After the Republican-controlled Senate foolishly passed the so-called
"Obamatrade" bill, the House leadership (John Boehner, Steve Scalise,
Paul Ryan, et al.) worked their tails off to pass the bill. But a
majority of Democrats and liberty-minded Republicans (small in number)
rallied in opposition to the bill and voted it down. HOORAY! In this
case, it was mostly Democrats that saved the day!
I have been saying for years that people who think the Republican establishment is a friend to liberty are extremely naïve. On issues regarding so-called "free trade" (it's NOT free trade; it's globalism masquerading as free trade), the Warfare State, deficit spending, globalism, and civil liberties, the Republican Party in Washington, D.C., is FAR WORSE than the Democrat Party. In general terms, the Democrat Party is worse on issues that deal with gun control, welfare, abortion, gay marriage, and extremist environmentalist policies. As one should easily be able to see, there is no "lesser of two evils" between these two parties. Each party is a greater evil, depending on the issue. And taken as a whole, both parties in Washington, D.C., are selling our liberties down the river.
But this so-called Obamatrade bill is a nightmare. If you thought NAFTA and GATT are bad (and they are), Obamatrade (TPP) is far worse. Even worse is that congressional leaders will not allow the public to know what's in the bill. Heck, most of the congressmen and senators who are voting on the bill don't know what's in it.
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/baldwin/150618
I have been saying for years that people who think the Republican establishment is a friend to liberty are extremely naïve. On issues regarding so-called "free trade" (it's NOT free trade; it's globalism masquerading as free trade), the Warfare State, deficit spending, globalism, and civil liberties, the Republican Party in Washington, D.C., is FAR WORSE than the Democrat Party. In general terms, the Democrat Party is worse on issues that deal with gun control, welfare, abortion, gay marriage, and extremist environmentalist policies. As one should easily be able to see, there is no "lesser of two evils" between these two parties. Each party is a greater evil, depending on the issue. And taken as a whole, both parties in Washington, D.C., are selling our liberties down the river.
But this so-called Obamatrade bill is a nightmare. If you thought NAFTA and GATT are bad (and they are), Obamatrade (TPP) is far worse. Even worse is that congressional leaders will not allow the public to know what's in the bill. Heck, most of the congressmen and senators who are voting on the bill don't know what's in it.
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/baldwin/150618
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