The South Korean FTA – The Final Nail in Our Economy’s Coffin
OPS_admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Comments 0
Who wants the South Korean FTA and Why?
Senate Republicans are willing to pass three leftover trade agreements from the Bush era by any means necessary, even if that means figuratively holding the president’s nominee to head the U.S. Commerce Department hostage to extract what they want.
With former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke headed to China to become U.S. Ambassador to the Asian powerhouse, the position is currently empty, and any replacement must be confirmed by two-thirds of the Senate.
“So important are these deals to our economy and our relations with these key allies in Latin America that, until the president submits both agreements to Congress for approval and commits to signing implementing legislation into law, we will use all the tools at our disposal to force action, including withholding support for any nominee for commerce secretary and any trade-related nominees,” the letter, signed by McConnell and 43 other GOP senators, states.
Full Story Here: The South Korean FTA – The Final Nail in Our Economy’s Coffin | Economy In Crisis.
Filed Under: Foreign Policy
Comments (0)
-
Who will you vote for this year: Big Oil, Big Casinos, or Wall Street?
Billionaire hedge fund manager - and primary contributor to Rick Santorum's Red, White, and Blue SuperPAC - Foster Friess let the truth slip out about politics in this post-Citizens United age during an interview with Politico. Friess was among several billionaires who attended the Koch brothers secret meeting last month where over a hundred million dollars was pledged to beat President Obama.Trying to get other oligarchs on the side of Rick Santorum - Friess said, "There isn't a person at the Koch brothers events who would not get a good return on their investment by investing in [Santorum] as president, because of what they believe about the free enterprise system." The key word there: investment. These aren't campaign contributions - these are investments that millionaires and billionaires are making to keep their tax breaks, their subsidies, and their lax regulations in place.We no longer have actual people running for President - we have a few very, very rich people like Friess and the Kochs investing in stooges to do their bidding - and hoping to see major returns in their bank accounts. So who will you vote for this year? Big Oil, Big Casinos, or Wall Street?-Thom(Who will you vote for this year? Tell us here.) -
LEGALIZE Democracy
" We the corporations" On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. __________
MOVE to AMEND
a project of the CAMPAIGN TO LEGALIZE Democracy
Help end Corporate personhood
-
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. 
