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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (7780)3/16/2004 6:37:49 PM
From: CalculatedRiskRead Replies (2) of 81568
 
I'll get back to your Federalism issue.

Trade is an area of executive power (except approving treaties). All anyone in the Senate can do is talk about the issue, not introduce legislation. If a trade agreement was before the Senate, a Senator could propose changes.

Sure, Kerry's proposals may just be campaign promises, and that is why I included the comments from two well known economists (both pro free trade) calling Bush the "worst on trade since Herbert Hoover!"

I guess on every issue you could ask: "What legislation did he introduce?" That is a valid question. Kerry has not introduced very much legislation during his career. But as the following article points out, "As Dean pointed out in a debate in South Carolina, Kerry has few if any laws that bear his name. But neither do many other influential senators, because most bills are folded into other legislation and put in final form by committees, whose senior members are usually identified as sponsors. Kerry is a senior member of the foreign relations, finance and commerce committees ..."
washingtonpost.com

But back to the trade issue: I understand your skepticism and pessimism. It is a sad comment on America today. Since Bush continually says one thing and does another, people have become very jaded and ask the obvious question: why will Kerry be any better? Honestly, I cannot be sure (He cannot be worse!). But several prominent Republicans that I respect (Senators Hagel and McCain) have praised Kerry’s honesty and integrity.

If Kerry does what he says on trade, he will be far superior to Bush. I will finish on trade with conservative commentator Bruce Bartlett writing in the National Review:
“From the point of view of trade, it (Bush) is the worst administration since Herbert Hoover helped bring on the Great Depression by signing the Smoot-Hawley tariff in 1930.”
nationalreview.com
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