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Zorra

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18. ? Conservatives put the deadliest globalists in history in office. George W. Bush on Free Trade:
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:25 AM
Mar 2012
Free market provides fairest way to allocate resources

Fast-track needed for US global economic leadership

Open more markets to keep America competitive

Don’t link trade to environment and labor

Sow free trade and farmers will reap

A free market promotes dreams and individuality

ETC.

http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/George_W__Bush_Free_Trade.htm

Mitt Romney on free trade

We have to open up markets to America's goods

Go to WTO about China; we're already in a trade war

Protectionism stifles productivity, under Bush AND Obama

Open up markets to American goods and services

Businesspeople should negotiate trade, not politicians

http://www.issues2000.org/2012/Mitt_Romney_Free_Trade.htm

The truth is, you can fool some of the people some of the the time, but you can fool conservatives all of the time. Conservatives, both Democratic and Republican t(this includes teabaggers), are the biggest supporters, in real time, of free trade in the nation. They support globalist candidates; they generally despise real liberals - the anti-globalist, socially progressive candidates such as Dennis Kucinich. They even went so far as to remove him from office by eliminating his district because that was the only way they remove him from office. Conservatives favor business over people and labor.

I did not speak to a single conservative at the Battle of Seattle or in Cancun in 2003. I have yet to speak to a conservative at an Occupy event.


U.S. Chamber Hails Passage of Free Trade Agreements
http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2011/october/us-chamber-hails-passage-free-trade-agreements

The U.S. Chamber advocates for a robust trade agenda so that U.S. companies can export their goods and services around the globe to create jobs for American workers.

The U.S. Chamber’s Plan to Double U.S. Exports in Five Years

Negotiate new market-opening trade agreements including:

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a high-standard agreement now under negotiation with eight other countries;
The Trans-Atlantic Economic and Trade Pact, which would eliminate tariffs on U.S.-EU trade, ensure compatible regulatory regimes, and provide new opportunities in services, investment, and procurement;
An agreement to liberalize trade in services among willing WTO members; and
Brazil, Egypt, India, and Indonesia: Explore the feasibility of trade accords with big emerging markets, recognizing that in each case a number of impediments would have to be removed first.
Permanent Normal Trade Relations for Russia: Secure congressional approval of PNTR so that U.S. companies, workers, and farmers can seize the benefits of Russia’s accession to the WTO.
Trade Promotion Authority: Renew the authority to negotiate trade agreements that Congress has granted every president since FDR.
Modernize export controls: Outdated limits on foreign technology sales cost U.S. businesses billions. A study by the Milken Institute found that modernizing U.S. export controls could boost America’s GDP by $64 billion and create 340,000 jobs.

Help small and medium-sized companies export: The Chamber is partnering with the U.S. Export-Import Bank on its Global Access for Small Business initiative to help more than 5,000 small companies tap foreign markets. Support the The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im)

Implement the recently approved trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama on a commercially sound basis as soon as possible.

http://www.uschamber.com/trade



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Sums it up perfectly. Blaze Diem Mar 2012 #1
K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2012 #2
This issue will be the deciding factor in the 2016 election cycle pipoman Mar 2012 #3
I'd rather see the Democrats wake up to this first. Zalatix Mar 2012 #4
I agree pipoman Mar 2012 #5
K&R The light must continually be shed on those cockroaches Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #6
I just want to see the look on their faces when it all comes crashing down. Zalatix Mar 2012 #9
~kick~ (and already R'ed) pipoman Mar 2012 #7
Rec n/t OhioChick Mar 2012 #8
K&R varelse Mar 2012 #10
There are still a few DU members that support this insanity, Elwood P Dowd Mar 2012 #11
No chance. The free traders have no counter. Not here, not anywhere. Zalatix Mar 2012 #13
As a believer in the value of trade (like FDR), I know I quake in my boots every time you post. pampango Mar 2012 #14
? Conservatives put the deadliest globalists in history in office. George W. Bush on Free Trade: Zorra Mar 2012 #18
ahem.. Clinton.. Puzzledtraveller Mar 2012 #22
Yep. Exactly. NAFTA. Cutting social programs. Zorra Mar 2012 #25
Ever notice that so FEW actual Democrats come to back you up on this? Zalatix Mar 2012 #27
Thanks, Zalatix! Just say no... Zorra Mar 2012 #12
Here's ProSense Mar 2012 #15
More good news: pampango Mar 2012 #17
That is good news. Zorra Mar 2012 #26
The leading globalist is Barack Obama Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #16
There was no NAFTA 30 years ago when my job and about ten million more were eliminated NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #19
Sorry, I'm not following. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #20
Here, let me be clear NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #23
It was free trade. De-facto style. Zalatix Mar 2012 #39
Economically, Barack Obama is a center-right Chi-Schooler. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #21
Yup, we now have two parties divided solely on social issues. ieoeja Mar 2012 #24
Obama has also passed a few tariffs against China. Zalatix Mar 2012 #28
But not the kind of "globalist" envisioned by right wing conspiracy theorists. pampango Mar 2012 #33
Your arguments smack of desperation. Zalatix Mar 2012 #38
"rebelling en masse"? hack89 Mar 2012 #29
Even the most optimistic polls show that support is dropping like a stone. Zalatix Mar 2012 #30
But how much of that is due to the impact of a poor economy? hack89 Mar 2012 #31
Support was dropping precipitously in 2004. Probably even 2000. Zalatix Mar 2012 #32
So what happens next? hack89 Mar 2012 #34
We'll start replacing them like we replaced a lot of Blue Dogs. Zalatix Mar 2012 #37
Do you have a theory on why the conservative base has figured out how "evil" 'free trade' is so much pampango Mar 2012 #35
Nope, because Democrats don't support free trade any more than Republicans do. Zalatix Mar 2012 #36
I know you have no answer for this, but do you have a theory Zalatix Mar 2012 #40
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