You all know how i feel about NAFTA and CAFTA, the so-called Fair Trade deals, right?
Well, since the auto industry is in such trouble i decided to explore why exactly.
Over the last week 3 people i know that work in the auto industry lost their jobs. 2 at the Ford plant in Batavia and a cousin who works for Chrysler in their Detroit office.
I have heard for years how people who buy foreign cars claim it has no effect on America, well that is wholly incorrect, and here's why.
For every 100 cars any of the big 3 auto makers sell there are 23 American jobs supported. For every 100 foreign cars sold here in america only 11 american jobs are supported economically.
So in reality, if you buy a foreign car you are pulling the rug out from under 12 American jobs.
Deny it all you want, but the numbers don't lie.
So before you go buying that new Lexus or Honda, keep this in mind.
If a Fair Trade deal were actually Fair, these numbers would be equal, right?
We allow foreign companies to sell their products here but in most cases our products are charged higher tarriff's on their end, and in some cases they reject the shipments all together.
Mexico actually suffers the hardest from these deals when we should have in place agreements that protect Mexico and team us up with Canada as well.
If these Free Trade Agreements were to be fixed it could mean a reduction in illegal immigration from mexico because there would be more work with better pay in their own country.
The numbers don't lie, and the fact is that only 35 people actually benefit from Nafta and Cafta....Bush being one of those people, the rest being fat cat Billionaire's who don't give a damn about our own people.
We have lost a substantial amount of our own sovereignty because of these deals and in fact, we are being sold down the river at an alarming rate by this administration.
Outsourcing is nothing but protection for american companies who no longer want to pay higher wages to american workers, still think these agreements are Fair?......your blind if you do.
We have got to start a movement that stops and corrects these deals. and for those who don't want to pay up and give as good as they get, they should be made to find another supplier.
It won't be long until this damage will be irreversable, and the clock is ticking.
We must come together on this and begin a movement because we were let down by our state representatives when they failed to block CAFTA, and knew damn well they should have.
Here's how we start.
Find out how your reps voted on CAFTA, and if they voted for it, boot them out of office and tell them why.
Politicians should be held accountable for their shortcomings and actions of greed, from your local City Council right up to the President of the United States.
It's our country to protect, not theirs to destroy, and we all must make a stand and remind these tools who they work for, the people that elected them.
If they don't change course and move to correct these mistakes then we end their terms at the first possible opportunity.
Look, if any of our leaders felt accountable at all to the voters, they wouldn't be doing what they're doing without fear of having to answer for it.
The political games must stop and we must take our country back, and the time is now...........
Well, since the auto industry is in such trouble i decided to explore why exactly.
Over the last week 3 people i know that work in the auto industry lost their jobs. 2 at the Ford plant in Batavia and a cousin who works for Chrysler in their Detroit office.
I have heard for years how people who buy foreign cars claim it has no effect on America, well that is wholly incorrect, and here's why.
For every 100 cars any of the big 3 auto makers sell there are 23 American jobs supported. For every 100 foreign cars sold here in america only 11 american jobs are supported economically.
So in reality, if you buy a foreign car you are pulling the rug out from under 12 American jobs.
Deny it all you want, but the numbers don't lie.
So before you go buying that new Lexus or Honda, keep this in mind.
If a Fair Trade deal were actually Fair, these numbers would be equal, right?
We allow foreign companies to sell their products here but in most cases our products are charged higher tarriff's on their end, and in some cases they reject the shipments all together.
Mexico actually suffers the hardest from these deals when we should have in place agreements that protect Mexico and team us up with Canada as well.
If these Free Trade Agreements were to be fixed it could mean a reduction in illegal immigration from mexico because there would be more work with better pay in their own country.
The numbers don't lie, and the fact is that only 35 people actually benefit from Nafta and Cafta....Bush being one of those people, the rest being fat cat Billionaire's who don't give a damn about our own people.
We have lost a substantial amount of our own sovereignty because of these deals and in fact, we are being sold down the river at an alarming rate by this administration.
Outsourcing is nothing but protection for american companies who no longer want to pay higher wages to american workers, still think these agreements are Fair?......your blind if you do.
We have got to start a movement that stops and corrects these deals. and for those who don't want to pay up and give as good as they get, they should be made to find another supplier.
It won't be long until this damage will be irreversable, and the clock is ticking.
We must come together on this and begin a movement because we were let down by our state representatives when they failed to block CAFTA, and knew damn well they should have.
Here's how we start.
Find out how your reps voted on CAFTA, and if they voted for it, boot them out of office and tell them why.
Politicians should be held accountable for their shortcomings and actions of greed, from your local City Council right up to the President of the United States.
It's our country to protect, not theirs to destroy, and we all must make a stand and remind these tools who they work for, the people that elected them.
If they don't change course and move to correct these mistakes then we end their terms at the first possible opportunity.
Look, if any of our leaders felt accountable at all to the voters, they wouldn't be doing what they're doing without fear of having to answer for it.
The political games must stop and we must take our country back, and the time is now...........
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