Green Options » Democratic Candidates http://greenoptions.com/tag/democratic-candidates Posts tagged 'Democratic Candidates' Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Tangled Up in Green: Playground Politics in a Global Market http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/13/tangled-up-in-green-playground-politics-in-a-global-market/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/13/tangled-up-in-green-playground-politics-in-a-global-market/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:45 +0000 Adam Bowman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/13/tangled-up-in-green-playground-politics-in-a-global-market/ Presidential election campaign 2008 is well underway. And already the grade school politics are brought to the election playground.
Obama and ClintonIn recent news, both Democratic front runners, in an attempt to woo voters, called for renegotiations of NAFTA. They also threatened to pull out of the trade agreement if U.S. demands aren’t met. Clearly a case of, “do what I want because our economic and military might can beat up your economic and military might.”

The North American Free Trade Agreement, has been under scrutiny since its inception.

Thankfully we have Republican Candidate John McCain to defend this groundbreaking trade agreement.

NAFTA isn’t perfect. It was the first time a free trade agreement existed among such economically disparate countries. It was definitely a great experiment, and a lot has been learned from the results. There is no denying that there have been significant advances in a globally sustainable market that was enabled by NAFTA.

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