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Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats
Associated Press ^ | Jun 15, 2013 12:16 PM EDT | Tom Raum

Posted on 06/16/2013 12:38:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai

As President Barack Obama pushes an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading, political trade wars already are forming, and they’re with fellow Democrats rather than with Republicans, his usual antagonists.

Obama is promoting free-trade proposals with Europe and Asia that could affect up to two-thirds of all global trade. …

Both deals generally have the support of U.S. businesses. But labor unions and human rights and environmental groups—core Democratic constituencies—have so far viewed them cynically.

These organizations, and Democrats in general, say that free-trade deals can cost American jobs and lead to environmental and workplace abuses that would not be tolerated in the U.S. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; obama; tradeagreement; tradewar
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To: 1rudeboy
You are free to conduct business in any way INSIDE conus. None of my business at all. If factory A wants to move to state B, so be it. The second you go over seas for anything, labor, materials etc. IT BECOMES MY BUSINESS. The factory you close will impose a social costs you NEVER SEEM TO MENTION. It may affect national security WHICH YOU NEVER ADDRESS.

If you want to move a factory to China, then shut it down and go completely out of business. Then go to China and ask for permission to become a Chinese company, surrender your capitol to them. Give up your US citizenship and AMF.

101 posted on 06/16/2013 6:07:01 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

So at what point, exactly, does my company become part of your “collective?” [snort]


102 posted on 06/16/2013 6:10:41 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Is that what you big government "conservatives" hand out?

Wait it is the gloBULList that wants a huge flat one world economic zone, nothing bigger than that.

103 posted on 06/16/2013 6:10:53 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 1rudeboy
So at what point, exactly, does my company become part of your “collective?”

When you do business overseas. It is and should be heavily regulated and taxed. Contrary to business conducted inside the US which should be totally unregulated and untaxed.

104 posted on 06/16/2013 6:15:13 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Wait it is the gloBULList that wants a huge flat one world economic zone, nothing bigger than that.

One world economic zone? Sounds like something you big government guys could get behind.

105 posted on 06/16/2013 6:15:24 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: central_va

Ok, so just recently, I bought a leather holster. Hand-sewn in the State of Georgia. But the leather came from Argentina. Are these folks the traitors of whom you speak?


106 posted on 06/16/2013 6:18:53 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Not a leather expert, but last time I checked we had a huge cattle industry in the USA. So why are the holster people importing leather? Good question. But nobody at Commerce is looking into it, I’m sure.


107 posted on 06/16/2013 6:21:36 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
No the question is, why do you care about the leather in my holster?
108 posted on 06/16/2013 6:22:54 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

GloBULList!


109 posted on 06/16/2013 6:25:34 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: 1rudeboy
No the question is, why do you care about the leather in my holster?

Because as an American I want to promote leather tanning in the USA. Somebody should look in to it. Does Argentina impose tariffs on US products? What was the reason for the holster co to seek Argentinian leather in the first place? Maybe their cows are special. I don't care, but somebody should care. Borders have meaning.

110 posted on 06/16/2013 6:26:52 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 1rudeboy

lol.

Could be. You pay this monthly, for this many months or we get the house. lol


111 posted on 06/16/2013 6:26:58 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

I swear, everywhere I turn some bureaucrat is trying to micromanage my life . . . so I seek refuge at FR, where some try to do the same. Go figure.


112 posted on 06/16/2013 6:28:39 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Everywhere I turn a Free Traitor is selling out the USA to a communist or turd world dictator.


113 posted on 06/16/2013 6:31:20 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Because as an American I want to promote leather tanning in the USA.

And always, the unstated protectionist doctrine, which adds "by making holsters more expensive."

114 posted on 06/16/2013 6:32:03 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: central_va

Have you considered getting the government to help? Uncle Sugar is there for ya’, buddy.


115 posted on 06/16/2013 6:33:42 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: central_va

There’s just too much freedom going on around here, isn’t there?


116 posted on 06/16/2013 6:34:26 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: 1rudeboy
And always, the unstated protectionist doctrine, which adds "by making holsters more expensive."

You either believe in sovereign states or a flat borderless world. One or the other.

Like I said with almost a billion Chinamen slaves at our disposal, logically and without any thought of social or security interests, it makes no sense for any other country to manufacture anything at all, ever.

117 posted on 06/16/2013 6:38:29 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Apart from the fact that I chose the holster because I liked it, you mean? And I apparently favored it over this mythical Chinese leather powerhouse of manufacturing?
118 posted on 06/16/2013 6:42:04 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy; Toddsterpatriot

Whoa-— BEAV is up again today, I never knew selling military aircraft parts to the Red Chinese could be SO MUCH FUN!!!!


119 posted on 06/17/2013 9:08:55 AM PDT by expat_panama
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To: central_va

No income tax? What did you say about wanting to crap gold bricks? lol


120 posted on 06/17/2013 7:34:18 PM PDT by Partisan Gunslinger
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