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Challenging the Wisdom of the Trans Texas Corridor.
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Recent articles were misleading June 12, 2007 By The Florida Times-Union Two syndicated articles recently ran in the Times-Union that called the North American Union a conspiracy theory and the North American Free Trade Agreement superhighway an urban myth. These articles seemed designed to ridicule and dismiss valid questions about the plans of bureaucrats and corporations for Mexico, Canada and the United States. These nicknames do describe ideas and projects under serious consideration by some North American politicians and businesses. For some years, there have been discussions among government-sponsored economists regarding an "Amero" currency. The Council on Foreign Relations' Benn Steil just published "The End of National Currency" in Foreign Affairs magazine. Such an arrangement requires some sort of supranational government, just as with the Euro. Furthermore, the North American SuperCorridor Coalition Inc. is no myth. It has received millions of dollars of funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to plan for "improved" trade relations through the United States to Canada and Mexico. While it does not follow that there is anything sinister about this, it is inexcusable that both articles failed to mention NASCO. Also relevant but unmentioned was the ongoing pitched battle of Texas citizens (backed almost unanimously by the Texas House) against their governor and several powerful state senators over the future of the Trans-Texas Corridor, a huge project involving both private and foreign interests. The corridor could effectively get the larger NASCO project off the ground. Texas citizens and lawmakers were kept in the dark about the corridor until those behind it were ready to proceed. This unfortunate secrecy understandably fanned the flames of distrust elsewhere in the country over the intentions of the White House-initiated Security and Prosperity Partnership. Both articles used innuendo to suggest, for example, that since Vietnam veteran, obstetrician and 10-term U.S. Rep. Ron Paul has alluded to secret funding, the issues must be fantasies. The facts indicate otherwise.
THOMAS J.
WISWELL
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