> Ah, dear me. Galbraith seems to recognize the
> letters of the system, but doesn't want to
> name the monster: E-M-P-I-R-E. Yes, NAFTA was
> just one more paper-cut on the bleeding corpse
> of a US industrial base sacrificed to benefit
> Wall Street rentiers. But that isn't a license
> to let that awful treaty or its equally awful
> backers (Clinton: "NAFTA, we hafta") off the
> hook. At least Galbraith seems to get the
> awfulness of CAFTA right.
So, what is to be done? I say real job training and placement, unemployment benefits that actually benefit the unemployed, and separating health care from an employment. These require a fight over funds, whereas NAFTA can be castigated on the cheap.
False signals for populists are the norm in American trade debates. See: Chuck Schumer, the Senator from Wall Street and Lou Dobbs.
Shane