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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] NAFTA in the news
  • Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:48:50 -0700

We were recently discussing globalism. Vis-a-vis tonight's Ohio debate, TNYT published an editorial this morning that includes the following:

Middle-class voters across the country are legitimately anxious. Tens of thousands of workers have lost their health insurance, while wages have barely risen. But blaming Nafta or any trade agreement only feeds misguided protectionist sentiments at home and strains already difficult relations around the world.

It is also factually inaccurate. In a review in 2003, the Congressional Budget Office concluded that Nafta had slightly increased growth in the United States and that any disruptive effects on employment were small. Trade opens foreign markets for American producers and gives consumers more choices, while competition spurs productivity growth at home.

The full article is at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24sun1.html
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On Feb 26, 2008, at 8:12 AM, <shepperd AT austincc.edu> <shepperd AT austincc.edu > wrote:

Gene, at the moment, Ron Paul is in jeopardy of losing his congressional
seat. According to polls conducted by both Paul's campaign staff and his
challenger, Chris Peden's staff, Peden is leading Paul by at least 10
percentage points.

That is none of my business. I would not vote for Paul for president. But I wish he got more press so that Americans might have their minds opened more.





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