | November 29, 2006 | Phyllis Schlafly

Posted on 12/03/2006 7:47:19 AM PST by A. Pole

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-84 next last
To: A. Pole
People are fed up with watching their good high paying jobs disappear and be outsourced overseas to Asia. While the new jobs they can find pay only half of what their old job did. If the GOP is not going to stand up for middle class Americans, then it is destined to remain a minority party in this country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

61 posted on 12/04/2006 3:24:47 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mase
So. Perception is reality. Most people out there perceive the economy as crud and they are not getting ahead.
62 posted on 12/04/2006 3:30:16 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: Hydroshock
We can have a center-right majority in this country. We won't get it if we tell the Reagan Democrats to go jump ship.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

63 posted on 12/04/2006 3:33:52 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop
Exactly, the Reagan democrats are still out there and they care about jobs, and they distrust free trade. If the republicans want to win a majority again they need to pay difference to them.
64 posted on 12/04/2006 3:35:25 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child
"... provide evidence to support this point...

They don't need no stinking evidence! All they need is how they feel.

65 posted on 12/04/2006 4:36:09 AM PST by libs_kma (Monica blew while Al-Queda grew.....Oh well, Clinton happens!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: libs_kma
You are right in many cases. When Joe Lunch bucket feels his job and life style are threatened as he does in many cases now. He will vote accordingly. After all many people vote there pocketbooks not the stock market. It has been this way for as long as I can remember and I assume it will continue for the foreseeable future as well.
66 posted on 12/04/2006 5:32:42 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: hedgetrimmer

Please cite me a specific case in with a trade organization such as the WTO was able to overturn a U.S. law or policy -- and had the ability to enforce its decision.


67 posted on 12/04/2006 7:08:03 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Hydroshock

One of the most remarkable stories in American politics these days is the way many people in government and the media have been able to convince ordinary Americans -- who currently enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of mankind -- that they are somehow facing an "economic crisis" on a daily basis.


68 posted on 12/04/2006 7:14:27 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

So. That is what they think. ANd this preception shapes the political reality of the day.


69 posted on 12/04/2006 7:17:22 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: Hydroshock

So let me get this straight . . . You consider it a prudent political strategy to pursue idiotic public policies in a desperate attempt to garner support from large numbers of idiots?


70 posted on 12/04/2006 7:24:30 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

If you want to win the next election, yes. If not say hi to Hitlery. Besides I agree with them that free trade is bad for the middle class of this country.


71 posted on 12/04/2006 7:30:58 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: Hydroshock
See the following for classic examples of what happens when

1. Massive, unsustainable Social Security system.
2. Massive, unsustainable Medicare system.
3. Massive, unsustainable Great Society programs.
4. Massive, unsustainable U.S. government.
5. Massive, unsustainable open immigration policy (in a desperate attempt to perpetuate Items 1 through 4)

Notice a common theme here?

Catering to the whims of ignorant people eventually leads to fiscal chaos and ultimately to the collapse of these government functions. Catering to the whims of the masses in economic matters is no less futile than legislating changes in the weather.

Besides I agree with them that free trade is bad for the middle class of this country.

It's easy for people to say that "free trade" is bad for the middle class of this country because they have no idea what the alternative would be. And I can guarantee you that once people are exposed to the realities and limitations of the world in which they live, 95% of "the middle class" would prefer our current trade policies to the alternative.

72 posted on 12/04/2006 7:40:48 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

So. Enough people walked off from the republicans last month to let the dems win. You can not make any changes in policy if you are not in power and free trade is a losing issue.


73 posted on 12/04/2006 7:45:54 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: Mase
Nice graph!

Here you have a nice photo:


74 posted on 12/04/2006 7:49:00 AM PST by A. Pole (Dzerzhinsky: There are no innocent people.There are only such who weren't examined in the proper way)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Hydroshock
Enough people walked off from the republicans last month to let the dems win. You can not make any changes in policy if you are not in power and free trade is a losing issue.

As I stated back in Post #9, I have yet to see any evidence that "free trade" was one of the major reasons why "enough people walked off from the Republicans to let the Dems win" last month.

I'd also add that despite all the partisan ranting over this issue in recent years, free trade is here to stay for a very long time regardless of which political party holds power in Washington -- mainly for the reason I gave in my previous post. If the U.S. were to implement the kind of protectionist policies that Ms. Schlafly is advocating in this article and people like Lou Dobbs have advocated in the past, the middle class in this country would last about two weeks before they threw all incumbent politicians out of office and demanded a return to "the good old days of free trade."

75 posted on 12/04/2006 7:55:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: lawdude
This country doesn't have 20 years!

I tend to agree.

76 posted on 12/04/2006 7:56:16 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (Our troops are smart. It's our politicians who are stupid.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

I disagree, free trade is on the way out. Yes it will be oud and messy but is is going.


77 posted on 12/04/2006 8:31:55 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 75 | View Replies]

To: NaughtiusMaximus

I don't give it 10.


78 posted on 12/04/2006 8:38:07 AM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: roses of sharon

"Politicians are just men, normal human beings, who act legislatively according to the wishes of their voters."

Or maybe according to the wishes of their biggest contributors? Multinational corporations.


79 posted on 12/04/2006 9:00:20 AM PST by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: hedgetrimmer

"Constitutional government prohibits international organizations like the WTO from having any effect on Congress, our trade policy or US citizens. "free trade" agreements grant organizations like the WTO, and foreign agents and foreign countries unlawful authority to make rules and influence US trade."

That bears repeating!
Morning Hedge


80 posted on 12/04/2006 9:02:41 AM PST by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-84 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson