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Post by redwolf on Mar 17, 2008 13:54:17 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Mar 19, 2008 3:49:55 GMT -6
Interesting site. Needless to say, McCain is as bad as they come on "free" trade and globalization. Here's the AFL-CIO's assessment of McCain's Globalist agenda: " McCAIN, SELF-PROCLAIMED 'FREE TRADER' Sen. John McCain has a long history of supporting the kind of trade deals that have devastated our economy and sent our jobs overseas. He continues to proclaim his support for new trade agreements despite evidence of how harmful agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA have been. He supported allowing China to enter the WTO despite its horrible worker safety and product safety record, exposing our children to toxic toys and our families to contaminated food. McCain has added insult to injury by voting against measures intended to help stem the fl ow of jobs lost due to these agreements.
McCAIN VOTED FOR THE WORST UNFAIR TRADE AGREEMENTS McCain: America Suffers from Protectionist Policies. After telling Michiganders their manufacturing jobs are not coming back, McCain said, ““When you study history, every time we’ve adopted protectionism, we’ve paid a very heavy price.” [Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 1/26/08]
McCain Does NOT Support Tariff Protection Barriers. “Asked whether McCain supports the strategic dialogue with the Chinese the Bush administration has pursued or a stronger approach including potential penalties, Holtz-Eakin said, “The senator believes tariff protection barriers have never worked.”” [Women’s Wear Daily, 10/10/07]
McCain Voted for the Most Devastating Trade Agreement in Our History, NAFTA.McCain voted for NAFTA in 1993 and has been a steadfast supporter for the trade agreement ever since. [H.R. 3450, Vote #395, 11/20/93]
McCain in Iowa: “I know NAFTA was a good idea.” McCain said to the Des Moines Register leading up to the Iowa caucuses: “I know NAFTA was a good idea. It has created millions of jobs and it has helped the economies of all three of these nations. All you have to do is go to Detroit and see the trucks lined up every day or go to our southern border. There have been winners and losers. And that’s the problem. But free trade is something that I think is vital to America.” Des Moines Register and www.BigThink.com interview, November 2007]....
NAFTA Resulted in a Loss of More Than a Million Jobs. From 1993 through 2004, the United States lost 1,015,290 jobs due to NAFTA. [Robert E. Scott and David Ratner, “NAFTA’s Cautionary Tale—Recent history suggests CAFTA could lead to further U.S. job displacement,” Economic Policy Institute, 7/20/05] McCain Voted for Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). McCain voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA cuts tariff s among the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. But the agreement, modeled after NAFTA, does not contain adequate environmental protections or enforceable protections for such core workers’ rights as the freedom to form unions. At the same time, its excessive protections for multinational corporations will undermine the ability of governments to protect public health, strong communities and the environment. [S. 1307, Vote #170, 6/30/05]
And Wants to Continue to Expand CAFTA. “We need to build on the passage of the Central America Free Trade Agreement by expanding U.S. trade with the region,” McCain said in June [2007] to the Florida Association of Broadcasters. “Let’s start by ratifying the trade agreements with Panama,Peru and Colombia that are already completed, and pushing forward the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Too many Democrats have embraced economic isolationism, paying off special interests by opposing trade agreements with our democratic neighbors. They could not be more wrong. My administration would reduce barriers to trade and press for renewed Trade Promotion Authority.” [McCain’s address on Latin America to the Florida Association of Broadcasters published 6/20/07]
McCain Has Voted for Every Other Bad Trade Agreement That Has Come Up. McCain votes in support of any and all trade agreements regardless of their negative impacts on U.S. workers. He voted for trade agreements with Oman, Singapore, Chile and Morocco, among others, as well as for Fast Track bills to make it easier for the president to enact trade agreements without strong worker protections. [S. 33569, Vote #190, 6/29/06; H.R. 2739, Vote #318, 7/31/03; H.R. 2738, Vote #319, 7/31/03; H.R. 434, Vote #353, 11/3/99; H.R. 3009, Vote #115, 5/16/02, Vote #117, 5/21/02, Vote #207, 8/1/02; S. 1269, Vote #292, 11/4/97]
