Oct 17 2008
Conley Hits Free Trade
Bob Conley, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for the seat, said he’s holding his opponent’s feet to the fire in the election.
Speaking to a group of roughly 10 gathered at Bobby’s Bar-B-Q Buffet sponsored by the Aiken Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty, Conley wasted no time in getting down to the issues, chief of which he said was Graham’s support of “so-called” free trade agreements.
He said the agreements are only eroding away at the sovereignty of the United States and forcing this nation to depend on other countries - like Communist China - for its goods and manufacturing.
“America first,” Conley said. “(The agreements) are a huge cost to national independence and a huge cost to national security.”
He added that to regain the 3.5 million manufacturing jobs lost in President George W. Bush’s economy, he proposes a fair tax that “will put manufacturers on an even playing field with imported goods.”
We have free trade in this country, but it’s not fair trade. The job loss figure in this country since NAFTA was signed is staggering. Conley is correct. We are becoming far too dependent on less developed nations like China for many of our goods and they do not have the consumer protection and quality control laws that we do. How many news stories have we seen in the past year about tainted products imported into our nation from China? We need to rework these unfair trade agreements and bring back quality American manufacturing.
Additionally, five stars to Conley on the Fair Tax. If we ever get the Fair Tax implemented in this country we will have the biggest economic boom in the history of America, but we have to get the politicians in Washington to give up their fiefdoms first.
Amen, brother!
We have a great opportunity for REAL CHANGE in South Carolina as well as in the nation as a whole with the replacement of a traitor with a true patriot.