INDEX
- Dear Congress: ARE YOU CRAZY?????
- A Taxing Taste Of Things To Come
- Florida Set for Automatic Job Loss
- Congressman Latta Requests Hearing on Impacts of Cap and Trade
- Brian Rooney Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Congressional Race
- Friday Afternoon Giggle (CFA Site »)
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Senate Health Bill Raises Taxes
On Special Needs Kids and Their Families - "Stimulus" Reporting Lacks Logic...No Kidding (CFA Site »)
- Why Isn't the SEIU Telling Their Members About Their Failing Pensions? (AWF Site »)
- House Financial Services Committee Passes Ron Paul's Audit the Fed Amendment (CFA Site »)
Friday, November 20, 2009
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How Does the Reid-Obama Health Bill
Raise Taxes on Your Current Health Plan? - ATR and CFA Endorse House GOP "Doc Fix" Alternative
- CFA and ATR Support GOP "Doc Fix" Alternative (CFA Site »)
- Former Union Organizers Say Tactics Induce Psychological Trauma (AWF Site »)
- ATR Breakdown of Senate Health Bill
- Conrad Reynolds Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in AR Senate Race
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Senate Health Bill Breaks
Obama's $250,000 Tax Promise -
BREAKING: Full List of Tax Hikes
In Senate Democrat Health Bill - Senate Healthcare Bill Uses the Term “Tax” 183 Times
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Yet Another Obama Appointee
Is a Tax Hypocrite - New House Dem Savers Tax Would Be Equivalent to Doubling Cap Gains Tax (ASA Site »)
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Tax Pledge Alert:
Vote for Cloture on Motion to Proceed
Is Violation of Tax Pledge - CFA to House: Oppose the "Doc Fix" Boondoggle
- SEIU's Takes Aim At... Boy Scouts? (AWF Site »)
- Will Sen. Reid Let Us Read the Bill?
- Will We Get to Read the Bill? Reid to Unveil Health Bill - Timing of Procedural Vote Unclear (CFA Site »)
- ATRF Analysis: Reform Busines Entity Classifiction Rules
- Unions & Health Bureaucrats Gang Up To Deny Treatment
- The FCC's War On Freedom
- Sen. Cornyn Stands Up for Union Transparency (AWF Site »)
- 2009 State Tax Trends: Overview of Tax Changes and Spending Habits
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ATR Will Rate a Vote Against
Moving to Proceed to Reid Health Bill - Is another Tax Hike Brewing in Tallahassee this year?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
- Executive Director Discusses SEIU Investigation on Sirius XM Show, The Wilkow Majority (AWF Site »)
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Pelosicare's Problem:
It Doesn't Fix Anything! - DC Launches "Education" Campaign on New Bag Tax
- Ed Morrissey Interview on ATR & AWF Call for SEIU Investigation Today at 3:30pm EST
- High Taxes Lead to Decreased Revenue in Chicago
- First Hand Experience With The Public Option
- ATR and CFA Join Sen. Thune in Calling for End of TARP Bailout
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Advice to Departing Dems:
What to do After You Lose Your Seat - "Stimulus" Fuzzy Math of the Day: No Hope for Michigan in "Stimulus" Plan
- SEIU’s California Fraud Provides Glimpse into World with EFCA (AWF Site »)
- The Damage to Small Businesses
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- ATR Endorses "Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2009"
- Minnesota Budget Shouldn’t be Based on Money Politicians Hope to Have
- CFA to House: Vote "Yes" on TARP Accountability Bill
- ATRF Analysis of Administration Proposals to “Reform the U.S. International Tax System”
- The Money Hole
- 75,343 Bogus jobs 'created or saved' by the so-called "Stimulus"
- ATR and CFA to House: Pass the TARP Accountability and Disclosure Act
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Report On Obamacare
- ATR and AWF Call for the Investigation of SEIU President Andy Stern
Monday, November 16, 2009
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ATR Supports H.R. 3905,
"The Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009" - ATR and CFA Support the "Protect Taxpayers from ACORN Act"
Friday, November 13, 2009
- Stimulus: A Picture is Worth a Thousand... Jobs? (ASA Site »)
- Global Flat Tax Revolution (ASA Site »)
- Global Flat Tax Revolution
- Stimulus: A Picture is Worth a Thousand... Jobs?
- A Red-Ink Train Wreck: The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare (ASA Site »)
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A Red-Ink Train Wreck:
The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare
Thursday, November 12, 2009
- No Time for Obama to Stall on Trade Agenda
- Does “Net Neutrality” Violate The First Amendment?
- “[C]arbon credits won't matter” Says Senator Vitter (R-La.)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
- Global Warming Has Brought on A New Ice Age!
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Outline of House GOP Alternative
To Pelosi-Rangel-Obama Health Bill - Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion (AWF Site »)
- ATR Testimony for Senate Hearing on Climate Change Legislation: Considerations for Future Jobs
- Tom Cox, AR Senate Candidate, Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
- Job Losses Continue Despite False Claims and Broken Promises from White House
- Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion
- Berlin Wall Falls: 20th Anniversary
- Tennessee candidate Lou Ann Zelenik Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Why We Need To Regulate Big Google
- Senate Budget Staff: House Dems' Fully Implemented Health Bill to Cost $3 Trillion
Monday, November 9, 2009
- Obama Lied, His Tax Pledge Died
Friday, November 6, 2009
ATR Urges President Obama to Move Forward with US-Colombia FTA
From Rachel Sessa on Friday, June 26, 2009 10:37 AMPresident Barack Obama is set to meet with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Monday, June 29th to discuss several issues, including the stalled free trade pact between the two countries. The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed on November 22, 2006 and Colombia's Congress approved the agreement and a protocol of amendment in 2007, but it has yet to be passed by the U.S. Congress.
