Harry Pollard wrote: > Never a finer example of the use and misuse of words. Trade happens between > people.
Most trade happens between corporations and states. For trade to be under the control of the people, it has to be under democratic control, not under the control of bullies and robber barons (even if excerted via so-called elected executives). > I looked up your URLS and found the errors, commissions, and omissions of > government. Government ? Has the IMF (or Dubya or the Unocal VP) been elected ? > Government is the enemy of Free Trade. Please don't describe their > machinations - then blame it on Free Trade. It is precisely because they > want to control the economy that they have made such a mess of things. If corporations had completely unfettered "carte blanche", the mess would be even worse. Railtrack UK went bankrupt last week, and now the state must take over to prevent the complete crash of railroad operations. Same game for Swissair. The taxpayers end up paying for the neoliberals' mistakes, while the latter are laughing all the way to the bank. If there's any mistake of governments involved, it is that they are already too much under the control of corporations. > Surely, you must wonder why we won't let a third world country sell to us? Methinks you already do let third world countries sell to you. Can you spell Nike, Disney, sweatshop, Coltan, etc. ? > If they can supply better goods at a cheaper price, it would seem sensible > to let them. Yet, we keep out their goods, thereby depriving American > consumers of goods they want. Then, they give "aid" to the countries we > have just harmed. > > So the consumer is screwed twice, as it is our taxes that are being given > away. You don't have to shed crocodile tears for "aid" money, as the US pays only 0.1% of its GDP to development aid -- that's the *lowest* rate of all industrialized countries. Chris
