"Why are we passing this Central American Free Trade Agreement?"  Bush says "We've had a marvelous year".  McDermott objects.  Our trade deficit is at a record high.  Does this help?

The combined economies of the 6 countries is $85 billion GDP, equivalent to Tampa, Florida.  They have poor workers, hard workers.  They try to immigrate here because of that.  If we keep them there, who wins in that?

No labor protections, no unions, no health care, no education, no worker safety.  But we get a cheap work force.

NAFTA didn't stop illegal immigration from Mexico, this won't stop it.  They aren't stupid, they know 50c/hour there is worse than menial jobs here.

Did we negotiate with the workers?  No.  They have an elite who control the country and have for centuries and all we are doing is giving them more power to control the workers.  We are setting no example for the world.