There's nothing to it, ... The actual text of the CAFTA agreement is what's binding and the text of the agreement is a catastrophe.
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That a member of Congress who is supposed to represent one of the U.S. states hardest hit by NAFTA job loss, and whose constituents care deeply about poverty in Central America, would become a deciding vote to expand NAFTA to six more nations is unimaginable, given the damage the NAFTA model has proven to cause to U.S. working people and Mexico's poor.Lori Wallach
It is very clear that if this document is going to determine the future course of the WTO, the majority of people in the world would be worse off.
Lori Wallach
By casting the deciding votes on CAFTA,Utah's congressmen have made themselves responsible for any future attacks on U.S. gambling regulations that CAFTA makes possible.
Lori Wallach
None of Congressman Fitzpatrick's statements about why he voted to support CAFTA make sense. His constituents deserve a straight answer even if it is an admission that he does not have the backbone to stand up to what everyone knows was extreme pressure by the Republican leadership to do as they ordered rather than what Fitzpatrick believed or promised.
Lori Wallach
By acquiring Costa Rican gaming operations, giant European firms now have a platform from which to launch attacks on federal, state and local gambling restrictions in an effort to secure an even greater share of the diverse and lucrative U. S. gambling market. This is a threat that was brought to the attention of all three Utah congressmen.
Lori Wallach
If your growth rate is achieved by the privatization of a huge national asset, it looks good on paper, but if people lose out who depend on that employment, the quality of life declines.
Lori Wallach
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