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Post by blueneck on Jan 11, 2007 17:02:42 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jan 12, 2007 19:08:12 GMT -6
Buchanan is right on target about the destructive effects of "free trade" and globalization on this country. I really hope he's right about a wave of economic nationalism sweeping the country, and that wave being shared by our elected officials.
I'm still afraid our newly elected officials are behind the curve, however, when it comes to supporting a new wave of economic nationalism and a withdrawal from the "all free trade is good" mentality.
We'll get a glimpse of where our representatives stand when Bush's fast-track authority comes up for renewal. There is no excuse for it not being overwhelmingly rejected by Congress. The vote on this will provide the 1st litmus test on where our newly elected Congress stands on free trade. I really hope they "pass" the test. If not, it's time for me to search for another party.
It's bad enough that the Democratic elite (unlike the rank-and-file) seem to support open borders and illegal immigrant & employer amnesty. If they succumb to globalist pressures and re-authorize fast-track, they'll have lost my support.
We already have one party, the Republican Party, that supports a One-World Global government. We don't need another one.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jan 12, 2007 19:33:15 GMT -6
Buchanan's discussion of VATs if very interesting. By other countries using them, and removing them from exported products and adding them to (U.S.) imported products, it acts as an indirect tariff on American imports, and an export subsidy for goods exported to the United States. And it is legal under WTO rules. (Another reason we should withdraw from the WTO.) At first glance it seems like it would be reasonable for the U.S. to do the same thing with a Value Added Tax. But it would raise prices for Americans on domestic goods. In my view, this isn't a problem created by the U.S. not having a VAT. The problem is that the U.S. is prohibited from raising tariffs on imported goods to compensate for the indirect subsidy afforded by by foreign VATs. And that's a problem created by the WTO, and their prohibition of the use of tariffs to compensate for the VATs. The problem isn't that we don't use VATs. The problem is that our own nation's government is prohibited by an international governing body to levy compensatory tariffs. (Though I hadn't finished reading all of Buchanan's article before I wrote this, I think he's suggesting something similar.)
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Post by blueneck on Jan 26, 2007 21:22:34 GMT -6
exactly - neither party really represents the rank and file and middle class. It is a lesser of two evils choice. Fortunately the neo con nut jobs have finally been marginalised.
What's funny is the neo cons fail to see how much their "thought" is based on old school liberalism such as nation building, one world govt, open borders, globalization.
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