"Maybe they have considered 'all the issues', and decided they don't want CAFTA"

Yeah, right

Actually, what's "remarkable" is how smugly self-righteous and even condescending some people can be -- implying that people who reject CAFTA have done so out of ignorance or 'narrow-mindedness'. People who are prone to inject religion into a discussion, as you have done in the past, often come off looking shallow, as you do here.

"all the issues"

Maybe they have considered "all the issues", and decided they don't want CAFTA. Maybe this is because they are more concerned with what they see happening around them, i.e. to their communities, where they and their children have to live. You know, all the problems caused by (what is in many areas) overwhelming Hispanic immigration, which they have experienced and are experiencing, and which has undeniably brought with it many problems, including increasing poverty/neighborhood degradation, crime (including horrible, in some areas nearly out of control gang-related crime), and "bad schools". All of which is plenty well documented on this site, as well as many others.

So maybe they're intelligent enough to recognize the tradeoffs, have made some analysis, reviewed their experience, and made a decision.

You see, money and potential economic benefits are not everything to everybody. People can see the tradeoffs, and have decided these "other areas" are just not important enough.

Apparently it's really difficult for you to understand that.

Which does not surprise me, as you appear to be an ideologue, and largely impervious to argument yourself. Which makes you a huge hypocrite for accusing others of the same. Not to mention a condescending jerk.

And failing to see this makes me think you are not too bright either; have you looked up the definition of ignoramus yet?

"all the issues"

Maybe that's because they are more concerned with what they see happening around them, i.e. to their communities, where they and their children have to live. You know, all the problems caused by (what is in many areas) overwhelming Hispanic immigration we have already experienced and are experiencing, which undeniably has brought with it increasing poverty, crime (including horrible, nearly out of control gang-related crime), and "bad schools". All of which is plenty well documented on this site, as well as many others.

So maybe they don't really care about all the possible benefits of CAFTA. Because they seem unimportant compared to the degradation of their communities.

You see, money and potential economic benefits are not everything to everybody. People can see the tradeoff, and have decided these "other areas" are just not important enough.

Apparently it's really difficult for you to understand that.

Which does not surprise me, as you appear to be an ideologue, and largely impervious to argument yourself.

And not too bright either; have you looke up the definition of ignoramus yet?

"all the issues"

Maybe that's because they are more concerned with what they see happening around them, i.e. to their communities, where they and their children have to live. You know, all the problems caused by (what is in many areas) overwhelming Hispanic immigration we have already experienced and are experiencing, which undeniably has brought with it increasing poverty, crime (including horrible, nearly out of control gang-related crime), and "bad schools". All of which is plenty well documented on this site, as well as many others.

So maybe they don't really care about all the possible benefits of CAFTA. Because they seem unimportant compared to the degradation of their communities.

You see, money and potential economic benefits are not everything to everybody. People can see the tradeoff.

Apparently it's really difficult for you to understand that.

Which does not surprise me, as you appear to be an ideologue, and largely impervious to argument yourself.

And not too bright either; have you looke up the definition of ignoramus yet?

It's remarkable how narrow minded are the paranoid radical anti-immigration fanatics. They are unable to evaluate CAFTA based on all the issues. Their anti-immigration stance obsesses them so much that they can't even consider how CAFTA affects other areas.