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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:22 PM Original message |
Free Trade = Death. Will our politicians in Washington ever wake the fuck up? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, they will not wake up - they serve corporations, not the citizenry |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. YOU FORGOT "GAY MARRIAGE..." |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Death for us-PROFIT$ for corporations. And too few of our "representatives" work for US. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I doubt it . |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. These are the reasons, along with a myriad of others, that I have gone |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Clinton, Edwards... |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You're also assuming that the American people would be isolationist |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Since when is supporting fair trade over fake free trade isolationist? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You left out the offshore accounts and the fact that they pay no taxes. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yep. |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. "Free trade" is just a slogan |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. We are now a debt-based, consumption economy. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. Exactly |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Yes, note that "free" trade does not mean that I can go work in any |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
102. Are there any Third World countries in which there are adequate labor rights and |
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Silence Dogood (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The government is trying to get rid of us. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The grave, that's where. Less of us=more for them. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Amen Manny! Americans DON'T know their own history- much less any other. |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
99. More than any other candidate, Edwards endorses fair trade, not "free" trade |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. FREE TRADE IS THE SOLUTION |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ummm, did you leave out the sarcasm icon by chance? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well look who is here. Want to sample some imported dog food? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Another hit-and-run again, huh? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. "Hit and run..." perfect description. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Oh, Hell Yeah. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. If a million people died from imported food |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
85. Whjat the hell are you talking about? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
119. why can't we get rid of that piece of shit? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Uh, yeah |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. The solution to what? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, it IS a solution to people who get tired of covering their ears and singing "NAH-Nah-Nah..." |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yes it is... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. And THAT is precisely what the bushbots have yet to figure out... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. It is unfortunate that everyone will be forced to pay this price |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No need- they ARE the bag of pretzels and such. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. Bullshit. It's nothing but the same old colonization. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. I agree... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Any country that is labor rich can readily become capital rich-- |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Sure, they'll just up and build... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I suggest you go to China and yes, be impressed by Shanghai, BUT |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Inequality is always a problem with growth... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Sure, inequality is always a problem with growth, but there are ways to |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. So is the problem the corporations or the local governments?. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. You must be from some business-oriented think tank |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. He is a republican Lydia |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Good catch! |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. There are a couple of others on this thread. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Another suspicious passage: |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Oh yes, I saw that one. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
90. That is so fucked up. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I did. Read about Taiwan and S Korea |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Actually.. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Taiwan's biggest developmental leaps were well before 1977 |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
89. Your contempt for the technological prowess of other people's is noted. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
91. Have you read about the "Shantytown Tourism" in Bombay, India? Do you know what portion of our goods |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #91 |
105. Yup, I saw things like that in China, too |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. What you need to realise is that those people built all that stuff themselves and make your products |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Are you calling nations like China "Capital-Poor"? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Suggested viewing: Life and Debt |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You're right to an extent.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Here's my alternative to the current system: |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. There are some good idea here... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Or did Mexico start to decline not because it was "too expensive" but |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
115. It's another clue. Can't have those brown people wanting decent wages, can we? (n/t) |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
96. "They tried to climb the wage ladder too quickly" when |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
92. Yes. The Final Solution. n/t |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. It is impossible to awaken |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The Democratic Party has been pro-free trade since the 1800s. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. David Ricardo's free trade or the current scam masquerading as free trade? |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yep n/t |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. where did we find |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. While you're on the subject of free trade... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Goddam people! Why am I only the 4th recommend on this thread? Wake up! |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I was wondering where you were... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. LOL! Oh, I'm around. I only rarely feel aroused enough to post, however. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Big kiss to you~! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
111. Ha! You're just trying to arouse me! |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
79. great minds you know... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
78. out of the ethers ... I found it |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
110. Hooray! G_J! How wonderful to find YOU appearing out of the ether! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. kicked and rec'd |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wake up about how free trade compromises national security |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. A good read on China: |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Let us not forget...KATRINA LEUNG... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Let us not forget...KATRINA LEUNG... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yeah! Support the troops! Sell their asses to the highest bidder! |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. We should salute the many dems who have been fighting this |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. here, here... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You should be proud of Marcy. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
50. Did I miss something? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. The problem is all the trade deals ever negotiated only deal with half the equation. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. One of these days, I'm going to write an essay about |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Now I'm getting ticked off... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Good Lord, it's not either-or |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
83. Typical reich-wing horse shit. First frame the argument as a false choice |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yeah, let's dust these guys off |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. We're not talking about Smoot-Hawley, and you know it. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
84. I agree completely with your concerns.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. That's why I don't buy supermarket bread or baked goods |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
86. Free trade treaties: the best economics and the best politics. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Economic expansion in the sense of the gap between rich and poor |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. It's all based on debt and you know it. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
100. Real wages for median income workers are falling |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
106. It's sad certain DUers neglect to mention stagnating wages during that period cited. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #86 |
116. WHAT are you smoking? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
93. How many people here have read Thucydides? How many have seen DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #93 |
113. I guess no one has. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
94. Free Trade |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Yup, but you have to understand that |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #94 |
101. George H.W. Bush cooked up NAFTA |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
109. Yes. He has some exlplaining to do |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #94 |
117. Welcome to DU and PLEASE do look up the membership list of... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
97. Can you really stop something that has thousands of years |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
114. Thousands of years of free trade? No, sorry. Industrial Nation-state was built on mercantilism |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
103. The problem is not so much free trade but rather free trade in a vacuum. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
104. Here is some info about John Edward's stand on (fake) free trade. |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Another example of the old joke. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
108. "Banked into Submission" - Free Trade 101 |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
118. They know damn well what they are doing. They are serving their constituency |
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