Next is the nafta highway how long will it take to totally destroy America for world corp.s
2007-12-14 19:27:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
What is wrong with NAFTA???
Trade is a good thing, we need something to break the unions in America that are stifling this country economically.
2007-12-14 19:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Alan C 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Studies on the effect of NAFTA on the U.S. economy shows that the overall impact is negligible. Mexico is simply not one of the larger trading partners with the U.S. (either before or after NAFTA). In a handful of industries which were marginal before NAFTA, there has been some impact but that is the nature of free trade. As far as the Mexican economy is concerned, NAFTA has been very beneficial. While the change in imports from Mexico represents a very tiny percent of the U.S. economy, it represents a large percent of the Mexican economy.
If you think current illegal immigration is bad, it would be much worse without NAFTA.
As far as the mythical NAFTA highway, the Pan-American Highway existed long before NAFTA was ever proposed. If business to Mexico did significantly improve, there would probably be some additional road construction but such construction is paid for by highway funds generated by gasoline taxes so they pay for themselves (not a single dime of federal general revenue goes to highway construction).
2007-12-15 03:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nine companies within a 45 mile radius of where I live packed up and moved south. I don't see where NAFTA did any favors for the 4000 people that lost their jobs.
2007-12-15 06:40:49 · answer #3 · answered by doctdon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"What is wrong with NAFTA???
Trade is a good thing, we need something to break the unions in America that are stifling this country economically."
Its not a free market when corporations run the show.
2007-12-15 03:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by Arcanum Noctis 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
All of our political pigs have sold us out on this issue, Democrats and Republicans alike. Sure, Republicans dreamed it up, but Clinton signed it into law, so there's plenty of blame to go around. As far as I know, no one has the stones to stand up to the corporate fat cats and say "No more!" Come to think of it, the way things are going "No mas!" might be more appropriate.
2007-12-16 17:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by texasjewboy12 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dems are for keeping it, the reps for chunking it. Ross Perot tried to tell us that giant sucking sound you're going to hear is your job heading south and everybody laughed at him. Especially the Clintons. Now shillary's for keeping it but changing it. Still trying to play both sides.
2007-12-15 05:41:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ken B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