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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:13 PM Original message |
The time is now...to eradicate any and all "free-trade" platforms within the Democratic party |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn straight. KnR. n/t |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mr. Socially-Enlightened Well-Off Neo-Liberal scum reporting. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So you LIKE that Chinese employees work 14-16 hour shifts, in filthy conditions, for pennies/day? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. He worries about "brown" and "black", but could care less about "yellow"? n/t |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Actually, I have always wondered why they call Asians "yellow". |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I have to become more careful when I type. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. If corporations can broker deals with governments |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Exactly, this type of stuff is plain to see in some nations with Sweatshops... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I certainly would not argue that corporations benefit from building |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
101. "Not always" but usually at the expense of the local population |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. You do realize that American wages and working conditions didn't improve till... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
98. Also, the best place to live in India is communist-run Kerala |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. If by "greatest' you mean "largest", Germany is actually the largest exporter of goods to the world. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. The ONLY reason 1st World Economies developed is because of Strong Industrial Policy - Tariffs. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
97. Look at all the former Third World countries that actually improved their situations |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #97 |
109. I think that we are in agreement for the most part. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. Fair trade is about far more than tariffs |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
125. Exactly. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
106. You clearly.. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. You may be right... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
137. Please do add.. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Will do. If I were a Libertarian, I would take it as a compliment. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. If tariffs are imposed, what happens to those Chinese employees? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Hiding behind accusations of racism, while ignoring which Americans |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Imposing fees (tariffs) on products rather than countries would be an |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You responded, thank you, I may have misjudged you. Anyone that is willing |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You don't give a flying fuck about third world workers... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. You saw right through me, man (or woman). I don't care about |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Uhm, OK, so you think conditions like this are fine? |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. can you explain to me ... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Tariffs alone? No, I don't think so... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. The answer is "No, I don't think conditions such as you cited |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. First things first... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. To the Greatest page with you. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Exactly. rec'd |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Amen!! and Hallelujah!! |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. You think they have been a disaster for our trading partners? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Depends one what you mean by "trading partners".... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It makes sense if you think trade is evil, then you'd think factories evil, also. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I don't consider them to be automatically good... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I suspect you think business, generally, is a necessary evil. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Business is a necessary evil, otherwise regulations on them wouldn't be necessary... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Regulating something doesn't mean it is evil, just that it can have risks or excesses. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. If you noticed, I said that its more accurate to call businesses amoral... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
114. Trade -can be- evil |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. HEAR, HEAR! Well-said, brentspeak! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Free trade should be a bedrock principle |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If it also was combined with recognized international standards for labor rights and enviromental... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm pretty sure Robconservative doesn't mean with those protections. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. And not being engaged with them economically will give us exactly what |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. If it actually raised people up, instead of exploiting them, you'd have a point. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Right now we have no leverage because of the way "free trade" is practiced... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. NAFTA has been a disaster for Mexico |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. NAFTA, GATT, WTO, CAFTA, etc. are not free trade |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Exactly, that's the reason why I put apostrophes whenever I mention "Free Trade"... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yep |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Some people here don't understand the slave wage issue. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. It's actually better than owning slaves |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Can you put a number on a "slave wage"? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. A slave wage is any wage that isn't enough to meet minimum requirements... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. So a "slave wage" is anything less than a "living wage"? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Pretty much, yeah... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. How about "the wages corporations pay to virtually enslave foreign workers". |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:36 AM Response to Reply #81 |
100. I like that phrase even better. It is subjective enough that I can |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
111. Yeah. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
116. why? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. From a scientific point of view, I understand your point about |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
128. Another post-and-run? Why bother? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. LOL. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I kept waiting for the phrase "There's colors dat don't run" to show up |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. s/del |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bitter, much? Set up enough ad hominem attacks, and on strawmen at that? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. For brentspeak to say this... the populists in the Democratic Party must band together. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. The DLC's Ides of March is very much due. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
85. I'm not sure how to make this NOT sound like I'm a jerk... |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. Um... overgeneralizing a bit much there? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. But the fake free trade agreements |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Thanks, Elwood |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I'm not in favor of the current global economic system. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. *cough*, chuckle |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I continue to shake my head |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. The scam of neoliberal global capitalism |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Well, the first reason is that we are just not as smart as you. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Your republican talking points don't cut it |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. One thing I'm puzzled about is why this always comes down to race with... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Repukes were actually calling dems racists during the NAFTA debate |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Absolutely. That is my main point. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. That requires worker protections, which some here seem not to like. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Definitely. We need decent, strictly-enforced worker protections |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I don't think you're a conservative, fwiw. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. They've become very creative |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Not only do I oppose "free trade" |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #94 |
102. Thank you. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
86. I think you're smarter than you think we think you are. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #86 |
103. I always wanted to compete in a game in which I could be a player |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #103 |
133. I never said *I* won. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. Game. Set. Match. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. No, actually I was talking about the greatest victims |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. More republican talking points. You're being exposed |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. As a Republican? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. They count U-turn products as exports |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. "They may be lying" is not the same as |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. From the Economic Policy Institute: |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. They're only using govt figures on exports |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. If accepting government figures on exports |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. You are out in la-la land |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I see how such a transfer of production |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Wait a minute -- you're a "Left-wing anarchist with communist tendencies" who |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. On occasion, yes. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I'm not very smart |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. ! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. Amen, time to put the spike in the heart of globalization and introduce |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
84. Run out the "free trade"scum! |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
91. Reactionary economic nationalism is not the answer to capitalist folly |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Where does "Reactionary economic nationalism" appear as a proposed solution in this thread? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #93 |
104. I believe that entanglement was responding to the OP which |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
96. brentspeak the exhaulted one k/r |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
99. I don't know why any Democrat would support things like NAFTA, CAFTA, etc |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. I support them. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #105 |
108. great first steps - for corporations to get richer still |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #105 |
113. Then you support disasters |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #105 |
132. You're a self-described conservative. Of course you support corporate exploitation. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #99 |
110. Exactly. WHAT GOOD comes out of a displaced worker's life being ruined? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Is there a middle ground between opposing outsourcing/offshoring |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Byron Dorgan . . . |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. The Third World needs access to First World markets, because it |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Yes, but, "Where's the values?" |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. You seem to be confused... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
118. kick |
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Mrspeeker (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
119. Either that or storm the capitol building |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
121. Right On! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
122. Hear hear! How about some RESPONSIBLE trade, instead? n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
127. There is no such thing as "free trade" or "free markets," they are capitalist fictions |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. What type of trade and markets do you recommend? |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Trade and markets that are not skewed towards the intrests of a few... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. How do you do that? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. "In Theory" is not good enough. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. "it has created a high standard of living in the West." - yes, at the expense of the East. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. I believe that worker exploitation has occurred under every |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #131 |
142. Governments can encourage or discourage all kinds of behaviors |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #129 |
135. Fair trade. Tariffs on countries that trat thier workers like slaves. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. And that would be everywhere except Canada, Europe and |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. But we could change that... |
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