Braley, Hare Oppose Free Trade Deal

I am a teacher, my wife is a nurse, so you might think education or health care would be the top issue. However, I think our nation's trade policies are the most important issue at national level currently.

It was good to see this story in the Quad Cities Times today...

The two congressmen who represent the Quad-City region said Wednesday they will oppose a proposed free trade deal with South Korea, a pact backers say is the most far-reaching since the NAFTA deal of 1993.

Reps. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, and Phil Hare, D-Ill., as well as two other congressmen said at a news conference in Washington, D.C., that the agreement would exacerbate the U.S. trade deficit with South Korea.

“I just want our work force to be able to compete,” said Hare, who has emerged as a visible critic of the Bush administration’s trade policies.