Here it comes: The Fast Track (TPA) freight train to shove the TPP down our throats

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78. Both (D) and (R) platforms endorse the TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership: The biggest trade deal you’ve never heard of
Salon.com Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/everything_you_wanted_to_know_about_the_trans_pacific_partnership/

Why isn’t trade a part of the election? After all, in 1992, Ross Perot made the last successful third-party run for the presidency, mostly on the strength of his anti-NAFTA rhetoric. Today, however, on the core question of these trade agreements, the parties basically agree. President Barack Obama has pledged to double U.S. exports as a core policy goal, and the Democratic platform lists the TPP as a “historic high-standard agreement” that will help accomplish this. The GOP platform pledges that “a Republican President will complete negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership to open rapidly developing Asian markets to U.S. products.” Both party leaders argue that exports are one key to creating high-quality American jobs...more

Democratic Party Platform
http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform

We remain committed to finding more markets for American-made goods—including using the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the United States and eight countries in the Asia-Pacific...

Republican Party Platform
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=101961

Because American workers have shown that, on a truly level playing field, they can surpass the competition in international trade, we call for the restoration of presidential Trade Promotion Authority. It will ensure up or down votes in Congress on any new trade agreements, without meddling by special interests. A Republican President will complete negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership to open rapidly developing Asian markets to U.S. products. Beyond that, we envision a worldwide multilateral agreement among nations committed to the principles of open markets, what has been called a "Reagan Economic Zone," in which free trade will truly be fair trade for all concerned.

The fix was in years ago. The elite laugh at the proles, as their servants count their money.

Those expecting the Republicans to somehow block this because "they hate Obama" haven't been paying a bit of attention.

The 1% have already stolen our children's future, now they are coming for everything else. After all, recent history has shown that they can do just about anything and nobody really does anything to stop them. Right now for example presses are printing ~$80 billion dollars per month to reward crooked bankers for their gambling with our money. Few really care. There's a Super Bowl coming up.