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American pay double the world price
for sugar, because of import tariffs and restrictions.

The Fanjuls of Florida and the sugar beet growers political clout will be tested.

They have maintained their power for decades.

Here’s to cheaper twinkies.

The Clintonistas were all for CAFTA and GATT.
Anyone who isn’t, is guilty of jingoism.

WOOF:

American pay double the world price
for sugar, because of import tariffs and restrictions.

That way I can pay half as much at the nudie bar, when I say “give me some sugar, baby!”

The Fanjuls of Florida and the sugar beet growers political clout will be tested.

Despite your anti-business leftie spin, this is all the govt’s fault.  The govt always gets a quid pro quo.

"One must regard his leftist opponent as a parent regards his recalcitrant child. Don’t give an inch in a debate with a leftist, and you’ll soon frustrate him to the point that he falls back to his default position. He’ll gainsay your every point. He’ll even resort to calling you names and accusing you of having suspect parentage.”

All is a long stretch R.

this is all the govt’s fault.

Almost all the nation pays,
a few benefit.

Almost all the nation pays, a few benefit.

The govt benefits, the rest of us pay, one way or the other.  Without a govt handing out favors, there is no graft.  This is why govt needs to stay out of the market.

"One must regard his leftist opponent as a parent regards his recalcitrant child. Don’t give an inch in a debate with a leftist, and you’ll soon frustrate him to the point that he falls back to his default position. He’ll gainsay your every point. He’ll even resort to calling you names and accusing you of having suspect parentage.”

Graft pays for favors.

Some politician didn’t get up one morning and think “Maybe if I do
the sugar boys a favor, then they might drop some bucks on me.”

There are legions who want favors from pols, those who apply grease best don’t squeal.

It’s rather funny the gals like Woofie get all upset with the sugar industry (or whoever’s handing out donations); but doesn’t give a darn about the politicians that set up the groundrules and take the money and perhaps vote against the good of the country for those donations.

Who’s got the higher standard of duty.

Jack Abramoff funnels I think about $100,000 to Byron Dorgan who funnels money to wealthy tribes but they don’t think anything of Dorgan’s part of it.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

There are legions who want favors from pols, those who apply grease best don’t squeal.

You’re not getting it; no politics in business, no one to pay for favors; no favors, just competition.
Govt is the source and the cause of graft.

"One must regard his leftist opponent as a parent regards his recalcitrant child. Don’t give an inch in a debate with a leftist, and you’ll soon frustrate him to the point that he falls back to his default position. He’ll gainsay your every point. He’ll even resort to calling you names and accusing you of having suspect parentage.”

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You forgot the part about the Americans that lose their TV manufacturing jobs and the money that they would have used to buy refrigerators, washers, dryers, cars, houses, candy, corn, flowers, jewelry, dishes, booze, guns, ammo, fishing poles, furniture, soap, salt, tires, tune ups, oil changes, computers, software, DSL, books, magazines, cable TV, American flags, college classes, food, gas, go to the movies, rent videos, donate to charity, pay in taxes, go on vacations, ----

That money is now south of the border. So, you need to crunch more numbers and figure out if there is actually more money here or less money here when we lose jobs compared to paying $100 less for TV sets.

Our Country’s credit rating, which is about to be lowered, is a direct reflection of the amount of money in our economy compared to our debt.

Something’s not working.

ews48, did you not read Rob’s post. It refutes your argument. The manufactured goods trade deficit has been reversed with CAFTA, and we now have huge surpluses with those countries. So we’re making and selling more south of the border. How does that eliminate U.S. manufacturing jobs.

The erstwhile hirsuit Dorgan will point somewhere else, now complaining about NAFTA. But our trade deficit with NAFTA is the result of energy (oil) imports, because of our growing demand and the failure of people like Dorgan to support expanded domestic production.

Manufacturing jobs have declined, true, since 2000. But that’s because low-cost—LOW-COST—manufacturing has migrated to China, mostly; U.S. manufacturing is dramatically more productive; and U.S. students don’t learn the skills needed in a high-tech economy; and, ummm, the world is dynamic and things change.

That money is now south of the border.

Actually, that is what’s happening with the invaders sending their pay back to Mexico.  If we were really “losing jobs”, our unemployment rate would be a lot higher than 5%l, which is economically in the range of “full employment”.  Your lame populist argument is just wrong on the facts.

"One must regard his leftist opponent as a parent regards his recalcitrant child. Don’t give an inch in a debate with a leftist, and you’ll soon frustrate him to the point that he falls back to his default position. He’ll gainsay your every point. He’ll even resort to calling you names and accusing you of having suspect parentage.”

EWS, the federal government’s credit rating isn’t “about to be lowered.” Your reading comprehension is poor, or you are engaging in that time-honored leftard tradition of flat-out lying.  Here’s the pertinent quotation:

Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday the United States’ “triple-A” government bond rating could come under pressure in the very long-term if the Medicare and Social Security programs are not reformed.

“Could” and “very long-term” do not equate to “about to be lowered.” But thanks for your shrill alarmism, anyway.

Linky to story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1017237120080110?sp=true

It’s also just the rating of govt bonds, not the economy of the US.  The strength of our economy is microeconomic, not macroeconomic.  Of course, big govt lefties are ignorant of this fundamental economic truth.

"One must regard his leftist opponent as a parent regards his recalcitrant child. Don’t give an inch in a debate with a leftist, and you’ll soon frustrate him to the point that he falls back to his default position. He’ll gainsay your every point. He’ll even resort to calling you names and accusing you of having suspect parentage.”

I was the USTR speechwriter during the debate over CAFTA and one of the frustrating facts that we had a hard time getting out widely enough was that before CAFTA, the U.S. had already abandoned almost all of its trade restrictions with Central America under a wildly popular bipartisan program called the Caribbean Basin Initiative. So when the free trade agreement was negotiated we actually had to lower very few barriers compared to the CAFTA countries.