Reply #81: Not true

[Gore1FL]

it can be reformed. NAFTA has problems, but it also has benefits. To dismiss the benefits (See also the 1990's economic expansion) because of the problems is one reason I can't commit to Kucinich completely.

There are many governemnt programs, many treaties, many laws that have problems, but if we scrapped them all rather than try to fix them we'd:

Have to stop Welfare and unemployment, because afterall, they are abused.

Social Security would have to be ended because the payroll tax is unfair.

The Interstate Highway system is far from perfect so we'll have to rip up the concrete.

Envirnmental laws? We have pollution, so lets just get rid of them.

There is crime everywhere, better get rid of the police.

Is the NAFTA "stacked in favor of manufacturers / investors"? Yep. That is a fair assessment. The clear fix is to unstack the deck and reap the documentable effects of Free Trade. -- Free Trade between the indivdual US states built a huge economy. Free Trade in Europe has already propelled them into a much stronger world economic position.

Free trade is a good thing. It merely needs to protect the workers too.