**EU WANTS TO BID ON U.S. MAIL**-'Demands' Access to U.S. Municipal Water Markets & SBA Loans

The Washington Times ^ | April 26, 2002 | Carter Dougherty

[codebreaker]

The European Union is demanding that foriegn companies be allowed to compete with the U.S. Postal Service as part of the World Trade Organization talks that began last year.

According to a draft copy of its demands obtained by the Washington Times, Europe also wants access to American markets for municipal water and waste services. It will also call for foriegn companies to be given access to Small Business Administration Loans.

[codebreaker]

Unreal.

[The Duke]

Well, if we're going to globalize I guess this is inevitable. I am puzzled, however, why a people would give away a perfectly servicable nation(?)

[ellery]

While I certainly bristle at the idea of the EU "demanding" anything of us, I don't at first blush have a problem with injecting a little competition into the US mail and municipal services. Hey, if it means better and cheaper service than the monopolies currently give us, I say hurrah. Of course, they would have to give us the same access. And the idea that SBA loans would go to foreign companies is just laughable.

[StormEye]

I surprised the EU doesn't demand to run part of federal government. I wonder when they will demand we pay our income taxes to them.

[cake_crumb]

"According to a draft copy of its demands obtained by the Washington Times, Europe also wants access to American markets for municipal water and waste services. It will also call for foriegn companies to be given access to Small Business Administration Loans"

Yeah. Right.

Personally, I'm getting a little sick and tired of EU "demands" upon the US.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Yep, the thought of European socialist countries running our water and postal service really turns me on.

The arrogance of these people is breathtaking. They are demanding access?

[a history buff]

You take this far too seriously. Everyone at those negotiations asks for the politically impossible, so, at the outset, all insist on truly bizarre things, to use as chips in the negotiations. I'm sure some of the things we've said we'd like to have sound equally foreign to foreign ears.

As for SBA loans; if they only help foreign-owned but US-domiciled companies, who pay taxes in the US, why not? Isn't the whole idea to get more taxes?

[dts32041]

Actually if the USPS was ran like the german bundespost, it might actually be an improvemnet.

The DBP was friendly and Great service, only took me 6 months to get a phone

[kaylar]

After 09/11, we were told that our water supply and the postal service could targeted for terrorist attacks. And they expect us to let them, with their much larger Muslim populations, run our postal service and the water services ???? The safety and security issues alone makes this untenable. This and the ICC are GWB's big tests, AFAIC : If he doesn't unsign the ICC and refuse these "demands", it's all over. This is beyond belief.

[keepinitreal]

The real question is who is behind the EU?

[cake_crumb]

If this goes through (which I doubt) I can just see the EUroweenies saying, the US "treats prisoners badly", "has the death penalty", "allows gun ownership", "has citizens who eat RED MEAT", "grows genetically superior altered grain", "cuts trees", blah blah blah...so we will impose SANCTIONS on US water and garbage, and mail...and we refuse to pay back our SBA loans...

These people are really beginning to get on my nerves. hen they start paying US income tax, then they might mane "demands"

[NorseWood]

Oh good! Let's send all our waste water to the EU!!

[berned]

The real question is who is behind the EU?

And who dares to ask the question?

This stuff won't happen while Bush is President, but it WILL be shoved down our throats by the very next Democrat to take office, if he (or she) has the Senate votes to do so.

[Mikey]

Welcome to the NEW WORLD ODER ORDER

[Amerigomag]

And the idea that SBA loans would go to foreign companies is just laughable.

Where have you been? SBA loans are frequently given to foreign nationals.