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Just Dont Do It, Sanders Urges Obama on Nike TripNike has taken advantage of free-trade agreements similar to proposed new pact which Obama is touting to offshore tens of thousands of American jobs to Vietnam and other low-wage countries.
Nike epitomizes why disastrous unfettered free-trade policies during the past four decades have failed American workers, eroded our manufacturing base and increased income and wealth inequality in this country, Sanders wrote in a letter he sent to the president yesterday.
As part of a campaign on Capitol Hill for a proposed 12-nation trade agreement, the Obama administration has been traveling the country talking about the pacts supposed benefits.
Sanders and other opponents of the deal have argued that previous trade agreements cost millions of American jobs and widened the United States trade deficit a pattern likely to be repeated if the largest ever trade deal is approved by Congress.
It is no secret why Nike is supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This would increase the profits of Nike but do nothing to encourage Nike to create one manufacturing job in this country. It would simply make Nike more money and increase the compensation packages of its executives, Sanders wrote.
Since 2001, the U.S. has lost 60,000 factories. When Nike was founded in 1964, just 4 percent of footwear sold in the United States was imported. Today, that number has soared to 98 percent and Nike, like many other shoe companies, produces all of its products overseas.
Sanders said Congress should reject the free-trade agreement and instead develop policies that promote jobs in the United States.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/just-dont-do-it-sanders-urges-obama-on-nike-trip
Read Bernie's letter to the President here or here
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Democrats approve six presidential primary debates
Source: USA Today
The Democratic National Committee said it will sanction six presidential primary debates starting this fall, including one event each in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
Weve always believed that we could have a competitive primary process, and that debates would be an important part of that process, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Tuesday. Our debate schedule will not only give Democratic voters multiple opportunities to size up the candidates for the nomination side-by-side, but will give all Americans a chance to see a unified Democratic vision of economic opportunity and progress no matter whom our nominee may be.
Each of the four early presidential nominating states will host a sanctioned debate, plus there will be two more under the DNC plan. The sponsors will be a combination of state parties, local and national media, digital platforms and civic organizations.
The DNC, like its Republican counterpart, is seeking exclusivity from Democratic presidential candidates. If a candidate participates in a non-sanctioned debate, he or she would lose the ability to participate in those backed by the DNC.
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Read more: http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/05/05/democrats-primary-debates-six-dnc/
Maddow show May 4: Bernie Sanders talks issues and politics
Senator Bernie Sanders talked about the surprisingly strong fundraising effort for his Presidential campaign. The Senator also drew contrasts between himself and front-runner Hillary Clinton on major national issues.
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