Bush:CAFTA Can Help Shore Up Democracy(another front in the war on terror)

[maddezmom]

DALLAS, N.C. - President Bush portrayed an endangered free-trade treaty as another front in the global war on terror Friday, suggesting his Central America Free Trade Agreement was not only good for commerce but for shoring up fragile democracies in the region.

"It's in our interest that those democracies be strong and viable. There are still forces that oppose democratic government there," he said. "There are forces that are hostile to our interests. It will help advance a key part of our foreign policy."

Bush made his pitch in a state where GOP support for the pact is weak, and with a visit to a textile plant, where critics suggest jobs could be jeopardized by the measure.

Bush suggested the legislation, which passed the Senate earlier this month but faces a tough time in the House, would help bring more jobs to the United States, not send them fleeing.

"It's a pro-jobs bill. It's a pro-growth bill. It's a pro-democracy bill," Bush said.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050715/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_cafta_2

* plays the terror card once again. :eyes:

[merwin]

1. And how, in his backwards world, will it help make jobs for the USA?

[maddezmom]

3. in *'s world it'll stop illegals, cuz they will find a job close to home

Also, Bush suggested stimulating the economies of Central America could also help reduce illegal immigration. Workers could "find a job close at home, rather than sneak into the United States to find a job," he said.

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Who the hell thinks this shit up? :eyes:

[AzDar]

6. Oh, goddamn...Is there one, JUST ONE, issue that he is correct about?

I mean, the law of averages, and all........

[Mika]

2. It'll help eliminate the "elected dictators" - like Chavez.

:rofl:

[maddezmom]

4. "This deal is a good deal for workers," Bush told an invited audience

"This deal is a good deal for workers," Bush told an invited audience at Gaston College. "I am for free trade, but I'm also for a level playing field ... I took a look at the playing field. It's not level. It's not fair."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050715/pl_nm/bush_trade_cafta_dc;_

[VegasWolf]

5. Yes, for workers in Brazil. Workers in US, not so much. nt

[Robert Oak]

7. it's a pro offshore outsourcing bill

he forgot that.

Even the DOJ put out a report showing how this is a turkey for workers
in every nation.

But, of course Bush corporation tried to supress that..
now even with that level of statistics these bastards are wanting to pass this turd.

Why? Multinational corporations of course.

That "helps the world be more secure" BS was used to sell the China PNTR...you know the country who is building up their military
and threatening the US if we interfere with the impending invasion
into Tawain?

[Greylyn58]

8. I really wish this "MORAN" would stay out of my state

This is the second time of late that the pResident had been here peddling his crap agenda!!!

Please find some other state to molest with your babbling talks cause we can't take much more. Plus he had to land here in Charlotte and pollute our air with his foul presence. :puke:

:grr:

[Triana]

9. I'd like to see that sh*t for brains monkey...

...or one of his pathetic minions EXPLAIN in detail how SHAFTA is a "pro-jobs, pro-growth, pro-democracy" bill.

Has ANYONE been able to explain how or why that's true yet?

Saying it doesn't make it so, as we learned with NAFTA.

[maddezmom]

10. AFP: CAFTA will help US textile industry compete against Asia: Bush

Bush said the trade pact would help the US industry because it is highly integrated with apparel factories in those countries, which often buy yarn or fabric from the United States to make finished goods.

"CAFTA helps American textile workers by keeping textile jobs in the US," Bush said. "Central America is the second largest market in the world for our textile products."

Bush said that the Central American apparel makers would get a lift from ending tariffs on US-made yarn and fabric, enabling them to compete better against rivals from China and the test of Asia.

"Central American companies need to have an incentive to continue to buy our product. And the best way to do it is to get rid of those tariffs on US-made yarn," Bush said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050715/pl_afp/uscentramtradebush_050715210012

Oh Dear God...:banghead: