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Question: How would you have voted on NAFTA?
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Ebowed
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« on: January 29, 2006, 08:49:26 PM »
Nay
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2006, 08:53:21 PM »
Yea, because I don't hate freedom.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2006, 08:57:50 PM »
It doesn't go far enough, but Aye nevertheless.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2006, 09:17:25 PM »
Quote from: Cosmo Kramer on January 29, 2006, 09:05:48 PM
I hate the freedom of corporations to manipulate workers.  I hate that most definitly.
As long as the workers consent to being "manipulated," I don't see why anyone else (including the government) should be bothered.

Furthermore, why should I be stopped from trading with someone in Canada, merely in order to benefit some worker? Why should my freedom be sacrificed in order to protect someone else's job?
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2006, 09:33:30 PM »
I haven't read the bill, but I'm pretty sure I would vote Yea.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2006, 09:41:20 PM »
I would probably vote Yea.
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2006, 09:44:52 PM »
I have always been a strong advocate of protectionisim, and would have voted Nay.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2006, 09:50:58 PM »

Either have I, so I'm not really sure.
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2006, 11:28:25 PM »
Yea
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2006, 08:59:56 AM »
Nay, of course. Free Trade Agreements are horrid things that should never be used. Ever.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2006, 09:18:37 AM »


Going against my buddy Perot, I would have voted for NAFTA.
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2006, 11:21:09 AM »
I would have voted for it.
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2006, 11:33:08 AM »
Nay
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2006, 11:40:29 AM »
Probably aye, not sure though ... or rather: I would have done what I felt Mexican workers wanted me to.
Certainly nay if in Canada.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2006, 12:33:06 PM »
Quote from: Emsworth on January 29, 2006, 09:17:25 PM
Quote from: Cosmo Kramer on January 29, 2006, 09:05:48 PM
I hate the freedom of corporations to manipulate workers.  I hate that most definitly.
As long as the workers consent to being "manipulated," I don't see why anyone else (including the government) should be bothered.

Furthermore, why should I be stopped from trading with someone in Canada, merely in order to benefit some worker? Why should my freedom be sacrificed in order to protect someone else's job?
The workers don't have a choice.  It's the only way they have to take care of them and their family at all.
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2006, 12:39:49 PM »
It's pointless, Preston. You're talking to Mr I Don't Care About Reality.
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2006, 03:06:41 PM »
Quote from: Cosmo Kramer on January 30, 2006, 12:33:06 PM
It's the only way they have to take care of them and their family at all.
They may rely on private charities if they please: but surely, they are not entitled to take away my freedom for their benefit.
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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2006, 03:28:07 PM »
Aye/Yea

EDIT: I'm one of only 2 Dems to vote aye?  Where's the third way spirit?
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« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2006, 03:49:12 PM »
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on January 30, 2006, 03:28:07 PM
Aye/Yea

EDIT: I'm one of only 2 Dems to vote aye?

Yes, you are a traitor, if that's what you're asking. Smiley
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« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2006, 07:14:53 PM »
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on January 30, 2006, 03:28:07 PM
Aye/Yea

EDIT: I'm one of only 2 Dems to vote aye?  Where's the third way spirit?

The past 10 years have proven that passionate zealotry is a more effective political posture than all moderate ones, including the "third way".
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« Reply #20 on: January 30, 2006, 07:35:31 PM »
There's not much of an argument against NAFTA left after 12 years of it.
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« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2006, 01:27:14 AM »
Yes.
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« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2006, 06:43:18 AM »
Quote from: John Ford on January 30, 2006, 07:35:31 PM
There's not much of an argument against NAFTA left after 12 years of it.

Really?  I'm sure the same arguments that were suggested at the time of its inception still apply.
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« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2006, 07:45:23 AM »
Yea(D)
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« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2006, 09:58:43 AM »
Yea (D) but I accept there are times when protectionist practices might be necessary

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