tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post4925258606541607782..comments2023-10-23T09:41:22.599-04:00Comments on STONE SOUP MUSINGS: Following in the steps of the auto industry...Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-7107055250516698842008-04-04T16:00:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:00:00.000-04:00Larry, that was an interesting article. I did som...Larry, that was an interesting article. I did some more digging and found this article that calls the SPP <A HREF="http://mostlywater.org/security_and_prosperity_partnership_agreement_nafta_plus_homeland_security" REL="nofollow">NAFTA on Steroids</A>. Not surprisingly, corporations will make out like bandits. <BR/><BR/><I>The exceptional freedom and mobility of corporations and businesspeople is dramatically contrasted with proliferating restrictions imposed on marginalized communities. [...]<BR/><BR/>Similarly, the focus on resource extraction and development in the SPP will work to further dispossess and displace indigenous communities.</I><BR/><BR/>It's all about corporate profits, eh? Color me surprised - not. Check out the link above. It's good stuff too.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-12768905509596680042008-04-04T15:35:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:35:00.000-04:00Larry, thanks for the link. I'm heading over ther...Larry, thanks for the link. I'm heading over there as soon as I hit publish. I just wanted to point people to this <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/clinton-chief-on-payroll_b_95033.html" REL="nofollow">story</A>. It doesn't look like we can depend on Clinton to do anything about those trade agreements. She won't even distance herself from Mark Penn, her campaign manager. Quite frankly, color me skeptical - highly skeptical.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-28376497662851825872008-04-04T15:20:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:20:00.000-04:00Kathy,Check out the article in Dollars and Sense, ...Kathy,<BR/><BR/>Check out the article in Dollars and Sense, it explains the SPP, but other sites explain better how it will devastate American way of life, especially for workers.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dollarsandsense.org/" REL="nofollow">Dollars and Sense</A>Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-59831858876756532562008-04-04T14:26:00.000-04:002008-04-04T14:26:00.000-04:00Larry, I'm not very familiar with SPP. I'll have ...Larry, I'm not very familiar with SPP. I'll have to do some Googling and read up on it more. Thanks for alerting me to this.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-16564323159767206452008-04-03T23:52:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:52:00.000-04:00Later this month in New Orleans, the U.S, Canada a...Later this month in New Orleans, the U.S, Canada and Mexico will once again meet to further the "Strategic Prosperity and Partnership (SPP) agreement which will create the North American Union, a prelude to the New World Order.<BR/><BR/>This will make NAFTA look like a bake sale.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-60479142609265388082008-04-03T08:13:00.000-04:002008-04-03T08:13:00.000-04:00One more thing, McCain has pretty much shown his c...One more thing, McCain has pretty much shown his cards when it comes to outsourcing jobs. Earlier this month, McCain <A HREF="http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/12/mccain-stiffs-us-workers-helps-europeans-win-air-tanker-deal/" REL="nofollow">stiffed U.S. workers</A> when he played a key role in the Bush administration's decision to award the contract for the Air Force refueling tankers to a European company.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-6253166399540994252008-04-03T08:01:00.000-04:002008-04-03T08:01:00.000-04:00Abi, I have my doubts too, but they're our last ch...Abi, I have my doubts too, but they're our last chance - literally. The candidates have been talking big on the campaign trail. Hillary <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_1" REL="nofollow">proposed this</A> yesterday:<BR/><BR/><I>At an economic summit in Pittsburgh on Wednesday organized by her presidential campaign, Clinton was expected to propose the elimination of tax breaks for companies that move jobs to other countries and use the savings to provide $7 billion a year in tax incentives to persuade companies to "insource" jobs in the United States.</I><BR/><BR/>That's a good start, but like so much in Washington, can it get passed. The Teamsters Union has a statement on <A HREF="http://www.teamster.org/08news/hn_080314_1.asp " REL="nofollow">their website</A> giving the reasons they support Obama. They feel he is the most likely to help "level" the playing field. <BR/><BR/>Ron, you're right. They give us one excuse after another for the high prices on oil, food, etc., but that's all they are is excuses. The inequality between the haves and the have-nots in this country got that way because companies are raking in millions and rewarding only those at the top.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-59782291868383712592008-04-02T21:51:00.000-04:002008-04-02T21:51:00.000-04:00Course, lower wages don't translate inta lower pri...Course, lower wages don't translate inta lower prices fer Americans, it means bigger profits for them companies. America was damned the day greed became it's official religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-60923066272221602062008-04-02T20:43:00.000-04:002008-04-02T20:43:00.000-04:00Even if the Dems win big in November, I don't see ...Even if the Dems win big in November, I don't see them reversing the globalization trend. It's too lucrative for businesses, and Dems feed at the same corporate trough as the Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com