McCain in 1999: “I Would Negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with Almost Any Country.” “If I were president, I would negotiate a free trade agreement with almost any country willing to negotiate fairly with us.” [Speech to the National Press Club, 5/20/99] AND McCAIN SUPPORTS SENDING MORE JOBS OVERSEAS TO CHINA McCain Supported Normalizing Trade Relations with China. He voted for normalizing trade relations with China, allowing China to enter the World Trade Organization despite an ongoing history of human rights and workers’ rights violations. [H.R. 4444, Vote #251, 9/19/00]
101,480 Chinese Died in Work Accidents Last Year. In 2007, 101,480 Chinese died in accidents. In the world’s deadliest coal mines, 3,786 miners were killed—a figure believed by experts to understate casualties as mine owners and officials hide accidents to avoid costly investigations and penalties. [Associated Press, 1/22/08]
Grocery Chain Stops Carrying Chinese Foods After Regulators Warn of Contamination. “Trader Joe’s grocery stores are dropping foods from China to satisfy customers concerned about the quality of that country’s products after last year’s spate of problems.…Federal regulators last year warned about contaminated Chinese pet-food ingredients, fish containing antibiotics not allowed in human food, and toothpaste laced with a chemical used in antifreeze.” [USA Today, 2/11/08]
Every State Has Suff ered Job Loss Since China Entered the WTO. Since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, every state and the District of Columbia have suff ered China-related job displacement totaling 1.8 million lost jobs. [“Costly Trade with China,” Economy Policy Institute, 10/9/07]
Three-Quarters of Displaced Jobs Were in Manufacturing. Nearly three-quarters of displaced jobs resulting from Chinese trade deficits were in manufacturing industries. [“Costly Trade with China,” Economy Policy Institute, 10/9/07] McCain Said the United States Should NOT Focus on China Currency Devaluation in Isolation. McCain’s top economic policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, said McCain believes the United States cannot “focus on the currency issue in isolation” in its relationship with China. He reiterated McCain’s intentions to “pursue additional trade agreements that open markets, and he would make sure in the process that the trade agreements would have the enforcement mechanisms needed to make sure trade is conducted on a fair market basis.” [Women’s Wear Daily, 10/10/07]
Rising Chinese Trade Deficits Resulted in 2.1 Million Displaced Jobs. “Th e rise in the U.S. trade deficit with China between 1997 and 2006 has displaced production that could have supported 2,166,000…between 1997 and 2001, trade deficits displaced an average of 101,000 jobs per year…since China entered the WTO in 2001, job loss has increased to an average of 353,000 per year. U.S. jobs.” [“Costly Trade with China,” Economy Policy Institute, 10/9/07] McCAIN HAS NOT PROTECTED WORKERS FROM THE ILL EFFECTS OF THESE AGREEMENTS McCain Supported President Bush’s Outsourcing Efforts. McCain voted to allow overseas outsourcing of government contracts after President Bush’s economic advisers released a report saying America should outsource its jobs. [S.1637, Vote #32, 3/4/04]
McCain Voted Against Limiting Tax Breaks to Companies That Re-Import Foreign Manufactured Goods. He voted against a bill to tax multinational companies on income from foreign factories when goods are shipped back to the United States and to require companies to notify employees and give a reason before they move their jobs overseas. [S.1637, Vote #83, 5/5/04]
McCain Supported Waiving and Weakening Buy American Laws. McCain voted to allow the Secretary of Defense to waive Buy American laws for defense systems and place our defense manufacturing industry in jeopardy. He also voted to exempt defense goods from six European countries from Buy American requirements that traditionally have required most military equipment and defense systems to be manufactured in the United States. [S. 2400, Vote #135, 6/22/04; S. 1050, Vote #191, 5/21/03]
McCain Voted to Allow Unsafe Foreign Trucks on U.S. Roads. McCain voted against an amendment to prohibit Mexican trucks from operating beyond a limited border zone because they are not held to the same safety standards as U.S. trucks. [H.R. 2299, Vote #252, 7/26/01]
McCain Abstained from Voting to Protect Steel Jobs. McCain abstained from a vote to filibuster a bill to protect steelworker jobs from illegal dumping after 10,000 steelworkers lost their jobs. [H.R. 975, Vote #178, 6/22/99]"
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Post by graybeard on Mar 19, 2008 5:55:06 GMT -6
In view of this, Obinton doesn't look quite so bad... I would probably support them if they vowed to secure our ports and borders.
GB
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