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In reply to the discussion: What is treason? [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)20. Are you suggesting that President Obama has committed treason?
Obama gets win as Congress passes free-trade agreements
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-gets-win-as-congress-passes-free-trade-agreements/2011/10/12/gIQAGHeFgL_story.html
The South Korea deal has the potential to create as many as 280,000 American jobs, according to a recent assessment by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and to boost exports by more than $12 billion. Several major labor unions have warned that any gains will come at the cost of layoffs among American workers because of heightened competition from South Korean imports.
The South Korea deal is widely hailed as the most consequential trade pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement was ratified in 1994.
The House approved all three deals and was quickly followed by the Senate. Final approval of the agreements represents a victory for the Obama administration and congressional leaders in both parties, who have touted the trade pacts as a means to jump-start the flagging economy without additional government spending. Ratification of the agreements holds particular importance for President Obama, who has set a goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015 and is facing a tough bid for reelection with unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent.
I look forward to signing these agreements, Obama said late Wednesday. He hailed passage as a major win for American workers and businesses.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-gets-win-as-congress-passes-free-trade-agreements/2011/10/12/gIQAGHeFgL_story.html
The South Korea deal has the potential to create as many as 280,000 American jobs, according to a recent assessment by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and to boost exports by more than $12 billion. Several major labor unions have warned that any gains will come at the cost of layoffs among American workers because of heightened competition from South Korean imports.
The South Korea deal is widely hailed as the most consequential trade pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement was ratified in 1994.
The House approved all three deals and was quickly followed by the Senate. Final approval of the agreements represents a victory for the Obama administration and congressional leaders in both parties, who have touted the trade pacts as a means to jump-start the flagging economy without additional government spending. Ratification of the agreements holds particular importance for President Obama, who has set a goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015 and is facing a tough bid for reelection with unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent.
I look forward to signing these agreements, Obama said late Wednesday. He hailed passage as a major win for American workers and businesses.
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Why? Are you against the Democratic Presidents of the United States? I am not.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#5
You are either with the Democratic party or against it. Me, I am for it.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#13
you may be smarter than that guy, but your anti-dem crap stinks up the joint. nt
dionysus
Feb 2013
#34
I am anti-burn it down radical without realizing what will come the day after.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#60
Interesting. Did you favor or oppose the Republican Bloomberg who ran against...
Smarmie Doofus
Feb 2013
#24
blind faith, 'my party, right or wrong', kool-aid drinking etc, come to mind
Mutatis Mutandis
Feb 2013
#59
If they give comfort to an enemy of U.S. citizens they are just as much to blame. n/t
mia
Feb 2013
#11
And I call that "Snickerdoodle-Skiddlywamps" -- my term means as much as yours. n/t
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#47
That text is the ONLY answer in America and the only path to declaring someone as such.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#21
If war is never legally declared, can the Constitutional definition ever be properly applied?
Occulus
Feb 2013
#28
Wasn't this all explored when we fooled around with the American Taliban...
TreasonousBastard
Feb 2013
#43
We're not at war with our trading partners, that's the critical difference here.
leveymg
Feb 2013
#30
It's treasonous for Congress to approve the overseas sales of weapons without tracking their
ancianita
Feb 2013
#32