Wednesday, February 6, 2013

What Does the Constituion Say About NAFTA, GATT and Other Bad Free Trade Deals?

The Father of our country George Washington made a warning in his farewell address to the nation” stay out of foreign entanglements”. The United states being a member of the World Trade Organization, the result of being a part of an unelected and unaccountable group of people has not been god for America. George Washington was right about the WTO being one of many foreign entanglements that is de-industrializing America.
I remember the political firestorm when Gibson Guitar was raided by the EPA and other federal agents over foreign law concerning a special wood used to make the fret board. When Gibson Guitar went to court. The US Attorney told the American guitar maker. The company would not be in trouble if the Factory was outsources offshore in Madagascar instead of Nashville Tennessee. Something is not right here. Why is the government destroying American jobs? Is it legal? Where is it in the Constitution for the US government forcing companies offshore that destroy American jobs?
Before the War of Independence to break free from British Monarch rule. The same thing was happening in the colonies where craftsmen are put out of work because under the East Indian Trading Company deal with King George III. All finished products and Goods could not be made in the colonies. They had to be produced in England or the other parts of the English empire. This was the agreement the King had with the East Indian Trading Company. This was the King and the English Aristocracy waging economic warfare on the colonies. Is there a difference today and back in the days of the English colonies? History does repeat itself. Nothing has changed.
When the Constitution was written. The congress and the President were designated only certain specific enumerated powers. I will show you why these free trade deals are unconstitutional.
Many of these free trade treaties were passed by congress with a simple majority. Thats is illegal. These Free trade deals needed to be ratified under Article 2 sec. 2:
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;
Where these free trade deals are unconstitutional can be found in Article 6:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
So where does to the contrary withstanding come in? It can be found in Article 1 sec. 8
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
and in Article 1 sec. 9 when it comes to keeping monopolies from rising up and no giving preference to one party over another.
No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
We see Monsanto and General Electric and other multinational corporation pushing for regulations to make it impossible to maintain a factory so they have the excuse to pack up and move to China and to shut down the competition for those companies that want to remain inside the United States.

Congress is supposed to protect the manufacturing and industry in this country in article 1 sec 8 protecting our industry with tariffs and duties.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
These Multinational corporations write the laws to exempt themselves for the taxes, tariffs and regulations while using the force of government to do there dirty work. The Constitution is very clear on these bad free trade deals. The Constitution is very clear about no preference given over one party over another. Again repeating in the Constitution state in Article 1 sec 8:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Congress and the President are supposed to be promoting companies like Gibson Guitars to protect the workers under the” Useful Arts” The US Government is supposed to be promoting the American truck driver, especially the owner operators. They are being driven out of business because the preferential treatment given to Mexican truck drivers because exempt from all the safety laws and regulations that are imposed on the American truck drivers that are costly. They use the word regulating commerce to restrict economic freedom in Article 1 sec 8:
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
Politicians use the twist the commerce clause to stifle productivity. They should be promoting the “progress of sciences” with these coal power plants that do not emit smoke.  Only water vapor and carbon dioxide. Are they promoting the science that make coal plants clean? No they are not. They are promoting General Electric who wrote the rules and regulations exempting themselves they impose on their competition. GE is shipping jobs overseas too who had the tungsten light bulbs banned so they can sell their florescent light bulbs that are dangerous.
The constitution is very clear that free trade deals and treaties are unconstitutional. Our technology and out skilled craftsmen must be promoted over the outsourcing of jobs to a third world nation. There must be no favoritism favoring one party over another. No one is above the law. The Constitution is not silent about unfair trade deal that put American jobs and skilled craftsmen at a unfair disadvantage.
We need to study the Constitution and tell our congressmen where in the Constitution where these free trade deals and preferential treatment to one corporation to shut down the competition is forbidden by the Constitution too. Study all of the Constitution, not just the bill of rights. You will find the Constitution does protect jobs, our crafts, sciences as well as our bill of rights. The Constitutions is our, We own it, it is not the property of the government. Let Congress not ignore it or be ignorant of it.

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