Miss Moneypenny · @moneypenny008
23rd Oct 2011 from Twitlonger
@ConservativeGal Agreed… Unfortunately, the detailed records of Gore's role in NAFTA seem to have disappeared. Hopefully, the following reveals the major role Al Gore played in transforming a $1.66 billion trade surplus into a $66.4 billion trade deficit.
Apparently, Slick Willy claimed NAFTA (H.R. 3450 - http://tinyurl.com/67853c6 ) would have never passed without the NAFTA debate between Al Gore and Ross Perot on Nov 10, 1993. http://tinyurl.com/63vk4js
In 1993, labor and House Democrats strongly opposed NAFTA claiming the agreement would accelerate the loss of high-paying manufacturing jobs to Mexico. The meltdown of Perot during the NAFTA debate changed the tide. According to TIME, national support for NAFTA increased from 34% to 57% after Gore's showdown with Perot. Ironically, Perot likened the free trade deal with the politics of "hope" and "change" http://tinyurl.com/5sv6rnn -> Did Perot foresee the raw deal of Obama's 'hope and change' promise that has been ruining our fiscal future?
Unfortunately, Gore won on style while Perot was ignored on substance.
According to Slick Willy, the House passed NAFTA (Nov 17, 1993) after Al Gore bested Ross Perot. The Senate followed suit three days later (61-38) after Al and Bill called two hundred members of Congress. "President Carter also helped, calling members of Congress all day long for a week. We also had to make deals on a wide range of issues; the lobbying effort for NAFTA looked even more like sausage making than the budget fight had. Our whole team had won a great economic and political victory for America, but like the budget, it came at a high price, dividing our party in Congress and infuriating many of our strongest supporters in the labor movement." - My Life, by Bill Clinton, p.557 Jun 21, 2004
In the year NAFTA was ratified (1993), America had a $1.66 billion trade surplus with Mexico and a $1.35 billion trade surplus with Mexico in 1994 when NAFTA went into effect. Since 1995, America's trade deficit with Mexico has grown from $15.8 billion to $66.4 billion in 2010. http://tinyurl.com/5vh3raz
In reference to:
http://tinyurl.com/6zdvgn4
http://twitpic.com/26usma If I recall correctly, didn't Clinton's hatchet-man, Al Gore, push NAFTA through Congress?
http://tinyurl.com/6xb3l5y