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True Blue Door

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4. There's a lot wrong even in those few snippets of commentary.
Sun May 10, 2015, 05:15 PM
May 2015

And a lot wrong with your introduction to it:

President Bill Clinton abandoned Healthcare


You mean Congress rejected it in a spectacular fiasco, of which Hillary was a major author.

and began, instead, pushing NAFTA


How "instead"? He went for two things, and one was passed by Congress.

it was the worst legislation of his (Clinton) presidency


I guess Mr. Bonior supported China PNTR?

worst piece of legislation in the history of our country.


That's such a crazy statement, it's very difficult to take Bonior seriously if he believes that. I guess he thinks it was worse than the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Fugitive Slave Laws, territorial annexations, forced Indian relocations, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, the Patriot Act, and the Iraq War resolution.

NAFTA did not just hurt the United States, it increased the trading power for Mexican Drug Cartels, crushed Mexican Corn farmers with US corn subsidies, which ACTUALLY INCREASED the need for Mexican and Central Americans to cross the border to find work.


Wait, which is it? Did it unfairly advantage the United States, or unfairly advantage Mexico? Or were there tradeoffs, like happens in a....trade relationship?

This is Obama's final exam for history.


You mean other than all the others - Obamacare, diplomacy with Iran, opening up Cuba, gays in the military, etc. ad infinitum? Hyperbole makes you sound lacking in persuasive substance. It's not necessary, and not helpful on a topic like this.

if he pushes it through, against the wishes of many in his own party, it will be a terrible legacy for us in terms of Jobs, wages, and most importantly the Environment.


Tax and wage laws have far more control over jobs and wages than trade policy. Elect a Congress that will pass such progressive laws, and trade problems will be an afterthought.

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