The Club for Growth is opposed to the Obama Administration levels.
In 1995, the House voted to eliminate TAA as part of the budget resolution. Since then, many House Members have supported budget proposals that have terminated TAA. President Obama has also proposed to terminate some TAA benefits in his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal.
TAA is undoubtedly-and deliberately designed as-a federal wealth redistribution program that has no business existing in a free society. The underlying assumption inherent to TAA is that increased trade is bad and needs to be offset by yet another pseudo-compassionate federal program paid for by taxpayers at-large. It is time that we fully rebuff such thinking and forge ahead with a robust trade agenda that removes barriers wherever possible, on the notion that more and freer trade benefits all parties involved-consumers, workers, business-owners, inventors, and so on.
Just as we do not agree with the reasoning that the federal government must spend more money to keep from going bankrupt, we reject any call to embrace socialism in order to promote capitalism.
We look forward to working with you to promote free enterprise and enact the Colombia, South Korea, and Panama Free Trade Agreements this Congress.
Sincerely,
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