http://www.makepovertyhistory.org The Northern Wing: Call for Economic Justice

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Call for Economic Justice

The people of the world need to call for a world with economic justice. To achieve this, we should abolish all barriers to free trade, including the various "free trade" organizations who actually support protectionist policies. To NAFTA, CAFTA, someday SAFTA, we need to 'just say no.' Instead, we should engage in free trade. Through free trade, we would stop bankrupting our government through policies that provide little if any benefit to Americans, and cripple economies in other parts of the world. Why should the government pay to subsidize United States grain exports? Without such subsidies, this grain would not be exported, because the local markets would be able to offer the more competitive price. This would increase the supply of home grown grain in the US, driving other countries out of our markets. If there is no market for the produce of our farmers, then we need to either diversify the crops that our farmers grow or simply grow less.
The only instances in which action against free trade may be necessary is to prevent it from being utilized as a tool by governments who do not support such a policy. If western nations would restrict trade to states abiding by free-trade, then more and more states would join in. Eventually, it would be impossible for a country to pull away from free-trade policies. Farm subsidies need to be stopped, while the world needs to work to convince China to abandon its state-run industry and protectionist policies. Africa needs to be allowed to grow. Through free trade, the world has a virtually endless supply of wealth. There is no need for poverty.
By allowing the people of Africa, and the majority of the people of China, to climb out of poverty and amass some minimal amount of wealth, we will be welcoming them into the global marketplace. This increases the supply and demand for goods and services, inherently increasing the world's wealth.
Well targeted aid is necessary in Africa to update its infrastructure before it can realistically become an economic force. Then, by allowing free-trade, Africa will be able to end its dependance on Western aid. The people of Africa will begin to climb out of poverty. This allows for the building blocks of democracy, and will help to topple the totalitarian regimes in power. It all starts with trade. Tell your representatives that you support free trade, with your voice, vote, and dollar.

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