The Trans-Pacific Partnership looks like a giant step toward the end of sovereign nations.

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107. Well, two things that I know of,

Although there are probably plenty more. Big Pharma's patents will be protected even if you are a very poor person in some third world country. Profits to Big Pharma will rise if the TPP is passed.

And same for banking. The four biggest Americans banks want total control over banking everywhere. Nations that have had decent economic officials see to it that their banking is protected via statutes similar to Glass Steagal will no longer have a voice in running their own economic policies. Instead, each nation will have its own crop of Tim Geithners and Ben Bernankes to strangle the chances of the poor becoming middle class, and to stop the middle class from remaining middle class.

And if you are one of the 85 wealthiest people in the world who are determined to do this, it is relatively cheap to bribe whomever you need to to do this. It is said that the Big Corporation known as Bechtel was able to buy up Bolivia's Senators for only $ 100,000 per senator. That is how Bechtel seized Bolivia's water supply for several years, until Bolivians took to the streets and after being bloodied and killed, got their water back. There are places where that much of an offering wouldn't be necessary.

And if Obama gets this done, he won't have to settle for the lousy $ 100,000 per Corporate Speech that Bill Clinton settled for.