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Section of TPP describing benefits to American families has been leaked... (Original Post) whereisjustice May 2015 OP
LOL PatrickforO May 2015 #1
Just great turbinetree May 2015 #2
That looks like unused toilet paper. After TPP it will look used. L0oniX May 2015 #3
:D C Moon May 2015 #4
So what is Bernie's plan? MaggieD May 2015 #5
His plan is only blank if you have your eyes closed. First his plan is to stop these damaging rhett o rick May 2015 #14
Lol! BeanMusical May 2015 #6
It's classified. Fuddnik May 2015 #7
Classic deadpan humor ( and accurate commentary on the situation ) Populist_Prole May 2015 #8
The Average American is getting "Fortunato'ed" nikto May 2015 #9
: ) ! JimDandy May 2015 #10
I was expecting something more like this magical thyme May 2015 #11
That's a LOT of horse apples. hifiguy May 2015 #16
Bernie's Plan colsohlibgal May 2015 #12
Bernie's plan: Putting the US proletariat first Populist_Prole May 2015 #13
This is clearly unfair. We haven't seen the final draft. nm rhett o rick May 2015 #15

turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
2. Just great
Wed May 13, 2015, 11:22 PM
May 2015

I thought I was going to learn something-------I did--------I'm getting nothing but a blank page

Thanks

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
5. So what is Bernie's plan?
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:03 AM
May 2015

It's blank too. He has no plan to help US workers compete in the reality of a global economy.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
14. His plan is only blank if you have your eyes closed. First his plan is to stop these damaging
Thu May 14, 2015, 06:46 PM
May 2015

Free Trade Agreements that are destroying our economy. That would be a big step forward. If that weren't enough he has come out with specific ideas.

Sanders signed Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the US from foreign countries with fundamentally undervalued currency.
Defines "benefit conferred" as the difference between:
the amount of currency provided by a foreign country in which the subject merchandise is produced; and
the amount of currency such country would have provided if the real effective exchange rate of its currency were not fundamentally undervalued.
Determines that the currency of a foreign country is fundamentally undervalued if for an 18-month period:
the government of the country engages in protracted, large-scale intervention in one or more foreign exchange markets
the country's real effective exchange rate is undervalued by at least 5%
the country has experienced significant and persistent global current account surpluses; and
the country's government has foreign asset reserves exceeding the amount necessary to repay all its debt obligations.

See more of his stands and "plans" here: http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Bernie_Sanders_Free_Trade.htm

He is an advocate of Fair Trade.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
7. It's classified.
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:39 AM
May 2015

After it passes, you can see it in a year or so, but you can't take notes or talk about it.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
8. Classic deadpan humor ( and accurate commentary on the situation )
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:59 AM
May 2015

K&R, and a great big raspberry to pro-TPP types..

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
12. Bernie's Plan
Thu May 14, 2015, 10:20 AM
May 2015

He's been consistent for years. He would have a hard time enacting all this because of the legalized bribery in DC, too many politicians on both sides are bought and paid for.

But his plan is simple, it has been consistent through the years. Raise the top marginal tax rate back to where it was from JFK to the B Actor president - between 60-75 % or so. Cut the loopholes that lets a company like Exxon-Mobil get millions in refunds (nice reward for ruining the Gulf Of Mexico). Eliminate gerrymandering. Quit fighting silly wars that cause more harm than good, cut the defense budget by a ton, quit building planes that don't fly in the rain, tanks that are just put in huge parking lots. Use the money and manpower saved to fix our crumbling infrastructure.

Again Eisenhower's chief warning as he left office was guarding against undo influence by the MI complex. He did he nail that one and obviously it fell on deaf ears.

Have universal single payer, much less expensive health care. We are the only non tinhorn country in the world who allows for profit healthcare beyond simple staffing/gatekeeping with a boss or two making maybe 60% more money or whatever. What on earth does a CEO making 12 million a year add to the health care delivery system?

And so on and so on, we have to get real and level the playing field much more than it is now.

So if you pay attention Bernie has been consistent from what he says and what he tries to do. Unlike Obama - and it not hard to prove that, it's all on tape.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
13. Bernie's plan: Putting the US proletariat first
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:41 PM
May 2015

Not using them as cannon fodder in feel-good some geopolitical move; the kind that makes well-heeled neoliberals feel good about themselves.

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