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Nelson harbor commented on Was NAFTA a good idea? on February 26, 2008, 5:16 PM

During the last decade in this country, numerous small town economies have been completely destroyed by NAFTA, as corporation after corporation decided to move complete production facilities to Mexico. On the flip side, when you consider the ever-increasing number of illegal workers leaving Mexico to enter the US in search of jobs during the same period, you have to wonder if either country has really benefited by NAFTA?Corporations have benefited greatly from NAFTA's lower wage costs. That is all that NAFTA has brought to America: cheap labor.

Nelson harbor commented on Was NAFTA a good idea? on February 26, 2008, 12:16 PM

During the last decade in this country, numerous small town economies have been completely destroyed by NAFTA, as corporation after corporation decided to move complete production facilities to Mexico. On the flip side, when you consider the ever-increasing number of illegal workers leaving Mexico to enter the US in search of jobs during the same period, you have to wonder if either country has really benefited by NAFTA? Corporations have benefited greatly from NAFTA's lower wage costs. That is all that NAFTA has brought to America: cheap labor.

Nelson harbor commented on John McCain: Is the American govenment too secretive? on February 8, 2008, 5:07 PM

President Bush's signing statements should be made public at the time he signs the bill. Signing statements kind of make part of all bills meaningless, don't they? That's both secrecy and arrogance on the part of the executive branch, in my opinion.I also think the Bush administration should have to apply for and receive court approval before setting up wire-tap surveilance operations. Similarly, I certainly wouldn't think it would be OK for the government to break down someone's door-- without first obtaining a court order-- just because of some government agency's (read bureaucrat's) suspicions. Since when is circumventing the Constitution part of the war on terror?

Nelson harbor commented on John McCain: Is the American govenment too secretive? on February 8, 2008, 12:07 PM

President Bush's signing statements should be made public at the time he signs the bill. Signing statements kind of make part of all bills meaningless, don't they? That's both secrecy and arrogance on the part of the executive branch, in my opinion. I also think the Bush administration should have to apply for and receive court approval before setting up wire-tap surveilance operations. Similarly, I certainly wouldn't think it would be OK for the government to break down someone's door-- without first obtaining a court order-- just because of some government agency's (read bureaucrat's) suspicions. Since when is circumventing the Constitution part of the war on terror?

Nelson harbor commented on What is your counsel? on January 29, 2008, 9:25 AM

So John McCain thinks that having the government mandate health care coverage for all Americans is a dangerous idea. Obviously, John McCain sees no problem with the reported estimate that 40 million Americans have NO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. Can I assume then that he agrees with the current President who has stated that those with no insurance just need to go to the emergency room for free health care? Mr. McCain states that he worries about the (negative) impact that government mandated universal health care coverage will have "on the highest health care available in America." Negative impact? For starters I can think of 40 million positive impacts. My thanks to John McCain for this bit of straight talk. His words indicate to me that he is completely out of touch-- or, in denial--with one of the major domestic problems facing our country today: HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. No MR. McCain, universal health care is not a dangerous idea ... unless, of course, you are speaking to a certain political constituency and/or campaign supporter. I am now neither. John McCain just lost my support.