After 39 toy recalls this year, Hillary Clinton posted a press release about how she will keep American children from getting dangerous toys when she is president. All of these toys were imported from China, who produces most of the world's toys and about 80% of the toys in the United States alone. Clinton also tried putting some of the blame on President Bush, jabbing at his nominees for the Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Call me crazy, but I never blamed Bush for bringing defective toys into the country, unlike the manipulative Clinton campaign.
This statement from the Clinton camp sounds like another major inflation of bureaucracy and taxes. Which once again makes me wonder how she is going to relieve the middle class of our great tax-burden. Yes, taxes will go up for us too, not just the wealthy. If elected President, Hillary has pledged to double the CPSC's budget, as well as additional expenditures to "overhaul" their testing facility. How often has injecting a government agency with steroids ever increased efficiency?
There should be further precautions preventing importation of dangerous and/or deadly toys, but perhaps we should start by re-examining our trade relations with China, since they have sent us harmful toys, children's products, poisoned toothpaste and pet food. Before pumping more money at the problem, let's stop it at the source or cut the defective source off altogether.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Free Trade
Though this is a major political issue, and definitely one that our presidential candidates should address, I haven't heard much from Sen. Clinton on free trade, or any trade for that matter--other than her husband's detailed encounters of trading women.
Being as Hillary is using her "First Lady" experience as authoritative experience for the White House, perhaps she should explain her views on NAFTA and China. Douglas Turner, in his article for The Buffalo News, describes how these two trade initiatives cost New York state alone nearly 200,000 jobs, though it was swore they would help our economy and employment rate during the Clinton administration.
Phillepe Reines, Hillary Clinton's spokesman, says that she favors "smart trade" where environmental and labor ideals are prevalent. Sure, we should focus more on who burns their waste in a barrel than who sends us tainted products. Perhaps instead of condemning a free trade agreement with South Korea, she should be more active in tightening up on our trade policies with China.
Since we have received several defective and/or poisonous goods over the last year from China, she could take an active role in monitoring this relationship. Perhaps being somewhat of a communist herself, she is less likely to regulate the dealings of a like-minded nation than she is to support the common values our country was founded on.
Having known people who have gone to Iraq, I deeply care about this issue. But, we all know how the differing sides view Iraq, but Iraq will settle down one day. So Hillary, tell us about how you would handle an ongoing problem, not so much in the forefront, such as free trade.
Being as Hillary is using her "First Lady" experience as authoritative experience for the White House, perhaps she should explain her views on NAFTA and China. Douglas Turner, in his article for The Buffalo News, describes how these two trade initiatives cost New York state alone nearly 200,000 jobs, though it was swore they would help our economy and employment rate during the Clinton administration.
Phillepe Reines, Hillary Clinton's spokesman, says that she favors "smart trade" where environmental and labor ideals are prevalent. Sure, we should focus more on who burns their waste in a barrel than who sends us tainted products. Perhaps instead of condemning a free trade agreement with South Korea, she should be more active in tightening up on our trade policies with China.
Since we have received several defective and/or poisonous goods over the last year from China, she could take an active role in monitoring this relationship. Perhaps being somewhat of a communist herself, she is less likely to regulate the dealings of a like-minded nation than she is to support the common values our country was founded on.
Having known people who have gone to Iraq, I deeply care about this issue. But, we all know how the differing sides view Iraq, but Iraq will settle down one day. So Hillary, tell us about how you would handle an ongoing problem, not so much in the forefront, such as free trade.
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