Posted on 11/03/2007 10:34:27 AM PDT by pissant
I am publicly stating who I support for the 2008 Republican nominee for President, California Representative, Duncan Hunter. Why? The reasons are many but the primary underlying reason is, he better than any other candidate, be they Republican or Democrat, at understand the world landscape both economically and politically. His over all goal is a stronger more protected America.
Hunter, more than any other name on the ballot, is a student of history, not just recent history, he, as they say, sees the big picture. Unlike politicians of the past who have given away the American Dream as a good faith gesture to the world, Hunter wants to protect what is ours. On a regular basis, we always seems to be the ones extending the olive branch to the world only to have it stepped on.
In recent weeks he has spoken out harshly about the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) as it gives US sovereignty of the sea to (gulp) the UN. Hunter stated that:
“It is imperative that our nation does not surrender decision making power for military navigation or resource extraction, especially in this age of terrorism with technology and weapons proliferation. And adding a new set of UN bureaucrats with license to tax and adjudicate disputes is the last thing this country needs.” … ”Rest assured no treaty that infringes on the sovereignty of the United States, or further empowers the United Nations, will get anything but a trip to the waste basket in a Hunter Administration.”
See what I mean? This guy “gets it”!
He is the only candidate who consistently sees China as someone we should be cautious of, while everyone else sees China as a former Communist nation on the brink of democracy. Other see their exploding market as a potential for American big business to blossom, while Hunter sees the same thing, he is thinking of America first, the business executives second.
Just today he released a press release in which he publicly calls on Mitt Romney, founder of Bain Capital and Republican presidential candidate, to put an end to a business deal with a Chinese company who is negociating for the acquisition of US defense conractor 3COM. The kicker here is that the founder of this company is an officer of the Peoples Liberation Army of Communist China and is being accused of providing Saddam Hussein with the technology to target US aircraft and helping the Taliban develop surveillance equipment.
Hunter said to Romney in writing;
“I am extremely concerned that Governor Romney’s company would tout a highly suspect Chinese corporation as a strategic partner,” stated Hunter. “Forming a business partnership with a corporation known to have direct ties with terrorists and dictators while, at the same time, openly seeking to acquire a major U.S. corporation that performs vital cyber security work for the Department of Defense, can only be characterized as irresponsible.”
What other candidate would step out and do the right thing like this? Duncan Hunter does his homework, that is what will make him a very effective POTUS. This wasn’t a political ploy, this was Hunter looking out for America, for you and me.
learn more: www.gohunter08.com
The more you read about him, the more, I am sure, you will realize that he sees things the way most Amiercans do.
Except that we are hit by tariffs in the form of VAT taxes at just about every border. We have no Vat tax, so there is not a level playing field. Not only that, but the exporters to America get their taxes rebated to them, which we cannot do, according to the WTO. It is a suicide pact that we entered.
And with China, they are cheating in so many other ways as well, and we sit there and take it.
Oh man, so lets all go out and vote for the lesser of two evils....that’ll teach’em.
Newsflash...if we keep fishin from the same ol pond, were gonna keep catchin the same ol big mouth bass.
If we all thought like this, we’d keep gettin folks like Bush and Clinton in office term after term after term.
No thanx, I’m votin for the MOST conservative candidate. No more of this moderate, liberal, compassionate conservative crap.
But those countries are only hurting themselves with their tariffs and VAT taxes. They raise the cost to their citizens and their businesses to do business, which decreases their ability to export competitively, and decreases the standard of living for their citizens. I certainly don't want VAT taxes here. Just because other countries punish their own citizens doesn't mean we should do the same to ourselves.
Not only that, but the exporters to America get their taxes rebated to them, which we cannot do, according to the WTO. It is a suicide pact that we entered.
Perhaps so for certain industries, but whatever industries they want to dump on us frees us to develop other industries because of lower costs in the industries that were dumped. So it's still a losing proposition for the countries that are not practicing free trade. I think our economy, when you compare it to other country's economies, proves that. I'm not into the WTO rules, I don't believe in trade deals other than free trade agreements, so if any agreement we're into with foreign countries that is not free trade, then I would be against it. The UN and every other foreign organization is so socialist that I don't even care what they do, they're beyond the pale. That's why it's important to me to have presidents like Bush who try to hold the line on them and who believe in free trade, so we can let those countries punish themselves. You look at every country that has dumped industries on us and they have ended up paying for it. Japan was in the doldrums for years.
And with China, they are cheating in so many other ways as well, and we sit there and take it.
They're only hurting themselves overall.
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