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National Chairman Of “Activate Congress: Stop The FTAA� To Speak In Asheville

The Committee to Stop the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas has launched an all-out drive to combat the globalist plan to establish a 34-nation FTAA Trade Agreement. Jack F. McManus, national chairman of the “Activate Congress: Stop The FTAA� Campaign, will be making a special appearance on Monday, Sept. 12th at noon at Shatley Springs to highlight “the suicidal path laid out for our nation� by supporters of the FTAA. For more information on the luncheon program, call 384-2093 or 846-3948.

More than 10 years in the making, the FTAA is “designed to unite all western hemisphere nations except Cuba into exactly the kind of sovereignty-destroying arrangement that is costing the nations of the European Union their independence,� states McManus.

President Bush has endorsed the plans for an FTAA. His administration is committed to negotiating an agreement, which then must be submitted to congress for its approval. Although FTAA proponents argue that FTAA will raise prosperity throughout the hemisphere, McManus claims that consenting to the FTAA will mean “a huge increase in the number of jobs leaving this nation; a dramatic swelling of immigrants entering the U.S.; and eventual destruction of our nation’s hard-won independence.�

McManus insists “the FTAA is being falsely promoted under the misleading label of free trade.� Likening the fact to similar agreements already approved, he points to their “hundreds of pages of regulations in FTAA and the WTO that have cost jobs, opened borders and already superseded some of our nation’s laws.� If the FTAA isn’t blocked, McManus contends, “Americans will end up having as much control over their lives as the people of Cuba have over theirs.�

With the recent narrow passage of CAFTA, a stepping-stone to the FTAA, the defeat of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas is possible, if more fellow citizens are made aware of the real threat posed by this so-called Free Trade Agreement. The Stop the FTAA Campaign plans to enlist millions of Americans who are concerned about jobs, immigration policies and preserving our national independence.

McManus will also be giving a major address at a dinner meeting Monday evening, Sept. 12th at 7 p.m. at the Greensboro Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel at I-40 Exit 217. For more information, call 1-800-YES-2USA or log onto www.stoptheftaa.org.