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Mosby
Mosby's Journal
Mosby's Journal
June 8, 2019
political correctness has two meanings
For Liberals it means we should call Orientals Asians, but for conservatives it means they can't call Mexicans "beaners" or whatever.
See the difference?
That's why the term is basically useless.
June 1, 2019
Source: Joe Klein Interview, John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation , Mar 26, 2003
Source: Campaign web site, DeanForAmerica.com, On the Issues , Nov 30, 2002
Source: Democratic 2004 primary Debate in Greenville SC , Jan 29, 2004
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Howard_Dean_Free_Trade.htm
Howard Dean on trade
Q: What about free trade?
A: Weve gone the first mile. I dont disagree with the premise of the free traders. But we need an emerging middle class in these countries, and were not getting one. So now is the time to have labor and environmental standards attached to trade agreements.
Q: What if they say no?
A: Then Id say, Fine, thats the end of free trade.
Q: What do you mean, thats the end of free trade? Then we slap tariffs on these countries?
A: Yes.
Q: So youd be in favor of tariffs at that point.
A: If necessary. Look, Jimmy Carter did this in foreign policy. If you cant get people to observe human rights, and say that were going to accept products from countries that have kids working no overtime, no time and a half, no reasonable safety precautions-- I dont think we ought to be buying those kinds of products in this country. Were enabling that to happen.
A: Weve gone the first mile. I dont disagree with the premise of the free traders. But we need an emerging middle class in these countries, and were not getting one. So now is the time to have labor and environmental standards attached to trade agreements.
Q: What if they say no?
A: Then Id say, Fine, thats the end of free trade.
Q: What do you mean, thats the end of free trade? Then we slap tariffs on these countries?
A: Yes.
Q: So youd be in favor of tariffs at that point.
A: If necessary. Look, Jimmy Carter did this in foreign policy. If you cant get people to observe human rights, and say that were going to accept products from countries that have kids working no overtime, no time and a half, no reasonable safety precautions-- I dont think we ought to be buying those kinds of products in this country. Were enabling that to happen.
Source: Joe Klein Interview, John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation , Mar 26, 2003
Free trade must equal fair trade. We are subsidizing the sometimes awful environmental practices of our trading partners, and we are subsidizing the profits of multinational corporations by not having international labor standards. If free trade allows General Motors to set up a plant in Mexico, free trade should allow the UAW to organize that plant under conditions similar to those in the US. This isnt wage parity; I am asking for shared ground rules.
Source: Campaign web site, DeanForAmerica.com, On the Issues , Nov 30, 2002
Weve only done half the job with globalization. Youve globalized the rights of big corporations to do business anywhere in the country, but what we now need to do is globalize the rights of workers, labor unions, environmentalists and human rights. If you do that, you raise the standard of living in other countries. And what happens is our jobs stop going away because the cost of production goes up
Source: Democratic 2004 primary Debate in Greenville SC , Jan 29, 2004
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Howard_Dean_Free_Trade.htm