Post by unlawflcombatnt on Feb 18, 2009 21:01:49 GMT -6
Canada continues to whine about potential American "protectionism." This is despite the fact that the US trade deficit with Canada continues to worsen, and is now at -$74 billion. That's the equivalent of over -1 million jobs, according to the 70K jobs/$1billion trade deficit.
This is a -$24 billion worsening in the trade deficit since the -$50 billion in 2000. That's the equivalent of -342,000 jobs lost to Canada since 2000.
Canadian officials are also whining about how "disproportionately" large their commitment is in Afghanistan. According to this official, Canada has 2,800 troops in Afghanistan. With Obama's latest escalation, the US will have 55K troops in Afghanistan.
That's a US to Canadian troop ratio of almost 20:1
The US Population is 305 million. Canada's is 35 million.
That's a US to Canadian population ratio of almost 9:1.
The US has over 2 times as many troops per population than Canada has in Afghanistan.
To the Canadian government and its media blowhards:
Just Shut Up.
You've been parasitizing US jobs ever since NAFTA was passed--to the tune of over 1 million jobs. You've stolen 342,000 US jobs since 2000 alone. You're UNDERREPRESENTED in Afghanistan (assuming that being in Afghanistan at all is something to boast about.)
And don't take any heart from the "buy American" provision allegedly being "weakened" by statements that the US will abide by all trade agreements. NAFTA excludes infrastructure spending from consideration. That means it's perfectly OK for the US to require that 100% of all raw materials used in infrastructure spending come from US producers.
So Canada, you're just out of luck on this one.
This is a -$24 billion worsening in the trade deficit since the -$50 billion in 2000. That's the equivalent of -342,000 jobs lost to Canada since 2000.
Canadian officials are also whining about how "disproportionately" large their commitment is in Afghanistan. According to this official, Canada has 2,800 troops in Afghanistan. With Obama's latest escalation, the US will have 55K troops in Afghanistan.
That's a US to Canadian troop ratio of almost 20:1
The US Population is 305 million. Canada's is 35 million.
That's a US to Canadian population ratio of almost 9:1.
The US has over 2 times as many troops per population than Canada has in Afghanistan.
To the Canadian government and its media blowhards:
Just Shut Up.
You've been parasitizing US jobs ever since NAFTA was passed--to the tune of over 1 million jobs. You've stolen 342,000 US jobs since 2000 alone. You're UNDERREPRESENTED in Afghanistan (assuming that being in Afghanistan at all is something to boast about.)
And don't take any heart from the "buy American" provision allegedly being "weakened" by statements that the US will abide by all trade agreements. NAFTA excludes infrastructure spending from consideration. That means it's perfectly OK for the US to require that 100% of all raw materials used in infrastructure spending come from US producers.
So Canada, you're just out of luck on this one.