On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Eisenscher quoted: > > 1) NAFTA has created new problems. > > Our food supply is less safe. Due to the increase in border traffic > in meat and produce, more food with dangerous pesticide residues or > bacteria is getting to our kitchens. Less than 1 percent of the imports of > fruit and vegetables coming from Mexico is inspected at the border. > > The diminished inspection rates along our border has resulted in an > unprecedented flow of illegal drugs. Along our southern border, the drugs > and uninspected foods are coming across in over-large, often unsafe trucks, > which have increased access to U.S. highways under NAFTA. > Instead of creating jobs, as the pro-"free trade" corporate lobbyists > predicted, NAFTA is responsible for the loss of nearly half-a-million U.S. > jobs. > > Instead of cleaning up the environment along the U.S.-Mexico border, > water and air pollution have increased. A massive increase of industries > has pushed the border ecology to the breaking point. > Blaming Mexicans for bad food and drugs is a reactionary approach. Blaming NAFTA for job losses implies capitalism without NAFTA would be just fine. Citing 'border ecology' against industry in Mexico is incredible hypocracy. These are yuppie Perot arguments - lets oppose NAFTA for **good** reasons! Bill Burgess
