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On the 20th Anniversary of NAFTA | Vincent Intondi
...The same "cherry-picking" occurs with presidents. Liberals praise Franklin Roosevelt for the New Deal, but largely ignore his executive order authorizing Japanese internment. Conservatives want to anoint Ronald Reagan into sainthood, yet fail to mention his support for Salvadoran death squads that killed thousands of civilians. They hold on to Benghazi like a dog with a bone, but refuse to utter the phrase "Iran-Contra." Already, Bush and his supporters are attempting to rewrite the narrative on Hurricane Katrina, refusing to acknowledge that while over 1,800 people drowned in New Orleans, Bush was eating birthday cake in Arizona with Senator John McCain. All of this brings us to the one president who has gone through considerable revision: Bill Clinton...
...This month marks the 20th anniversary of when the U.S. Congress, under a strong a push from President Clinton, ratified the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he signed into law a month later. Originally, the American people were told that NAFTA would make it easier for the U.S. to import cheap goods from Mexico while exporting American made products to our southern neighbors. Thus both economies would grow, jobs would increase, and illegal immigration would decline...