Thread: If Dems cared for campesinos, they'd embrace CAFTA

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July 4, 2005, 6:49PM
If Dems cared for campesinos, they'd embrace CAFTA
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

What has happened to the Democrats over the past few decades is best captured by the phrase (coined by Kevin Phillips) "reactionary liberalism." Spent of new ideas, their only remaining idea is to hang on to the status quo at all costs.

This is true across the board. On Social Security, which is facing an impending demographic and fiscal crisis, they have put absolutely nothing on the table. On presidential appointments â€â€

Hey Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist, If Dems cared about AMERICA, They will OPPOSE CAFTA!

It's a no-brainer. If we have learned anything from the last 25 years in China, India, Chile and other centers of amazing economic growth, it is that open markets and free trade are the keys to pulling millions, indeed hundreds of millions of people, out of poverty. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is a chance to do the same for desperately poor near-neighbors.

It's a no-brainer. Pass CAFTA and put millions of AMERICANS into Poverty. Perhaps if they got rid of their corrupt governments they wouldn’t be in poverty.
This guy won a Pulitzer Prize?