I refuse to speak Spanish. I have to hear it everyday seeing so many illegals around here as it is. We can still oppose this and write our reps but again, now that Bush is re-elected I doubt he really cares what we think. I don't think Bush is doing this for greed or anything, I think he honestly thinks it will help but as we know, it wont. It will destroy whatever shred of sovereignty we have left.
What will our nation look like in 20-30 years?
"What will our nation look like in 20-30 years?"
A third-world slum, with a standard of living for the average American to match.
Don't get me wrong. I'm going to do my level best to help defeat this criminal treaty. I've been very vocal about the FTAA to my senators and my representatives. I've also been telling everybody I know about the FTAA and how it's going to be rammed through the Senate, and I've encouraged them to call or write or e-mail their representative and senators. Most of the citizens I've talked to about it can't seem to fathom the concept of the loss of our sovereignty. Trusting souls, aren't they?
I talked with Sen. Bond's representative at a summer listening post he set up in our county seat this summer and I brought up the FTAA. His representative told me she couldn't discuss Sen. Bond's position on it because he hadn't yet voted on it and she knew nothing about the FTAA. When I called my other senator's office and my representative's office, the people I talked to in both offices had the same dismissive attitude that Bond's representative displayed.
At this point in time, I'm not hopeful that we're going to be able to defeat this thing because I believe the really big campaign donors to both parties are pushing hard for the FTAA.