The Perils to America – Who’s Ready to Lead Us?
The past few weeks have seen many disturbing and seemingly unrelated news reports in the national media. First came the ISIS Islamist attack on Iraq, with the possibility that we’ll be drawn back into war there. Next, major problems in the Veterans Administration were disclosed and required the resignation of the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs and a program for total overhaul of the V.A. Then we hear our vital steel industry is experiencing massive illegal dumping by China and South Korea aimed at wiping out our key producers. We need strong filings against those countries by the U.S. Commerce Department now.
Next, terms of the TISA (“Trade In Services Agreement”), another secret global agreement, were disclosed by Wikileaks last Friday. This would eliminate needed controls on big banks’ risky investment activities and adds to the other huge “free trade” deals being sought by President Obama and the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. That includes TPP with the Far East and TIPA with Europe, along with Fast Track Authority to bypass detailed congressional review.
All of these developments present new dangers to America’s national security and world leadership, yet the national media and leaders in Washington have mostly had little to say about their combined impact on our nation. Fortunately, a few key individuals have been speaking out repeatedly. Here is my “good guys” list. It includes Leo Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers, Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, and Ed Schultz, host of the nightly MSNBC television show. Often, two of them appear together.
My group, Balanced Trade Associates, fully supports these bold and able men. We want to add another huge, seldom mentioned problem to the list, together with a proposed solution. It’s the fact that our domestic industries and rich market are being taken over by massive uncontrolled imports. We import more than $2.2 trillion in goods a year from a half-million producers worldwide. We export much less, leaving a trade deficit of $600 billion, which results in a reduction of about 4 percent in our national GDP. My partner, Will Wilkin, and I will contact the three “good guys” and others who respond to this article to answer questions and find common ground. We’ll also send them our proposed legislation as the best answer to the import problem. It is “The Balanced Trade Restoration Act of 2014.”
My e-mail is kndavis10@gmail.com, and Will’s is willwilkin@balancedtrade.us.
K.N. Davis Jr., Executive Director, Balanced Trade Associates
kndavis10@gmail.com
