It's stupid to hold these FTAs up over $7.2B but if they won't vote for it, we'll have to try

[RB TexLa]

to renew it later.



Hatch says TAA doesn't have votes to pass
By Vicki Needham - 05/26/11 01:53 PM ET

Senate Finance ranking member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said renewal of an aid program to help workers displaced by trade is too expensive to gain congressional approval, risking the future of three pending free-trade accords.

Hatch, who has questioned the Obama administration's requirement for passage of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in tandem with trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, said there's no appetite on Capitol Hill for more spending, even for a program that re-trains workers.

"We don't have the votes to pass TAA through this Congress, so why hold up three trade agreements to do this," Hatch said during a Thursday hearing on the U.S-Korea agreement.






http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/163521-hatch-says-taa-doesnt-have-votes-to-pass-

[Vincardog]

1. hold up three trade agreements by all means do it. Hole up all Flat Earth job killing FTAs

[RB TexLa]

2. They are going to pass. Scream at the future all you want.

[Vincardog]

3. What is the purpose of Government? Is it to make our lives WORSE?

[RB TexLa]

4. Trade brings the world closer and is the most effective way to promote peace and

lifts all. And yes the not as rich nations get lifted more, which is a good thing.

[Vincardog]

5. That sounds like flat earth DOGMA and a load of BS to me. It has been proven WRONG

After NAFTA poverty in Mexico was WORSE US wages were DOWN and the only ones profiting were the parasitic rich.
Please sell the flat earth dogma somewhere else.