Trade Policies are normally set by the State Department, the Secretary of State is a cabinet post appointed by the President. Nafta was the "Brainchild" of Ronald Reagan. While I personally believe we should not ship anything we can grow or make for our own consumption anywhere in order to save fuel and costs, NAFTA was intended to boost the Mexican economy and bring them up to the US/Canada level of living. In other words no more third world country just across the Rio Grande. I was in Mexico when it was signed and let me tell you there have been American companies around the world forever. But we never imported or exported anything we could grow or make in the US. Ditto for the rest of the world except for the colonies of England, France and Puerto Rico. The greed of American and Mexican capitalists caused it to fail and consequently,, since 20 million Mexicans had rushed to their border to work, they came across in droves when companies pulled out of Mexico and moved to COMMUNIST CHINA OUR LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. The entire fiasco is because of the greed of US companies. The cost of an hourly employee in Mexico, including management, was around 5.94 per hour with benefits. US companies weren't satisfied so they went to China and pay around 1/5 of that amount. Unfortunately all the working class people who used to vote for their party who supported their unions and making everything in America now support the agenda of Corporate America by voting for their candidates instead of the ones who support the working class. The insanity of it all is as plain as the nose on your face, it started under Nixon and the propaganda keeps it going. When you think about all the hype and rhetoric about refusing to do business with Castro because he is a Communist violator of human rights, yet Communist China is our biggest trading partner. Remember Tiennemon Square? And when you think about grapes from Chile, from 10000 miles away from New York being shipped and you can make only one assumption. World trade is about the oil. It uses oil. Grapefruits from Mexico come to the US and the we ship Ruby Reds from South Texas to Japan. It uses oil it all uses oil. The American voter can stop it all with a symbolic stroke of the pen. Vote to stop it! Say no to big business and yes to the rights of the people. "A government of the people, by the people and for the people."
Oh yeah without a doubt. Because we all know just how manufacturing is booming in Canada and Mexico. *rolls eyes*
no its bill clintons fault and thats why i voted obama in the primary instead of another clinton.I was one of those that lost my job at the mill.
riiight on!
Trade Policies are normally set by the State Department, the Secretary of State is a cabinet post appointed by the President. Nafta was the "Brainchild" of Ronald Reagan. While I personally believe we should not ship anything we can grow or make for our own consumption anywhere in order to save fuel and costs, NAFTA was intended to boost the Mexican economy and bring them up to the US/Canada level of living. In other words no more third world country just across the Rio Grande. I was in Mexico when it was signed and let me tell you there have been American companies around the world forever. But we never imported or exported anything we could grow or make in the US. Ditto for the rest of the world except for the colonies of England, France and Puerto Rico. The greed of American and Mexican capitalists caused it to fail and consequently,, since 20 million Mexicans had rushed to their border to work, they came across in droves when companies pulled out of Mexico and moved to COMMUNIST CHINA OUR LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. The entire fiasco is because of the greed of US companies. The cost of an hourly employee in Mexico, including management, was around 5.94 per hour with benefits. US companies weren't satisfied so they went to China and pay around 1/5 of that amount. Unfortunately all the working class people who used to vote for their party who supported their unions and making everything in America now support the agenda of Corporate America by voting for their candidates instead of the ones who support the working class. The insanity of it all is as plain as the nose on your face, it started under Nixon and the propaganda keeps it going. When you think about all the hype and rhetoric about refusing to do business with Castro because he is a Communist violator of human rights, yet Communist China is our biggest trading partner. Remember Tiennemon Square? And when you think about grapes from Chile, from 10000 miles away from New York being shipped and you can make only one assumption. World trade is about the oil. It uses oil. Grapefruits from Mexico come to the US and the we ship Ruby Reds from South Texas to Japan. It uses oil it all uses oil. The American voter can stop it all with a symbolic stroke of the pen. Vote to stop it! Say no to big business and yes to the rights of the people. "A government of the people, by the people and for the people."