Would you like to know who votes yes on these unfair trade agreements??

Question

Nafta was supported strongly by the reps and weakly by dems.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/103/senate/1/votes/395/

Party Yes No Not Voting
Democratic 27 28 1
Republican 34 10 0
Total 61 38 1

cafta was supported strongly by reps but not by dems (who got smarter)

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/109/senate/1/votes/170/


Party Yes No Not Voting
Democratic 10 33 1
Independent 1 0 0
Republican 43 12 0
Total 54 45 1

Actually the dems in the senate did not support either bill although it was very close in the case of NAFTA

Answer 1

I'm well aware of it.

Its one of the main reasons I always vote for 'right wing' parties. The left wing parties pander to trade unions and special interest groups who screw foreign producers and domestic consumers at a net loss to everyone simply to hold on to the piece of the pie they have.

As for america's farm subsidies, they are sickening. US cotton subsidies exceed the total value of US cotton production. Read that again. The government has until recently been paying cotton producers more in subsidies then the entire value of the cotton those producers make. Doing so props up a very small number of quite rich US cotton producers, while simultaneously pushing the global price of cotton down by 1/4 to 1/3, at disastorous cost to third world producers.

I'd like to see a bipartisan group get rid of all the subsides and tariffs. All of them. period.

Answer 2

Trade agreements are good in General, but the problem is labor provisions to make it so the poor and lower class suffer job losses. I figure NAFTA needs to be rework to help Mexico and America out espically the corn subidies we give. Also, allow Mexico to have a corn Subidisy in the provision, and work with Canada, Mexico to put up 40% traiff on chinese made goods, so cheaper Mexcian labor is used. Instead of slave labor from China. The higher tarrifs in China will slow immigration from Mexico since the outscouring would more be directed at Mexico, and we need to get real here too about other things. Trade should not benefit investors at the expense of workers which is what has happened with Clinton and Bush.

Answer 3

yes... I feel that those have hurt us some... we can't compete with our labor force with thier third world economies...

I'm not saying we shouldn't trade at all... but we should levy tarrifs to equalize the playing field...

Boo Hoo Bill: why is it when one democrat does something... the whole party clearly support the idea, because one man did it.. but when one Republican does something, like Foley, you would have to be a fool to think one man represents an entire party?

Answer 4

hmm looks pretty close try this on THIS is your partys support for you LMAO

a union leader LMAO

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nycor184937671oct18,0,729063.story

Answer 5

What was unfair about NAFTA? Are you an isolationist?

Answer 6

Ummmmmmmmmm okay.