http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20070202/cm_uc_crpbux/op_33498
"We are being skinned alive by our trading partners. While we have eliminated tariffs, they impose value-added taxes of up to 20 percent on U.S. goods entering the country and rebate the VAT on goods they export to the United States. This system operates like a 40 percent tariff on U.S. goods. That is why we are running record trade deficits with Canada, the European Union, Japan and Free Asia.
Bush has now begun his campaign for renewal of "fast track" authority, which expires in July. Under fast track, Congress agrees to give up its constitutional right to amend trade treaties.
But to give Bush a blank check to negotiate trade treaties after his record trade deficits makes as much sense as giving him a blank check to launch another war. Some adult has got to grab the steering wheel here. "
What do you think?
2007-02-03 13:50:05 · 4 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I voted for Bush twice. I'd regret the second time but I think Kerry was a globalist too, so it wouldn't matter on the points that mean much to me.
2007-02-03 14:03:22 · update #1
show me where Kerry was better. Gore might have been, but at that time I didn't know what I know now about Bush.
2007-02-03 14:11:03 · update #2
Thanks for the links. I vaguely remember some of that, but hadn't thought about it in this context. Marx wasn't stupid, just fatally flawed in his ultimate conclusion.
2007-02-03 14:27:06 · update #3
Except he wasn't consistant on that, was he? He may have been a convert, I suppose.
2007-02-03 14:41:43 · update #4
and for you...
http://www.cfr.org/publication/12519/
2007-02-03 14:59:51 · update #5
Always remember Karl Marx wanted global free trade.....
**** You voted for that jerk twice? Hope your decendants enjoy global communism!
*** A new link, just for you.
FAIR TRADE, NOT FREE TRADE!
"The rise of global markets has undermined the ability of national governments to control their own economies. The answer is neither global laissez faire nor protectionism but a Third Way: New international rules and institutions to ensure that globalization goes hand in hand with higher living standards, basic worker rights, and environmental protection. U.S. leadership is crucial in building a rules-based global trading system as well as international structures that enhance worker rights and the environment without killing trade. For example, instead of restricting trade, we should negotiate specific multilateral accords to deal with specific environmental threats. "- John Kerry
***** another link below for you. check out spp.gov
2007-02-03 13:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by neooxyconservative 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More and more people are just in favor of impeaching Bush and abolishing all his funny-money trade policies....somebody profited by it all, it just wasn't us...
2007-02-03 14:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I tihnk your another Bush hater. He could suck your d&*k and you would ***** he was doing it wrong.
2007-02-03 13:53:58 · answer #3 · answered by vabraces 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
the chinese are coming?
2007-02-03 14:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by acid tongue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