tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post4592199539938780817..comments2024-01-04T07:05:27.381-06:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: Prez Pushes Free Trade in Colombia, Panama & South KoreaDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-5379164970399542922008-02-22T23:04:00.000-06:002008-02-22T23:04:00.000-06:00Are you insane? Free Trade is a fiction. All tra...Are you insane? Free Trade is a fiction. All trade is governed by international agreements which extend into the hundreds of pages for each country we have treaties with.<BR/><BR/>"Free Trade", the corporate buzzword for the recent practice of slashing tariffs for nearly all goods, otherwise known as corporate free trade, is nothing more than a means of slashing regulations to benefit the richest citizens and corporations in each country that signs on.<BR/><BR/>Yes, hiring illegals sucks, but it sucks way worse to make it impossible for people to stay on the land in their own countries because it's so cheap for big companies to ship in food and consumer goods from other countries.<BR/><BR/>If the Democrats go along with this latest FTA in Colombia, more Colombian trade unionists will be murdered, more Colombian farmers will flee the country and head north, more factories will close down in America and in Colombia, and the poor and middle-class people will suffer more and more. This is a nightmare, and you all should really be speaking out against it.Tahoma Activisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651911314887304989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-87499005265079664992008-02-01T21:27:00.000-06:002008-02-01T21:27:00.000-06:00Free Trade isn't a bad thing. The problems arise w...Free Trade isn't a bad thing. The problems arise when the employers (such as the American Farmers are given sub-sidies to help with the visa requirements, yet abuse the system by hiring 'Illegal' Labor, extorting cheap wages on employees with no benefits, while they make a huge profit) don't follow the rules on our side. However, blame is also a two edged sword, the other country also must do its part by taking the necessary steps to further its economic growth.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20080126-2214-n36043.html" REL="nofollow">Scholar: NAFTA has helped Mexico, but not enough </A><BR/><BR/>and the following to help with Mexico not doing its part for its people.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0114sanctions-border0114-ON.html" REL="nofollow">Mexican border town gearing up to deal with returning migrants</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com