Advice needed: McCain, Obama, Free Trade, and the cost of cars!

bigtexas1974 says on Aug 26, 2008, 18:14:

All depends on the car...you can but a car assembled in Colombia for very cheap, and is still a great car - new for 18-27million. As for the trade agreement passing, it wouldn't happen overnight or it WOULD drop the bottom out of the market and leave many people hurting. It would be phased in over many years if it does happen, by then you'd be on your second or third car anyway.

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miamimike says on Aug 26, 2008, 20:47:

McCain(if) being elected will have NO effect on the FTA Passage as Congress is controlled by the Democrats and until they feel Prez Uribe has conducted a more indepth investigation into the many deaths of News Reporters and Trade Unionists, this bill will be shelfed. Interesting is a fact not many posters are aware of is that when the Original "Andean Trade Pact" was signed in 1991 and by GHW Bush, is that was when the 33% Tariff was placed on American Cars exported into Colombia.How something so lopsided was inserted into a law so unfair to the USA astounds the sensibilities,,,

On Sept 17, 2008: Senator John McCain said, as he had many times before, that he believed the fundamentals of the economy were "strong."Hours later he backpedaled, explaining that he had meant that American workers were Strong.

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Atrevido says on Aug 27, 2008, 05:04:

New car prices in Colombia have dropped radiccaly in the last year or so. When I priced a new Chevrolet Vitara 3 door a couple pf years ago it was at fourty two million. Now Chevrolet is selling the same vehicle for $35´990.000!

http://www.chevrolet.com.co/content_data/LAAM/CO/es/GBPCO/001/BRANDSIT...

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dwmte7 says on Aug 27, 2008, 06:04:

ojolla.....there is NO free trade agreement. it's all about colom bia and zip for us. just a repeat of the agreement with mexico. it's a one way street...forget it.

dwmte

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gimmedub says on Aug 27, 2008, 07:30:

the FTA is limited in terms of what will not be taxed... it's mainly related to mining and farming so guess what boyz - that doesn't include a car - maybe an F150 or Tundra but definately not a chevy spark!

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sanandressi says on Aug 27, 2008, 11:37:

Uribe supports McCain and so I vote McCain among other reasons.

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miamimike says on Aug 27, 2008, 13:24:

dwmte7 says on Aug 27 (today): flag

ojolla.....there is NO free trade agreement. it's all about colom bia and zip for us. just a repeat of the agreement with mexico. it's a one way street...forget it.

dwmte
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You nailed it Douglas! And btw, McCain, win or lose the Presidency, will have NO effect on whether the FTA passes or if it doesn't! Its all in the hands of Congress and for them its a NoGO as it is now. Unless, Uribe gets cracking on a full court press investigation of the Deaths of those many Newsmen and Trade Unionists!

On Sept 17, 2008: Senator John McCain said, as he had many times before, that he believed the fundamentals of the economy were "strong."Hours later he backpedaled, explaining that he had meant that American workers were Strong.

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dwmte7 says on Aug 27, 2008, 16:15:

the u.s. for some dumb reason refuses to really apply it's clout...they accept these dumb as deals and get nothing out of it...it's like that girs t shirt said...i got the pussy, i make the rules. we can demand any fuckin thing we want and get it. why settle for less. if these up start countries want to open the door on trade...then open the fricken door.

they think they can sit at the table like a bunch of mafiosi and call the shots. fuck them. it's about time they licked some boots after all the bullshit and shinanigans we put up with them.

make them come to us, knees bent, eyes to the floor and repeat after me, "pretty please with sugar on it?" "mother may I?" sorry to say, we got the pussy.

dwmte

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poco says on Aug 27, 2008, 17:53:

Quote: Prez Uribe has conducted a more indepth investigation into the many deaths of News Reporters and Trade Unionists,
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OK,, last time I checked being a TRADE UNIONIST was SAFER than being an average Colombian. That was 2007,, what ? something changed ?

Frankly,, it is a miracle more trade unionists are not killed. It is well know that some of the illegal tax FARC levies goes to Unions. Heck,, anyone involved with or associated with the DRUG trade has a short life span in Colombia.

Unless of course you become addicted to crack. Then,, it's live long and prosper,, I've the long part,, now for the prosper part.

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Dolfi says on Aug 28, 2008, 00:50:

You can read a list of the trade unionists muredered in Colombia under the eyes of Uribe´s police in 2006 here:

http://survey07.ituc-csi.org/getcountry.php?IDCountry=COL&IDLang=ES

78 in total

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