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AnotherMcIntosh

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4. One talk converted them from a I've-got-mine philosophy to a Henry-Ford one? When they no longer

Reply to bigtree (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 11:23 AM

Dec 2012

support the pending TPP (called the NAFTA of the Pacific), I'll believe that they've been converted.

The support of big business for the pending TPP and existing let's-send-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free trade" agreements indicates that they are still in a let's-screw-what-remains-of-the-middle-class mode.

When President Obama comes out and says that he is not going to sign the TPP, then I'll believe it.

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So, President Obama talked the Business Roundtable into reversing their stance against tax increases [View all] bigtree Dec 2012 OP

Important, if true. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #1

maybe they understand the stakes bigtree Dec 2012 #2

One talk converted them from a I've-got-mine philosophy to a Henry-Ford one? When they no longer AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #4

They may understand economics better Turbineguy Dec 2012 #3

*THEIR* ability to govern? OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #5

no misinterpretation there bigtree Dec 2012 #6

kick bigtree Dec 2012 #7

. bigtree Dec 2012 #8