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| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 05/06/2012 03:38 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If I ever had any doubt that is is Obama's plan to destroy this country, it is gone. This is my straw. Quoting: Macraider [link to www.huffingtonpost.com] "Congress Revolts On Obama Plan That Would Ban 'Buy American' " WASHINGTON -- A group of 68 House Democrats and one Republican sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him to reconsider an element of the controversial free trade agreement currently being negotiated by the administration. If approved in its current form, the pact would effectively ban "Buy American" policies in government contracting. [link to www.huffingtonpost.com] FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY AMERICA.....IF HE WINS IN NOVEMBER...... ![]() .....IF HE WINS IN NOVEMBER......Ted Nuget is in trouble! Both Nugent and Arpio are likely to be Breitbarted in that event. ...but the rest of the 230+ year old USA is forever lost. Expect a collapse then as well. Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/06/2012 03:40 PM |
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| Major_Payne User ID: 15631712 05/06/2012 03:48 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's funny how Politics works. I agree we should all buy American. Go out and check out your cars right now. I have never bought a foreign car in my life. How many here can say the same. Even though I don't agree with Obama on this one or most of his "Free" trade policies here's what happened the last time he included a "Buy American" clause in a bill. This was part of the Stimulus Bill in 2009. We Americans are fickle. We need to make up our minds first before we tell our politicians what to do. [link to marketurbanism.com] [link to www.nationalreview.com] [link to www.huffingtonpost.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15542038 05/06/2012 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's funny how Politics works. I agree we should all buy American. Go out and check out your cars right now. I have never bought a foreign car in my life. How many here can say the same. Even though I don't agree with Obama on this one or most of his "Free" trade policies here's what happened the last time he included a "Buy American" clause in a bill. This was part of the Stimulus Bill in 2009. We Americans are fickle. We need to make up our minds first before we tell our politicians what to do. Quoting: Major_Payne [link to marketurbanism.com] [link to www.nationalreview.com] [link to www.huffingtonpost.com] Look under the hood of your American made cars, take the dash apart and examine the components, electronics etc, go to the US factories and do some investigative research and you'll find that most of your American made car was made in China and other countries. Buy made in America products, should be changed to: "Buy mostly assembled in America!" When it comes to major manufacturers in the US that is all they really are, assemblers of foreign made products, and even most of those jobs are now either relocated to China and other countries, or outsourced to them. lol |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 2908045 05/06/2012 04:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Buy American? Do you guys even manufacture anything anymore??? Quoting: Vierkantebroek Buy a couple of our latest fancy drones if you want to spy on your neighbors. But we can't guarantee that your neighbors won't be able to land them safely in their backyard |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15176280 05/06/2012 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I spend alot of time discussing Libertarism on Huffington Post. Quoting: Macraider It amazes me the amount of uninformed people that will spout absolute nonsense. Then when you show them facts they respond with the race card or name calling. The biggest threat to our country is plain stupidity. The Huff is full of Dipshit Libtards |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15318077 05/06/2012 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I fucking love reading these comments and seeing people blame liberals and Democrats. As if voting could change anything. What ever shill they put in the white house will still work for the corporate agenda and this will all still get pushed through. Nothing will change. Democracy with two party's....how does that work? |
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| Justalittlebad User ID: 1391964 05/06/2012 05:34 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Did you read the fine print in the article? The Buy American clauses say that the government should buy American items if possible and can pay more for items made in America and in that case doesn't have to go with the lowest bidder. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1238594 This concerns only govt purchases. It's not an overall ban on Buy American movements in general and could actually save the govt money. Of course, the govt spends a lot of money and it would be nice if that went to American companies but this is not nearly as bad as the headline suggests. "Since the 1930s, the American government has offered preferential treatment to American producers in the awarding of federal contracts. If a domestic producer offers the government a more expensive bid than a foreign producer, it can still be awarded the contract under certain circumstances, but more recent free trade agreements have granted other nations the same negotiating status as domestic firms. The Obama administration is currently pushing to grant the several nations involved in the Trans-Pacific deal the same privileged status, according to the Thursday letter." "We do not believe this approach is in the best interests of U.S. manufacturers and U.S. workers," the letter reads. "Of special concern is the prospect that firms established in TPP countries, such as the many Chinese firms in Vietnam, could obtain waivers from Buy American policies. This could result in large sums of U.S. tax dollars being invested to strengthen other countries' manufacturing sectors, rather than our own." So that means it is possible a gubberment contract may go to the high bidder in China over a cheaper American company? Fuck yah, I can see the savings...douche bag. Justalittlebad/more or less |
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| Burt Gummer User ID: 7702124 05/06/2012 06:23 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mitt Romney could take a shit in his hand and eat it and i would still vote for him. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14427832 Barry Sotero = scum. His trade plans are no better. These guys are all Globalists. BULLSH*T. ANYTHING is better than what Obama has done. F*cking Carter is laughing at Obama for cripes sake. ![]() Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 05/06/2012 06:23 PM |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15633850 05/06/2012 06:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There's also this: Public interest groups also worry that the same trade policies that could ban Buy American breaks will also prevent the U.S. government from making environmental or public health stipulations in federal contracts. The current language barring preferential treatment for American goods is so broad as to limit government specifications on goods to purely functional aspects. When contracting for paper, for instance, the government could specify that it wants to buy paper of the dimensions 8.5" by 11" -- but it could not require that the paper be composed of recycled materials or use non-toxic dye. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6089715 05/06/2012 08:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He is a globalist that wants to bring all the poor people up and take the wealthy people down so all people on the entire planet are on the same level. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14970114 That will leave the elite and rulers at the top with the rest of us as lower middle class sheep. USSA. I am convinced William Aires had a lot to do with the formation of this mans vision for the future. Inner Party (elites) Outer Party (Government Apparatchiks, loval Gov leaders) Proles (Everyone else) George Orwell made a good living warning about this in his books. It's too bad an ENTIRE Generation has never been taught his warnings. They were replaced by "My Two Mommy's!", and Diversity, Anti-Bullying classes. |
| ladyannie2009 User ID: 14834436 05/06/2012 08:17 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | trea·son noun: 1.The crime of betraying one's country, esp. by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. 2.The action of betraying someone or something. why is he still in there? this is NOT just a difference of opinion, or a different style of leadership. He has broken the oath he took when he was sworn into office. ".......and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States" where is Congress? where is the supreme court? why isn't anyone with authority trying to repair the mistake that was committed electing this guy into office? I refuse to believe that everyone with any political power is more concerned with lining their own pockets than they are about leading this country into the future as a strong, morally intake, soverign nation. My god.....what the hell has happened? "the truth will stand up, when nothing else will" |
| Risqman User ID: 7391717 05/06/2012 08:28 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I spend alot of time discussing Libertarism on Huffington Post. Quoting: Macraider It amazes me the amount of uninformed people that will spout absolute nonsense. Then when you show them facts they respond with the race card or name calling. The biggest threat to our country is plain stupidity. My exact thoughts! Mental "kiddies" use the race card or name calling when proved wrong!!! ![]() |
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| Major_Payne User ID: 15631712 05/06/2012 09:45 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At what point does Congress and the Supreme Court DO FUCKING SOMETHING about this administration? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12758139 It is TIME...kick them all out and start over. If the President has done something treasonous the other branches of the Gov. would take action. You can't charge a President or anyone else for that matter for treason because you swear their a Communist, Kenyan from Mars. Take a deep breath, Obama has done nothing to hurt this Country. No more than the Republicans that had control for about thirty years did. |