The TPP
backseatLover12
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...Washington speak for Corruption and Theft, not a trade agreement.
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/trans-pacific-partnership-is-washington-speak-for-corruption-and-theft
Fast Track to Hell: Trade Bill Officially Introduced in Congress
'Congress shouldn’t throw Americans under the bus by giving up its authority over this unprecedented giveaway to multinational corporations.'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/16/fast-track-hell-trade-bill-officially-introduced-congress
U.S. House and Senate leaders announced Thursday afternoon that they have reached a deal on legislation aimed at jamming the Trans Pacific Partnership through Congress.
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/trans-pacific-partnership-is-washington-speak-for-corruption-and-theft
Fast Track to Hell: Trade Bill Officially Introduced in Congress
'Congress shouldn’t throw Americans under the bus by giving up its authority over this unprecedented giveaway to multinational corporations.'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/16/fast-track-hell-trade-bill-officially-introduced-congress
U.S. House and Senate leaders announced Thursday afternoon that they have reached a deal on legislation aimed at jamming the Trans Pacific Partnership through Congress.
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Here's another article worth checking out:
http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/trade-rule-illegal-favor-local-business-tpp-leak-wikileaks
i imagine in the same way that nafta and cafta did. this tpp is a bad idea and i strongly oppose it.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
http://billmoyers.com/2015/04/22/look-fast-track-bill-shows-wrong-thing/
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Here's an expanded version of what bsL posted above:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/a-look-at-the-fast-track_b_7100354.html
Will a Secretive International Trade Deal Ban GMO Labeling?
The Trans Pacific Partnership is likely to be a setback for efforts to regulate and label GMO foods.
http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/will-secretive-international-trade-deal-ban-gmo-labeling-trans-pacific-partnership
Insanity.
It's hilarious to hear the right bashing Hillary for "selling influence" when they have campaigned for and championed that right for decades now.
Godfather.
Godfather.
the average middle class american worker doesn't have a chance with these trade agreements.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Godfather.
President then rips on dems
http://observer.com/2015/05/obama-hurls-insults-at-liberals-on-trade/
Dems then call Obama sexist
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/241820-democratic-senator-sees-sexism-in-obama-remarks-on-warren
This should be good
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/05/12/victory-grassroots-fast-track-goes-down-crucial-senate-vote
Victory for Grassroots as Fast Track Goes Down in Crucial Senate Vote
'We know the forces pushing the job-killing TPP won't stop here, and they should know, neither will we,' says Democracy for America
In what was immediately heralded as a victory for the grassroots, Senate Democrats on Tuesday stymied President Barack Obama's corporate-driven trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from taking up Fast Track legislation.
According to news reports, a cloture motion to cut off a filibuster and proceed to debate fell short of the 60 votes necessary to pass. Sen. Tom Carper, of Delaware, was the only Democrat to vote yes.
Civil society groups lauded Tuesday's outcome and what it could mean for future trade votes.
"The Fast Track train went off the rails today," cheered Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division. "The U.S. Senate vote was supposed to generate momentum for Fast Track in the U.S. House of Representatives, where it's in deep trouble, with almost every House Democrats and a significant bloc of GOP opposing it."
I want to set the record straight.
Right now, we have an opportunity to set the most progressive trade agreement in our nation's history -- with enforceable labor and environmental protections we simply can't count on other nations to pursue.
Here's why this means so much to me: I want to make sure that any deal we reach reflects our nation's values, in a way that hasn't always been true in the past. That's why I've said I'll refuse to sign any agreement that doesn't put American workers first.
But as long as 95 percent of our potential customers live outside our borders, we don't have the option to sit back and let others set the rules. We need to take this opportunity to level the playing field -- because when we're competing on equal ground, American workers win.
I've staked my presidency on middle-class economics, and fought hard for policies that ensure that anyone who's willing to work hard and play by the rules can get a fair shot.
We've made a lot of progress over the past six years -- rebounding from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, strengthening our manufacturing sector, and growing forward-looking industries like renewable energy.
We can't go back -- and we can't leave it to nations like China to write the rules for the global economy.
This is personal for me. I understand the skepticism about this, or any, trade deal. I've met folks across the country who still feel burned by agreements of the past. Those are the people I came to Washington to fight for.
That's what this is about for me. This is our chance to do better, to get it right.
I hope you'll agree. Over the last few months, OFA supporters across the country have stood up to ask the hard questions on this issue -- to make sure the outcome is good not just for our economy, but for working families.
If you want to see America lead the way to establish a truly progressive trade agreement, add your name with OFA today:
http://my.barackobama.com/Lead-On-Trade
Thank you,
Barack Obama
sooooooooo whada ya think ?........I think he can stick it in his ass (fast track-tpp)
Godfather.
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
Brilliantati©
Your alarmist proclamation that President Barack Hussein Obama was called a "sexist?" Falls on deaf ears. He's been called worse.
It won't be nearly as fun as watching the republicans eat each other. Hillary is the smartest person in the room.
Steer a steady course Cap'n
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
Brilliantati©
Godfather.
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/05/14/warren-to-obama-be-as-transparent-as-bush-43-on-trade/
That's gotta hurt.
Godfather.
Biden is a foot in mouth idiot though.