By ENGR101.com Staff
Published Jan. 17, 2012
As South Carolina voters are bombarded with millions of dollars of advertisements by Republican presidential hopefuls, South Carolinians should remember back to when the state was once the powerhouse of the American textile industry and jobs were plentiful.
The so-called “free trade” NAFTA pact with China has wiped out most of the companies (and jobs) in South Carolina, including the textile industry. But allowing China to take over the production of textiles does not mean that jobs will never return, and industry in South Carolina will never recover. The problem is NAFTA and NAFTA is not “fair trade.”
In Texas, five Republican candidates met last Thursday in Austin in the first debate in their race to succeed retiring U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. During the debate, a self-described “common man” candidate named Glenn Addision “had the crowd on his side with his opening comments referring to China as an ‘evil, thieving bunch,’” according to an article in the January 13, 2011 Austin American Statesman.
NAFTA is a Federal Reserve trade- scheme financially backed against our wishes with our taxpayer dollars to benefit international corporations and not America’s businesses that remain loyal to this nation. The Federal Reserve is a private banking cartel and only one presidential candidate — Ron Paul — has been consistent about the need to audit the Federal Reserve.
It is unconstitutional and morally indecent for the US government to engage in corporatist trade practices under the guise of “free trade” by allowing large corporations to move oversees; and then force Americans to buy over-priced, poorly made foreign products that are manufactured using child labor in countries such as China.
A new book “Ron Paul is Right: Rick Perry is No Conservative” tells it like it is.
The loss of American jobs to China is a major topic of discussion in financially struggling households around the United States. It is a topic that most presidential candidates seek to avoid — except for Ron Paul.
The borders will never be closed until the Federal Reserve is shut down and NAFTA is undone. See a video about what is happening here.
