Americans Against Central America
by tdaxp ~ July 7th, 2005
At least the anti-CAFTA Americans for Fair Trade is honest about the consequences of its campaign…
The greatest divide in American politics today is between the Embrace Poor Countries lobby and the Keep Poor Countries the Hell Away from Us Lobby.
But at least protectionism will “save” “American” jobs, right?
The New York Times uses top 1% of income, not wealth. From the legend:...
July 27th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Indeed, mate, indeed.
Ah well, economic liberalism seems to need some fertiliser.
July 27th, 2005 at 12:00 am
A Col on MENA group blog? Astounding!
And aesthetically pleasing, as well!
July 29th, 2005 at 12:00 am
I'm glad it was as narrow as it was. I keep reading ruminations that the House Republicans keep handing out deals, if votes turn out a certain way. It's rather dissapointing to know that many Democrats are so beholden to the process of legislation to keep office – but it's better than pandering to creditcard companies.
July 29th, 2005 at 12:00 am
The deals the leadership handed out were probably lawful side payments — the transfer of power in some area the leadership has an excess of (say, the ability to build bridges or increase highway spending) to the area that the leadership needed (the CAFTA vote). Of course you could say that it was the Representatives who were transfering power in an area they had an excess of (CAFTA, where they had 1 vote regardless of the intensity of their feelings) to an area they needed (a new bridge, better highways, etc).
I was disappionted that the House Democrats seem to have abandoned Clintonian free trade so much.
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