SPP:
Sovereignty & Prosperity Perversion
By Henry Lamb
It may go down in history as the worst idea
of the century: the Security & Prosperity Partnership. In reality, it
is a partnership for the perversions of national sovereignty and
prosperity.
The so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership is designed to
essentially erase the U.S. borders between Mexico and Canada, and
instead, build a security fence around all of North America. What a
joke! The U.S. has demonstrated its inability to control its own
borders. Why would anyone in their right mind think for a moment that
by entering into a partnership with Mexico and Canada, the border
around all three nations would become any more secure than they are
now?
In fact, the goals of the partnership have nothing to do with
restricting the flow of illegal aliens. The report of the 2006 meeting
says that one of the goals is to: "Develop standards and options
for secure documents to facilitate cross-border travel." The
implications of this goal are frightening.
Imagine this: people who are willing to provide answers to an array
of questions asked by government, to be stored in a database available
to all three nations, will be provided with a "bio-metric"
card or device, that can be read electronically at a border
crossing. If a bell doesn't ring, the traveler is on his way.
The idea of developing "secure" documents in this
hacker's world is simply an invitation to the bad guys to produce
highly profitable counterfeits. What's worse is the idea of a
tri-national database containing all kinds of information about
individual citizens. This would be a rich treasure chest, ready for
raiding by the bad guys.
All of this foolishness, of course, is designed to enhance the flow
of NAFTA/CAFTA trade, with the hope that the Mexican economy will
improve to the point that Mexicans can earn a decent living at home,
and have no reason to come to the United States. The way things have
been going since NAFTA was adopted, suggests that Mexico's
economic base is not improving, but the United States' economic
base is diminishing.
When a barrier between two bodies of water is removed, the water
will find the lowest common point. When a border between two economic
systems is removed, economies will also find the lowest common
point. This is precisely what NAFTA/CAFTA is doing. The so-called
Security and Prosperity Partnership only expedites the process.
Since NAFTA, U.S. businesses have exported millions of jobs to
Mexico. Mexico has exported millions of people to the United
States. These people are willing to work for much less than
U.S. workers, because whatever they are paid is more than they can
earn in Mexico. And, if it is not enough, they can supplement their
income with food stamps, medical care, welfare - or crime.
This two-fold attack on American Prosperity has been underway for
more than a decade. The current efforts to further
"integrate" the three nations will benefit Mexico, and
perhaps Canada, but it is, and will continue to be, a horrible drain
on U.S. prosperity.
In an effort to deny growing criticism, the SPP website has
recently posted a "Myth & Fact" page. It boasts that the SPP
is not an "Agreement," or "Treaty," and that the
President has signed nothing.
This means that the ten "working groups" assigned the
task of implementing the partnership are functioning purely on
executive authority, without the benefit of Congressional oversight.
To get a more accurate picture of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership, the location of the words "Myth" and
"Fact" should be reversed on the SPP website. Most of what
the White House says is "Myth," is much closer to reality,
than what they say is fact.
This crazy idea of fully integrating the citizens of these three
nations into one "North American Community," is the reason
why U.S. borders have not been closed to the invasion of illegal
aliens over the last decade. It is the reason why employers who hire
illegal aliens have not been prosecuted. It is the reason for NAFTA,
CAFTA, and the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
It is an idea that the American people have never been asked to
consider. It is an idea that the academic and political elite have
decided would be best for the masses, and they are proceeding with the
project administratively, with little or no Congressional involvement.
If its implementation continues apace, the sovereign nation of the
United States will disappear, and the people of North America will be
governed by a hierarchy of professional bureaucrats.
Henry Lamb is the Executive Vice President of the
Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO), and Chairman of
Sovereignty International.
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