Bush O.K's Free Trade With Chili...Goodbye American Jobs!

[JPace]

Here comes another big sucking sound as more
jobs are lost to Chile (they make less than $1.00 an hour)
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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGANC64T5KD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to begin free trade with Singapore and Chile, saying that opening world markets is essential for U.S. prosperity and the spread of freedom.
Bush said he anticipated signing many more free-trade pacts. Negotiations are under way with Australia and Morocco and countries in Central America and southern Africa, he said, and will begin soon with Bahrain and the Dominican Republic.

"We support free trade in America because it is vital to the creation of jobs," Bush said in an East Room ceremony. "It's vital to the success of our economy. Exports accounted for roughly one quarter - one quarter - of our economy's growth in the 1990s," Bush said, repeating a mantra of the Clinton administration.

Critics say the agreements could cost U.S. jobs by giving companies an incentive to move to cheaper labor markets. Bush is sensitive to the jobs issue, going into a re-election campaign with a 2.7 million net job loss during his presidency.

Bush said export-related jobs generally pay better than others and have helped raise standards of living in the United States. "The continued advance of free trade is essential to this nation's prosperity," he said.

(More at link above)

[slackmaster]

1. Oh, CHILE, never mind

I thought this was a recipe-swapping thread.

[XanaDUer]

8. LOL!

I did a double take on that one myself!

[ronnykmarshall]

2. What kind of chili is he tradin'?

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm chili!

[JPace]

4. Uh oh...nailed bye the spelling cops,

Sorry about that.

[slackmaster]

5. Is the thread author connected to that Picante sauce made in New York?

NEW YORK?!?!

[Wetzelbill]

3. I was a vegetarian for two months

last spring, but I still haven't had chili since then, even though I couldn't last any longer with that charade.

Chile? Oh yeah, get ready for some more IMF riots and people eating out of garbage cans.

I can hear that job suck sound already.

[goobergunch]

6. If you're interested...VOTES on those two bills

CHILE: House passed 270-156, Senate passed 65-32. :thumbsdown:

SINGAPORE: House passed 272-155, Senate passed 66-32. :thumbsdown:

Kerry and Lieberman missed both votes. Gephardt and all other presidential candidates were present.

[smallprint]

7. next stop... Turkey!

hey turkey chili is pretty good too...

too bad about Chile though...


P.S. Jpace-- you can edit the subject line while there's still time

[JPace]

11. Thanks for edit hint....

but I wouldn't know how....besides eating
humble pie now and then is really quite
healthy.

[FlashHarry]

9. Wow, that's a pretty harsh headline from the AP!

And such poor editorial skills, too.
</sarcasm>

[ZenLefty]

10. Hi JPace,

When posting in LBN, please use the article's headline as the subject of your post. Thanks.

"President Bush Signs Trade Pacts With Chile and Singapore"

ZenLefty
DU Moderator