How Has The Bush Famly Benifited from NAFTA

[rsmith6621]

I need you help on this matter.....Thanks

[JohnnyRingo]

1. I'm sure the Bushies have benefited enormously

If only through support from companies that have profited from outsourcing.

Most people don't know that it was GW's dad that signed NAFTA into law on Dec 17 1992.
When Bill Clinton took over in Jan 1993 he gave a speech that he would seek approval of the act after adding provisions that would help protect American workers.

Nafta was a Bush vision from day one.

On December 17, 1992, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and U. S. President George Bush signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), marking the end of a process that began on February 5, 1991,

More here:
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=2582

Pres George Bush signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada, and Mexico at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington, DC. Bush sees NAFTA as the first step towards a hemispheric trading block. The treaty signing was praised by proponents of free trade but was denounced by labor unions and proponents of protectionism. Pres-elect Bill Clinton has expressed support for NAFTA but feels that it needs to be rewritten to provide greater protections for labor and the environment.

[robcon]

6. I think you miss the point on history

The only issue for NAFTA was if Congress would ratify the treaty. Clinton pulled out all the stops to lobby Congress to pass NAFTA as is.

The vote by Bush I vote was obvious. Clinton's support was critical, and was one of his most outstanding legacies.

[antigop]

2. Outsourcing -- Carlyle Group?

Read this:
http://www.carlylegroup.com/eng/fund/portfoliofundgroupl5-2241.html

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Worldzen Holdings Limited is a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company focused on offering India-based back office solutions to the insurance and debt collection industries in the U.S.
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Does the Carlyle Group benefit from outsourcing?

[JohnnyRingo]

3. These big companies really miss the days of slavery, don't they?

At least in this country.

[Cocoa]

4. the Bushies aren't into small potatoes like manufacturing

they into the real money, oil and defense contracting.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. BTW....rsmith, are these examples kinda what you were looking for?

Of course, the general assumption is that what aids big buisness, puts huge donations in GW's war chest.

I'm afraid we got a bit off topic.

And welcome to DU.