Re: Consider buying American!

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:30:58 -0600, Gordon McGrew
<gRmEcMgOrVeEw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>I am aware that the requirements for ratifying a treaty are more
>rigorous than other legislation, but in the end it is just
>legislation.  

Not really. If it's actually a treaty, then the Senate has to ratify
it. See the Constitution for more details.

>If big, multi-national cor****ations want it bad enough,
>it happens.  How did NAFTA get passed?  Was there a sudden groundswell
>of popular sup****t for making cheap Mexican labor more available?  

Yes, a groundswell from all the manufacturers who want cheap labor
:-). Cousins to the folks GWB was helping out with his "rotating door"
of illegal aliens in his immigration legislation. You know, the same
guy who vetoed removing the special tax exemptions granted to oil
companies because it was a "tax increase" (Which Exxon could only
barely afford, with their meager $40b profits on top of last year's
$40b profits).