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Tammy L. Bryant
September 7, 2008
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Are the people of the world aware of the current situation in which they will find
themselves concerning the unification of countries, areas, and continents? Do they realize
the full implications and possible ramifications of such unification or integration of the
area of the world in which they live? We are surrounded today in the world by
globalization in many forms in social, economical and cultural venues. One example of
such globalization is taking place on the North American continent without the approval,
full knowledge, or in many cases awareness of the citizens it will affect. The government
officials of the three countries involved seem to have a hidden agenda in order to effect
the changes they desire. In fact, it is nothing more than creating a North American Union
in the fashion, all be it altered, as the European Union was formed. Even though the
North American Union (NAU) is purported to be for the good of the people on the North
American continent, the current strategies by politicians are bypassing the elected
officials negating the U.S. government which constitutionally is a government "for the
Though the politicians are saying there is no such thing as a North American
Union, the building of the North American community is in fact working toward such a
goal. A “union” is simply an agreement or unity of interests or opinions and the act of
joining together people or things to form a whole. The NAU consists of the three
countries on the North American continent-Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The
agreements made between the three countries call for open borders and free trade to
The photo of the meeting in Waco is from The White House, News
and Policies, March 28, 2005, whitehouse.gov.
The photo of the ID card with the North Carolina hologram and the
icon for the SPP is titled Sign of the Times by twotone666 on
flicker.com.
These countries began unifying with the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) in 1993. From that time to the present, the steady unification has had several
definable goals which have been fostered by Dr. Robert Pastor, a co-chair of a special
Task Force of the Council on Foreign Relations (Lamb, 2007). He has authored a report
entitled “Building a North American Community” which sets out the goals which have
resolution
2007)
Most people in all three countries are completely unaware of the political
undercurrents forcing the unification. The integration has been done in slow steps so as to
not alarm the public and raise opposition. This slow integration does not force the citizens
of the U.S. to see the far reaching implications. Currently most of the integration has been
focused on trade, the economy, and immigration due to NAFTA. The structure thus far
has been set up by appointed officials who are listed as executive branch officials or
public officials not on the governmental payroll. By being such, they can bypass
constituents and I are extremely concerned about this ‘partnership’ for many reasons.
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution explicitly states that Congress – not the
executive branch – has the power to ‘regulate commerce with foreign nations. Also, many
SPP working group meetings are held in secret, and the public, the press and members of
causing the identities to be merged into one union as the European Union has been. (Flag
types of steps to work toward this building of the “community.” As stated previously, the
first step toward this building was the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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in 1993. Then Homeland Security began to advocate the Real ID Act to promote easier
border crossings and more standardized identification standards. Now there is the
on how to proceed with the integration. The first recommendation is to have the
governments work together with a common perspective rather than the traditional
approach. The shared topics should include economic growth, law enforcement, energy
security, regulatory policies, dispute resolution and continental defense. The CFR
believes that North America should “rely more on the market and less on bureaucracy,
or union. We must maintain respect for each other’s national sovereignty” (Manley, Aspe,
Weld, d'Aquino, Rozental, & Pastor, 2005). The CFR recommends that the economic
Due to the recent employment problems in America, people are paying more
attention to the immigration issue this poses. Unemployment is at an all time high due to
the lessened restrictions at both ends of the U.S. border. Employment statistics since
Employment Statistics Since NAFTA NAFTA was
300000 CIVILIAN NON
INSTITUTIONAL instituted show
POPULATION OVER 14
250000
YRS OF AGE
that the population
EMPLOYED
200000
of the workforce is
150000
UNEMPLOYED
100000
going up and not
50000
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
compensating for
0
1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
the amount of jobs.
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This is shown by not only the increasing numbers of people in the workforce but those
who are in the civilian count not in the labor force going up. Keep in mind these are only
the numbers in thousands for people who are registered on a census with proper
identification and visas to work in the country. (Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor and
Statistics, 1940-2007).
