Defend this, Defenders! President Obama speaks out on Trade Promotion Authority

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114. Thanks to Cali, other "Fringle Left" posters here at DU, and the "Professional Left"..

... in the alternative Media,
this IS getting attention.

We scored two WINS in getting Summers shit-canned and slowing the Rush to War long enough for International Diplomacy to beat the Cruise Missiles to Syria.
Keep the ball rolling and stop this LATEST betrayal of the American Working Class.

Don't "Just Sat NO to the TPP/TTIP",
Scream it to the 4 winds, and let your reps KNOW that a vote FOR TTP/TTIP will cost them.


Sorry, Virginia.
There is no such thing as "Free Trade", "Free Markets", or an "Invisible Hand".
The RICH made that shit up to Bust Unions, Lower Wages, and get MORE MONEY for themselves.


[font size=4]The Graven Image on the altar
of the new Church of Free Trade.[/font]

Like most religions, the Church of Free Trade requires Blind Faith in an All Powerful Invisible Deity (the Invisible Hand) for which no proof exists.
In fact, all evidence collected since 1992 indicates that "Free Trade" only benefits the Very RICH.

The Top .01 Percent Reach New Heights
http://www.demos.org/blog/9/13/13/top-01-percent-reach-new-heights

US Wealthy Have Biggest Piece of Pie Ever Recorded
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/11-6

Rates of unemployment for families earning less than $20,000 - have topped 21 percent
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBS_GAP_RICH_AND_POOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-16-08-11-23


Gallop: 20.4% of Americans now “going hungry”.
http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/12/20460846-1-in-5-americans-struggling-to-put-food-on-the-table?lite

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

Income gap widest ever: 95 Percent of Recovery Income Gains Have Gone to the Top 1 Percent
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/10/one_percent_recovery_95_percent_of_gains_have_gone_to_the_top_one_percent.html

40% Of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage
http://seeingtheforest.com/40-of-americans-now-make-less-than-1968-minimum-wage/



If "Free Trade" is so good for America,
why has the American Working Class been destroyed ?


You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]