cavernio wrote:
GGPViper wrote:
B. His aggressively protectionist trade policy is hypocritical.. Sanders' opposition to free trade could trigger a trade war which would especially hurt the world's poor (given that free trade is - hands down - the most effective poverty relief ever invented in history).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-fletc ... 37893.htmlPerhaps it would be prudent to look at the *actual data*, rather than taking statements from an organization solely dedicated to protectionism (see below) at face value:
728 million Chinese....
https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopi ... 5#p7050325and 31 million Vietnamese
https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopi ... 4#p7050804... have been lifted out of extreme poverty by free trade... And that's just two countries...
Oh, and some food for thought...
Here is the mission statement from the "Coalition for a Prosperous America" which produced the above Huffington Post article:
CPA Mission wrote:
Who We Are
The Coalition for a Prosperous America is a nonprofit organization representing the interests of 2.7 million households through our agricultural, manufacturing and labor members. Our board and our membership includes Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Conservatives and Liberals.
The Trade Problem
America’s trade policies have caused grave harm to our country’s economy, security and people. Rather than pursuing a national goal of balanced trade, government leaders allow and enable the largest trade deficit in world history. The result is economic decline, job destruction and de-industrialization of America. Trade agreements dangerously undermine America’s sovereignty by overriding the U.S. Constitution and local, state and federal laws.
We need international commerce that roughly balances imports and exports, without surrendering sovereignty, the environment or food safety. America can have trade that promotes its industrial and agricultural policy, produces jobs, increases incomes, and preserves our strength.
Our Mission
The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is working for a new and positive U.S. trade policy that delivers prosperity and security to America, its citizens, farms, factories and working people. We are an unrivaled coalition of manufacturing, agricultural, worker, consumer and citizen interests working together to rebuild an America for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. We believe America can provide good jobs for workers, affordable goods for consumers, opportunity for farms and manufacturers and a clean environment without compromising our national sovereignty and security.
Our Activities
CPA’s focus is upon the “grass tops”… local leaders in the states and communities. We are educating citizens and local opinion leaders where they live and work. We are identifying those elected members of Congress who favor improved trade policies and, as importantly, those who do not. We hold economic summits across the country to inform local leaders on the issues. Engaging Washington is important, but politicians come home on the weekends, and must face the citizens. Engaging America is our primary focus.
Source:
http://www.prosperousamerica.org/missionPlease note the conspicuous absence of any consideration about the impact trade restrictions might have on the world's poor in the mission statement...
18 May 2016, 12:24 am
