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> On May 9, 3:49 am, "Dionysus" <no surren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "MACK DADDY" <pepsivani...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On May 8, 10:23 am, "Dionysus" <no surren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> EDITORIAL FROM IBD
>>
>> >> HEAD: Igniting Growth
>>
>> >> Trade: As the U.S. economic hearth flickers, it makes sense to fan
it
>> >> back
>> >> with the last hardy embers of growth. One is ex****ts, which burn
>> >> brightest
>> >> with free- trade treaties. So why is Congress snuffing them out?
>>
>> >> Last week's preliminary gross domestic product data for the first
>> >> quarter
>> >> showed a pallid 0.6% rise. Housing was a drag, pulling real GDP down
>> >> 1.2%.
>> >> Business sales were unimpressive, and consumer spending was weak.
>>
>> >> But there was one bright spot: ex****ts, which rose 5.5% according to
>> >> the
>> >> Bureau of Economic Analysis, accounting for a third of U.S. economic
>> >> growth
>> >> during the quarter.
>>
>> >> Schwab: Fed up with free-trade foes.
>> >> Maybe that's why President Bush isn't letting up on urging Congress
to
>> >> pass
>> >> three pending free-trade agreements, which will strengthen U.S.
>> >> ex****ts.
>> >> It
>> >> may have hit a wall with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi manipulating
House
>> >> voting rules, but with a potential recession looming, Bush has no
>> >> choice
>> >> but
>> >> to seek it anyway.
>>
>> >> "Opening markets is especially im****tant during this time of
economic
>> >> uncertainty," Bush said Wednesday. "Last year, ex****ts accounted for
>> >> more
>> >> than 40% of America's total economic growth. With our economy
slowing
>> >> . .
>> >> .
>> >> we should be doing everything possible to open up new markets for
U.S.
>> >> goods
>> >> and services."
>>
>> >> Thus far, his plea has fallen on deaf ears in Congress, which has
>> >> refused
>> >> to
>> >> ratify U.S. deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Worse, it
has
>> >> halted any new pacts from being negotiated.
>>
>> >> After all, with Pelosi literally changing the House rules for a
treaty
>> >> vote
>> >> to "anytime I want," it's unlikely any nation would negotiate a
>> >> free-trade
>> >> deal only to see it become a public bargaining chip for Pelosi's
>> >> ****k-barrel
>> >> spending schemes.
>>
>> >> Pelosi has allies in Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama
>> >> and
>> >> Hillary Clinton. They have collectively become the Three Stooges of
>> >> Big
>> >> Labor, which opposes free trade.
>>
>> >> Pelosi insists that she's putting the American people first. That
>> >> prompted
>> >> U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab to blast those who "demagogue
>> >> and
>> >> prey on anxieties and fear. We do a disservice to the American
people
>> >> by
>> >> pretending that trade is somehow the culprit of our economic
problems
>> >> and
>> >> anxieties." We know whom she meant.
>>
>> >> Again, let's look at what free trade with Colombia would do.
>>
>> >> . It slashes tariffs from 32% to zero on 72% of U.S. goods right off
>> >> the
>> >> bat. Better still, it levels the playing field for U.S. firms
because
>> >> Colombian goods already enter the U.S. duty-free. In the 17 months
>> >> that
>> >> the
>> >> treaty has awaited passage, U.S. businesses have shelled out $1
>> >> billion
>> >> in
>> >> tariffs to sell goods in Colombia.
>>
>> >> . It provides U.S. investors with legal protections and provides for
>> >> international arbitration if anything goes wrong.
>>
>> >> . It ends child labor and lessens environmental damage, two extras
the
>> >> Democrats requested and got.
>>
>> >> Meanwhile, if it's not passed, the U.S. economy gets . . . nothing.
>>
>> >> "Delaying the vote on the Colombia (pact) does not create one
American
>> >> job,
>> >> it does not put one more dollar in anyone's pocket, does not save
one
>> >> life,
>> >> does not help one union to organize, or protect one endangered
>> >> species,"
>> >> Schwab said.
>>
>> >> It just goes to show that doing nothing on free trade isn't an
>> >> accomplishment. In fact, it's a wet rag on the U.S. economy that
will
>> >> eventually draw angry retribution from U.S. voters.
>>
>> >> Bush knows this. Too bad Pelosi doesn't.
>> >> **********
>> >> Too bad Crabs doesn't know her arse from a hole in the ground.
>>
>> >> Dionysus
>>
>> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > The word is ASS! And too bad you are one, Surrenderboy!
>>
>> ******
>> Only to vulgar and unsophisticated arses such as you, Dung Beetle.
>>
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> Your ARSE be talkin' to much smack!
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Dung Beetle, your arse ain't been smacked nearly enough. Also, it's
spelled
"too."
Dionysus
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