http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/05/06/unions-kill-trade-agreement-real-improvement-unrewarded/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:54:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/05/06/unions-kill-trade-agreement-real-improvement-unrewarded/comment-page-1/#comment-85747 nick Wed, 07 May 2008 17:40:54 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=8470#comment-85747 The Dems have pointed to several reasons for wanting to delay the vote on the FTA, not only humans rights violations. However, accepting your argument that the humans rights issue is only a cover, do you not think that the Dem's hesitancy may have more to do with the known downsides of these FTAs? For all the successes that FTAs represent for some, they also represent disaster for others. I will not go into detail because my only point for leaving this reply was to chastise you for over-simplifying the issue. The Dems have pointed to several reasons for wanting to delay the vote on the FTA, not only humans rights violations. However, accepting your argument that the humans rights issue is only a cover, do you not think that the Dem’s hesitancy may have more to do with the known downsides of these FTAs? For all the successes that FTAs represent for some, they also represent disaster for others. I will not go into detail because my only point for leaving this reply was to chastise you for over-simplifying the issue.

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