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Originally Posted by Araxen  lol, I got a chuckle last night, He believes there's an imaginary road being built as an international highway(from mexico to canada) as this big conspiracy theory. It's scary people are actually behind this guy. |
An imaginary road?
Pat Buchanan on the NAFTA Super Highway Lou Dobbs on the NAFTA Super Highway Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America homepage
I'm not one to jump up and down to scream conspiracy here, but this right here smacks of shenanigans. You think this country's immigration problem is bad now? You haven't seen nothing yet not to mention that a lot of the land being acquired for this effort is being taken through "Eminent Domain" via the courts and the Federal government.
We used to have amazing manufacturing in this country; now we send all of those jobs to China and India but don't create new jobs in the process to counter the loss. Quality of life for Indians and Chinese are rising and dramatic rates; our quality of life has remained stagnant for the last 15 years. Don't think so? Look at the increase in wages/salaries of the average American worker over this time versus the average CEO's standard pay and compensation packages. A 1-2% increase overall for the former versus over 400% total for the latter.
Am I saying that we shouldn't trade with other countries? Hell no. However, we continue to put ourselves at at distinct disadvantage through agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA, and other various "Free Trade" agreements that destroy US sovereignty so a very small percentage of the population (politicians, lobbyists and corporate CEOs) reap the rewards. FFS, look at our "Free Trade" with China if you want a more glaring example of how well our current "Free Trade" policies have worked for us.
This is why people support a guy like Ron Paul. He's about as Free Market as a candidate can get. He doesn't buy into the Corporatism system that currently exists in our government structure and realizes that if things don't change - and pretty fast as well - this country is going to find itself collapsing under the weight of bad fiscal policies, bad government leadership and lose its sovereignty as a nation in the process. Of course, it's also like being the only sane person in a room screaming that Rome is burning while the rest of the people put fingers in their ears and sing to drown out his noise. Don't worry though; even those chickens have to come home and roost eventually.
As far as a North American Union goes, ask the average European how well the European Union has worked for them so far. Having been in Germany very recently and talking with people there, I can tell you right now there are a lot of pissed off Germans due to how far reaching the EU has been in German affairs not to mention the additional tax burden they carry now because of it. I love Europe and think there are some good ideas over there that should be tried here in the States but it's not the land of milk and honey like a lot of people tend to believe either.
