Political Quotes

“since the passage of NAFTA, NAFTA has contributed to numerous workplace, economic and environmental problems, including an increase in the import of contaminated food, downward pressure on United States wages, employer threats to move to Mexico, and a skyrocketing trade deficit. Fast-track has failed to address any of those problems. First of all, with respect to our trade deficit growth and the loss of jobs, fast-track takes no action on that, no improvement, fails to address it. Second, there is pressure to lower U.S. wages, and there is lowering of wages going on in this country in manufacturing because of NAFTA. Fast-track fails to address that. Third, since NAFTA, we have had employer threats to move to NAFTA partner countries. The fast-track agreement fails to take action on that and fails to address it. Unless we address these critical problems in fast-track, the NAFTA problems will spread like a virus through North America and the world. We need higher standards for our wages, for our workers and for our countries. Stand up for America; defeat fast-track.”