More of the products of the two outer lying countries produce are brought into the
U.S. for consumer purchase than U.S. created products being sold or exported. “Since
NAFTA was approved, the United States has lost 3.1 million manufacturing jobs. More
than 10 thousand illegal aliens now stream across our southern border every week”
(FDCH News Release, 2007, para 6). Congressman Jones also states in the press release
that the SPP appears to cast aside America’s sovereignty to combine the three countries.
Many people who are against the integration point out that the integration could
well kill the American economy (Wilkinson, 2008). It has even been bantered around to
create a common monetary system similar to the “euro” called the “amero.” This would
mean to combine the dollar’s worth with that of the peso. Over the course of time the
peso has lost almost 80 percent of its net worth from the 1970’s to the present time. If we
were to combine the U.S. currency with that of Mexico our country would be forced to
bail out any monetary shortages on the part of the other countries in the community (The
Right Side, 2007). The supposed goal is to balance out the workforce in the three
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has set certain goals to be worked
toward to integrate the three countries which have been stated previously. The CFR wants
to adopt a common external tariff to fund the governmental structure of the union.
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Establish a common security perimeter by the year 2010 to set the boundaries of the
union for security and trade purposes. Establish a permanent tribunal for North American
dispute resolution which constitutes a legislature branch that would override any of the
three countries’ constitutions in favor of the laws set forth for the union to abide by as a
whole. The holding of an annual North American summit between the heads of the three
countries to discuss the progress of the integration, which have been going on for the past
few years starting in Waco, TX in 2005. The CFR has proposed a non-elected executive
branch set of ministers that would lead working groups within the structure of the
governmental organization of the union. Toward the end of the integration it has been set
as a goal to create a North American Advisory Council and a North American Inter-
Parliamentary group. Even Howard Phillips stated “behind closed doors, step by step, the
leaders of Mexico, Canada, and the United States are setting the stage for, first, a North
American Community and, ultimately, a North American Union (NAU), in which new
transnational bodies would gain authority over our economy, our judiciary, and our
pathways have seemed to be cleared for many things to consecutively take place. The
www.davidduke.com, 2008).
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The NAFTA superhighway if you will notice cuts virtually down the center of the
United States. This opens the entire country to the other two. This superhighway is noted
by critics to be a plan to create a massive new North American transportation and trade
corridor system. This system has been designed to handle the looked forward to increase
of Chinese and other traded products. According to plan, this corridor will allow Mexican
freight drivers to transport goods faster using special designated lanes without being
checked by U. S. Customs (Taylor, 2007). From one side of the U.S. to the other, groups
are doing everything they can to stop the NAFTA Superhighway. While these groups are
getting the point across to some Senators and Congressmen, others adamantly deny there
is any governmental involvement. Evident to the contrary is that North American Super
Transportation. In addition to this funding, congress has passed the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Act, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (Taylor, 2007). All of these
provide funding for transportation between Mexico and Canada. Several states have taken
measures to block the highway being built (The North American, 2008).
The ramifications are horrendous for the American citizen. There will be a virtual
loss of border security due to the proposed free flow of traffic across the border. Instead
of having custom checks, the imports will be inspected at the originating country and
then not inspected until they are in Middle America (Taylor, 2007). The border security
being stripped will only add to the illegal immigration problem. This will result in loss of
jobs for American workers. Most unbelievable is the corridor will equal the width of four
football fields. According to TxDOT nearly a million Texans will be displaced for the
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superhighway to be constructed, not to mention the other states the corridor will be built
through.
simply by calling it by another name. The generalities of it are one in the same no matter
what you label the eventual outcome. The United States of American has been founded
on the principles of the people controlling the government, not the other
what the American people want. The soldiers in the past have guaranteed us the right to
have a voice by their shed blood on the battlefield. The citizens of the United States
should honor that sacrifice and speak up to fight the integration of the three countries to
ensure that our constitutional rights are not infringed upon. As a government for the
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