Reply #3: I actually do [View All]

[redstate_democrat]

think it would require businesses to think long and hard before they move jobs out. If you have strong labor, environmental, and human rights STANDARDS included in these agreements, and on top of that, take away the incentive to relocate outside of the country and provide that incentive to companies that stay in the U.S., I think that would provide a great way to keep jobs here. Then if you overhaul the health care system by making health care more affordable by providing businesses with tax credits for health care coverage, then that will also add to the "sweet heart" deal of staying in the U.S. I understand that a lot of businesses relocate to Canada because of the free health care there. That's a huge break on businesses. If you REQUIRE LABOR STANDARDS which include worker protection, right to organize, fair wages, etc, then the competition basically boils down to PERFORMANCE and not exploitation of workers. If you add environmental standards, then there is no desire left to offshore business to pollute other countries or evade environmental regulations and standards here in the U.S. If you include human rights standards, then that pressures governments to act on areas in their own countries to do the work they may be neglecting. All of these trade agreements need to be reevaluated.