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Armstead

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13. I'm all for those wonderful goals you mention -- and I'm totally against TPP

Reply to pampango (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 03:38 PM

Feb 2014

"Free trade" as embodied in these "agreements" is not about trade. It's all about subverting the ability of nations and their people to determine their own laws and policies.

It uses the ability to trade as blackmail, in order to make civil society subject to the rule of Big Capital.

That is not in the spirit of true enlightened internationalism.

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POLL on TPP Fast Track poll [View all] yurbud Jan 2014 OP

I oppose fast tracking because these bills need to be discussed and understood before taking a Mass Jan 2014 #1

based on our trade agreements of the last couple of decades, it won't do most of us any good. yurbud Feb 2014 #4

Can someone explain to me the diiference... NobodyHere Jan 2014 #2

no amendments, debate, just the whole enchilada, yes or no. yurbud Jan 2014 #3

I smell bullshit with this poll. cali Feb 2014 #5

how so? Do you mean the article the OP refers to or the DU poll based on it? yurbud Feb 2014 #8

One Million US Jobs Lost - TBF Feb 2014 #6

good find. They should put that last excerpt on screen whenever a pol tries to sell a trade deal yurbud Feb 2014 #11

+1 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #16

I don't understand why you are shocked. LWolf Feb 2014 #7

"I'm shocked, shocked that there's gambling going on here." Armstead Feb 2014 #12

Two reasons, I think. One is that Democrats tend to be more open to trade, immigration, diplomacy - pampango Feb 2014 #9

I'm all for those wonderful goals you mention -- and I'm totally against TPP Armstead Feb 2014 #13

I understand. Conservatives (particularly tea partiers) are against 'free trade' more than liberals. pampango Feb 2014 #15

This is not only a liberal/conservative issue. Armstead Feb 2014 #17

Not just no Aerows Feb 2014 #10

Because too many Democrats trust their Corporate Centrist/Nei-Liberal leaders i guess Armstead Feb 2014 #14

other arely staircase Feb 2014 #18