Immediately after approval and enactment of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, over 80% of U.S. exports to Colombia would enter Columbia duty-free and remaining tariffs will be phased out within a decade. According to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, in 2007 total U.S. goods exports to Colombia reached $8.6 billion. The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will only continue to enhance this dynamic and increase U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).
“It is time to implement the US-Colombia FTA. This agreement benefits taxpayers by increasing product choice and lowering prices,” stated Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, “A tariff is nothing more than a tax on international commerce. Since tariffs and trade barriers amount to government-imposed costs on both companies and consumers, eliminating these barriers in a free trade agreement amounts to a significant tax cut for both countries,” added Norquist.
The U.S. will have access to $4 billion in new markets and the American agricultural industry will see an estimated $1.1 billion dollar overall increase in their exports alone. Speaker Pelosi stalled the FTA arguing that level of violence against labor organizers in Colombia was too high to support free trade. However, since President Uribe became president in 2002 rates of homicide, kidnapping, infrastructure attacks, and terrorist attacks have fallen drastically. In addition, the agreement goes further than previous agreements in incorporating labor protections, including guaranteed fundamental labor rights, dispute settlement parity, freedom of association in Colombia, and prohibition on forced labor.
“Free trade is the basis of a healthy economy,” continued Norquist, “Protectionism demands that the government make me pay more for your product than you pay for my product. Free trade insists that consumers of all nations pay the lowest possible price for every product.”












Comments
1) At a recent news conference a Hispanic news media reporter asked Obama about his upcoming meeting with Chilean president Bachelet and Colombian president Uribe. Obama's response was lengthy and devoid of substance as usual. Obama was able to remember the name Bachelet and used it in his response, but then went on to talk about Brazil. He never did mention Colombia or president Uribe at all. The impression one is left with is that Obama has absolutely no working knowledge of South America or the importance of Colombia to the region.
>> SunnStarr Friday, June 26, 2009 5:06 PM
2) In Colombia, as in the rest of the world, there is an acute awareness of the fact that Obama has sealed not only his Birth Certificate, but also his college education and health records. Most Colombians are also aware of the fact that there has been no proof provided by anyone that Obama meets the "Natural Born Citizen" requirements of the U. S. Constitution. The fact that a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia (America's most important partner in South America) would be the least the new American president should do is completely lost on Obama. Instead, his socialist and pro-Islamic tendencies seem to take center stage.
>> SunnStarr Friday, June 26, 2009 5:12 PM
3) While most everyone in the world understands who Hugo Chavez is and the threat he poses to freedom and democracy in South America, Obama seems more interested in providing Chavez with a photo op and giving him credibility with the Russians. This is not very different to Obama's approach when it comes to Israel, Lebanon and Iran. There he also places a premium on scoring points with the Muslim world - even at the expense of freedom and justice in the region. It is particularly disgusting to see him ignore the struggle that the women of Iran are involved in as we speak.
>> SunnStarr Friday, June 26, 2009 5:18 PM
4) Obama's excuse for denying Colombia the Free Trade Agreement is "human rights' - as if Colombians were not aware of the hypocrisy of providing terrorists 'Miranda' legal rights of American Citizens while at the same time rationalizing that the unborn children in the womb have no human rights. Unless Americans wake up to the reality that Obama is not who he claimed to be during the election, one of their truest and most loyal allies in South America may end up being alienated for no apparent reason.
>> SunnStarr Friday, June 26, 2009 5:24 PM
5) It is time for people to start speaking up for Colombia and to stop trying to be "cool' (per Hollywood standards) and disregarding common sense and basic moral principles. This is my way of doing just that. Hopefully it will reach some of the readers and inspire them to take action. Cap and Trade "global taxes" are wrong. Tariffs that hurt our friends in the world are wrong. Free Trade Agreements in our hemisphere are logical, constructive and necessary for prosperity in the Americas.
>> SunnStarr Friday, June 26, 2009 5:30 PM
1) The Colombia FTA will not reduce the price of goods purchased from Colombia. When US trade negotiators sat down to negotiate the existing trade deal with Colombia their contempt for the well being of the American people led them to accept a deal where a tariff is applied to US exports to Colombia while imports coming in from Colombia are duty free.
>> n6532l Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:34 PM
2) That contempt for the Americans continues in the proposed new trade agreement. The spin is that it is about American jobs and indeed a bone is thrown to American workers in the form of no more tariffs on our exports. That is near worthless since they have little money to buy from us and, more important, what they do buy from us they can not get elsewhere so lowering the tariff will have little impact.
>> n6532l Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:39 PM
3) Colombian president Uribe did not get the message on how to spin the deal. When he was in Washington to promote the treaty he looked forward to "American investment" in his country. Read that outsourcing. That is what the new treaty is, an agreement to outsource American jobs. Why else would they agree to eliminate their tariffs? American citizens will lose from this deal.
>> n6532l Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:47 PM
4) In 2008 the US had a $1.655 billion trade deficit with Colombia. In the unlikely event the rosy numbers put forth here are realized we will still have a trade deficit. The more likely outcome is that we will have a larger deficit when jobs are outsourced to Colombia and goods once made here are imported from there.
>> n6532l Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:51 PM