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To: NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961
Now are you saying Reagan supported WTO,NAFTA and GATT? If I recall didn't he have alzhiemers big time about then?
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You're not a member of Mensa, are you?

Reagan was for freer trade and first proposed a free trade agreement with Mexico in his 1980 campaign.

This is from the Heritage Foundation. You know them don't you? They are a conservative think tank.

"Long-Standing Support for Free Trade with Mexico. Ronald Reagan first proposed a free trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico in his 1980 presidential campaign. Since that time, The Heritage Foundation is proud of the role it has played in articulating President Reagan's vision of free trade in Latin America and around the world. Since the mid-1980s, Heritage analysts have been stressing that a free trade agreement with Mexico not only will stimulate economic growth in the U.S., but will make Mexico a more stable and prosperous country. Heritage has published over three dozen studies stressing the benefits of free trade in North America."

Source:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/EM371.cfm

You say you remember every detail of GATT and the WTO debate from 10 years ago but you know nothing of NAFTA, its inception, continued development or the many benefits provided to its members.

You and Lou Dobbs have a lot in common. I fully expect that you'll be linking us to the AFL-CIO website should you ever decide to defend your statements with some facts.
152 posted on 04/04/2005 7:43:44 AM PDT by Mase
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To: Mase
Reagan was for freer trade and first proposed a free trade agreement with Mexico in his 1980 campaign.

Actually, the NAFTA that Bush elder negotiated and Clinton pushed through was far different from the FT pact Reagan was negotiating. Nice try though.

155 posted on 04/04/2005 8:55:52 AM PDT by NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961
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To: Mase
I fully expect that you'll be linking us to the AFL-CIO website should you ever decide to defend your statements with some facts.

He doesn't have the time.

158 posted on 04/04/2005 9:10:03 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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