NAFTA

The Arizona immigration bill that has been grabbing headlines for months due to its controversial provisions came to a temporary conclusion today. Regrettably, neither side is dealing with the main issue that should be at the forefront of the illegal immigration debate: NAFTA.

Few are aware that NAFTA has rendered us uncompetitive in the world, has destroyed our industrial base and killed most of our manufacturing jobs.

A mostly benign and largely overlooked ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month raises questions about the constitutionality of a controversial provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement.

No other country loses so many jobs, so much productive, and so much investment capital to international trade. No country can even come close to losing so much money.