Reply #46: Free Trade is a scam at its heart. Kerry goes along with the scam. [View All]

[Armstead]

"Free trade" as it is defined these days is NOT free trade. It is just the opposite.

Kerry's support of it is one of the reasons I don't like him. Kucinich is the only candidate who is on the right track on this. We need to return to more emphasis on BI-LATERAL TRADE AGREEMENRS between nations.

The NAFTA free trade model is not just a mechanism to open up trade between natiions. It is a political scam.

It takes away the ability of nations to determine their own trade policies, in favor of a global set of rules set up by the corporate and political elite. It also is an attempt to force all nations to follow a particulat CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL MODEL, regardless of its particular culture or the desires of their people.

At its core this "one size fits all" approach is unweildy and unworkable. It is the CORPORATE IMPERIALIST AGENDA written on a global scale.

It is not a case of isolation versus global trade either. It is quite possible to both stimulate international fair trade and standards for workers rights and the environment without violating the basic sovergnty of nations.