Posted on 02/14/2009 9:55:49 AM PST by shielagolden
Congress Approves Protectionist Measure That Could Spark Trade War Major partners, including the European Union and Canada, say the legislation favoring U.S. steel, iron and manufactured goods for government projects could undermine pledges by the leaders of major economies not to resort to protectionism during the world economic downturn.
Congress Passes $787B Stimulus Bill,
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FREE TRADE
unconstitution ,totalitarianism, socialism,
This is Tyranny big time
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1590858026591557284&hl=en
Smoot-Hawley II?
Buy American! American unions! Fed jobs are going to cost 10 times what an open contract would cost. Goodbye free enterprise!!!!
Any company that relies upon foreign sales...can start laying folks off next month. Whatever the idiots thought they were going to save....will simply mean lesser production of other items.
Glad this is in the barrel of pork want the dollars to at least be wasted in the good old USA!!.
Buy American!!
Free Traitors.... FO.
A trade war that, under the current administration, we will lose.
Of course, losing is the desired outcome. That provides an excellent excuse to nationalize the banks, the steel and oil industries, the railroad and construction industries, and on and on and on.....
Proving once again, if you wrap socialism in an American flag, Democrats will find a True Conservative™ to fall for it.
Does the author think we have not been having a trade war?
As I said “Free Traitors.... FO.”
We heard you the first time, Mr. President.
That's the Democrats desired outcome. Others 1. presume to choose some jobs over others, 2. are just plain miserable and want others to be miserable as well, or 3. simply fear liberty and want Uncle Sugar to set things right.
Are they really this ignorant?
For years (during the expansion) we heard nothing but, “the Gubmint must do something!” Now it has, and they’re bitching about it. LOL
Don't fear Smoot-Hawley II. If it wasn't for Smoot-Hawley we would have lost WW II. Imagine if we had exported our manufacturing to Germany, Japan and China where we would be today.
Protectionism is patriotism in war and business. Bring those exported jobs and factories back here. Trade means we buy from you and you buy from us. Not exporting our seed corn for cheap consumer goods. That just perpetuates unemployment.
1. The steel industry has yet to ask for a bailout, but people feel that they are protecting national security by throwing money at it,What are we proctecting, again?
2. the auto industry (specifically, the Big Three, also essential for national security) has asked for a loan and gotten grief (oh, and "no but we can make your steel more expensive, how's that?") and in that vein,
3. Caterpillar, a heavy equipment manufacturer (also essential for national security) is practically begging our government not to do anything, because its business and therefore jobs will suffer.
proctecting s/b protecting, Freudian slip, sorry
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