Archive for August 30th, 2007
State of the North American Union: Mexican Trucks Begin Crossing Border Saturday

The decision to open up the borders for the sake of business was made in the 90s by the first Bush, finalized by President Clinton and nurtured by David Rockafeller (CFR). The entire package was called the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA]. Many of the same concerns were brought up back then.

Truckers from Mexico will be delivering goods as early as 2007 Labor day weekend.

The expected employment effects of NAFTA were by far the most common point of debate and were at the center of a series of Senate Finance Committee hearings held during Sep., 1992 and again in Sep., 1993. It was well understood that NAFTA would lead to job decreases in some sectors and job creation in others. The main point of contention was the expected net effects of NAFTA on employment. The position of the committee members, the administration and public witnesses on this point were often polarized. Senator Donald Riegle Jr. (D-Mich.), for example, noted in his opening statement at Sep. 8, 1992 Senate Finance Committee hearings, “The main export we are going to ship to Mexico under the agreement, apparently, as it has been negotiated here, is going to be jobs.”(5) This sentiment was echoed by Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO as he noted in his prepared 1993 statement, “In brief, the AFL-CIO believes that the adoption of [NAFTA] would seriously harm the US economy, resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs and a decline in the nation’s standard of living.”(6) Whereas administration witness, US Trade Representative, Carla Hills, held the opposite view as she noted in 1992, “This agreement will generate new, higher-paying jobs for Americans. More than 600,000 Americans now owe their jobs to our exports to Mexico. This number is expected to swell to over 1 million by 1995 with NAFTA.”(7) — Find Articles

“What a slap in the face to American workers, opening the highways to dangerous trucks on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest driving weekends of the year,” said Teamsters President Jim Hoffa.
Joining the Teamsters in seeking the emergency stay were the Sierra Club and Public Citizen.
“Before providing unconditional access throughout the country to tens of thousands of big rigs we know little to nothing about, we must insure they meet safety and environmental standards,” Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope said.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a statement, said it was working closely with the department’s inspector general “as his office completes an additional assessment of the program and we prepare a detailed response to that report.”The Bush administration said last week it would start the cross-border program once the Transportation Department’s inspector general certifies safety and inspection plans.

The elected officials voting on NAFTA were influenced greatly by the cold hard cash of lobbyists who wanted it to happen. David Rockafeller & Dick Cheney of the Council on Foreign Relations had a LOT to do with NAFTA.

Dick Cheney keeping CFR Secrets

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But why would the CFR support this:



Is this really going to happen:

If there is a North American Union, why isn’t on the news:

bonus conspiracy theory: