Got to agree, it's true, but things can get even worse!

This here is quite interesting: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
It may well more than change your opinion of our 'leaders', whether 
Democrats, Republicans or those behind the curtains. Advise for very 
religious people, try to sit through chapter 1, it's just an historical 
explanation to better understand the current situation.

Best regards,
Jan
..._._


msnyder1{at}cfl.rr.com wrote:
> On 11/28/06 at 06:21 PM, Ed Durrant  said:
> 
> 
>> We shouldn't get political here, but using the term "Free
Trade" and the 
>>  US of A in one sentence especially with the current goverment is 
>> really stretching reality !!
> 
> That's true of any government of the US, and hardly just the US.  All
> governments have domestic constituencies that want to be protected, who
> argue that their jobs or their products are "strategic" and therefore
> should have their prices supported by tarrifs.  Both the EU and NAFTA are
> simply means of putting the protective tarrif around a larger area than
> one country while allowing trade without tarrifs within the area.  When
> protective, rather than simply revenue-raising tarrifs, have been
> eliminated, consumers have benefitted from lower prices for goods, but
> often those jobs and industries that were protected by the tarrif have
> often been lost.  Those resources of labor and capital can, in theory, be
> used in the production of goods and services in which there is a
> competitive advantage, but the process is very uncomfortable for a number
> of people.
> 
> If you don't like the Bush government's free trade policies, you'll really
> love the ones of our new Congress, which is dominated by people who are
> the lackeys of labor unions, and don't believe in capitalism in the first
> place.
> 


 
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