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The snow job that Mary Peters dumped on Denver today had to beat any blizzard the Mile-High City ever got in January.

Mary Peters was at a meat packing plant that doesn’t do business with Mexico. She was complaining that closing the border to trucks from Mexico would hurt the economy.

Your pants are on fire, hon.

Before NAFTA was passed, U.S. workers sold $1.5 billion more goods to Mexico than they bought from Mexico. Last year, U.S. workers bought $75 billion more goods from Mexico than they sold.

Ever wonder where all those jobs in Michigan and Ohio went? The fact that we bought $32 billion more autos from Mexico than we sold should give you a clue.

Mary Peters says that opening the border to trucks from Mexico “is a long-delayed implementation” of NAFTA. What she doesn’t say is it’s illegal. It’s illegal because Congress cut off funding for the program. It’s illegal because Mary Peters ignored laws that said she couldn’t open the border until state troopers could track Mexican drivers’ licenses. She couldn’t open the border until federal inspectors were posted to make sure the trucks are checked. She couldn’t open the border until inspectors could make sure Mexican drivers can speak English. She couldn’t open the border until the Transportation Department made sure that Mexican drivers were tested for drugs and alcohol according to U.S. standards.

But she did open the border to dangerous trucks. Instead of a safety net, we get a tissue of lies and a long trail of broken laws.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/26/bush-envoy-opening-border-to-trucking-good-for/