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In reply to the discussion: In case you missed it..Matt Taibbi leaves Rolling Stone for new digs. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)80. RFK would likely scold you for your propaganda here. RFK also does "Ring of Fire,"
which has been very critical of this administration's corporate betrayals of Americans, e.g., through Obama's aggressive push for the TPP. I suspect RFK is applauding this new venue for real investigative journalism in an ocean of corporate-purchased talking points.
https://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/01/obama-fraud-tpp/
Is Obama A Fraud?? TPP
January 3, 2014 by Joshua DeLeon
Copyright © 2014 Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
Is Obama A Fraud?? TPP
During his presidential run in 2008, Barack Obama made himself appear as a populist candidate; one who would act in the very best interests of the average American. Obama promised stricter Wall Street regulation and consumer protection. He promised protection for whistleblowers. He promised vast job creation and a stronger middle class. He promised change.
However, nothing has much changed and the provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal reveal Obama as more of a job-killing, corporate marionette. We are now forced to ask the question: Has Obama lost control or has he been defrauding the American public from day one?
The TPP trade deal is a corporate trojan horse with corporate-friendly provisions that even overshadow those of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA was passed 20 years ago during the Clinton Administration and was meant to lubricate foreign trade with lowered tariffs and eased foreign trade barriers. NAFTAs true effect was that it limited corporate regulation and gave incentives to corporations that outsourced American work to low-wage countries. In the process, it destroyed American manufacturing.
Should there be any regulation that companies felt would interfere with profits, they could challenge the regulation before trade tribunals and demand government compensation over such regulation. NAFTA eventually killed millions of American jobs, created a $181 billion trade deficit with Mexico and Canada, and resulted in over $360 million of government compensation to corporations over policy disputes, policies designed for public interest. The TPP proves to have more devastating implications.
Ring of Fire - https://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/01/obama-fraud-tpp/
Copyright © 2014 Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
Is Obama A Fraud?? TPP
January 3, 2014 by Joshua DeLeon
Copyright © 2014 Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
Is Obama A Fraud?? TPP
During his presidential run in 2008, Barack Obama made himself appear as a populist candidate; one who would act in the very best interests of the average American. Obama promised stricter Wall Street regulation and consumer protection. He promised protection for whistleblowers. He promised vast job creation and a stronger middle class. He promised change.
However, nothing has much changed and the provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal reveal Obama as more of a job-killing, corporate marionette. We are now forced to ask the question: Has Obama lost control or has he been defrauding the American public from day one?
The TPP trade deal is a corporate trojan horse with corporate-friendly provisions that even overshadow those of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA was passed 20 years ago during the Clinton Administration and was meant to lubricate foreign trade with lowered tariffs and eased foreign trade barriers. NAFTAs true effect was that it limited corporate regulation and gave incentives to corporations that outsourced American work to low-wage countries. In the process, it destroyed American manufacturing.
Should there be any regulation that companies felt would interfere with profits, they could challenge the regulation before trade tribunals and demand government compensation over such regulation. NAFTA eventually killed millions of American jobs, created a $181 billion trade deficit with Mexico and Canada, and resulted in over $360 million of government compensation to corporations over policy disputes, policies designed for public interest. The TPP proves to have more devastating implications.
Ring of Fire - https://www.ringoffireradio.com/2014/01/obama-fraud-tpp/
Copyright © 2014 Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder
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In case you missed it..Matt Taibbi leaves Rolling Stone for new digs. [View all]
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2014
OP
Me? I just want a good Government job with benefits and good retirement plan.
seveneyes
Mar 2014
#57
So you're just going to discount all his excellent and revealing reporting because someone says he's
cui bono
Mar 2014
#61
When he offers opinions on political issues, I'll take his perspective into consideration.
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#67
That does it then, from now when he reports facts, slap that label on and file it all away under
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#26
I think it's great to have so many great journalists in one place. They sure won't be allowed on the
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#94
Ermagerd, your sig makes me want to go wash my eyes from the inside out with vodka.
fleabiscuit
Mar 2014
#66
I know, ACTUAL Journalists rather than Corporate Stooges. Watch the smear campaign begin.
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#28
What sources of news are, in your opinion, credible, that it all right or even half as right as
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#74
What if he joins Taibbi at this new media outlet? Looks like actual journalists are flocking to it.
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#76
Okay, but I don't think most animals like Guinness, although I did see a dog in a pub
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#78
RFK would likely scold you for your propaganda here. RFK also does "Ring of Fire,"
woo me with science
Mar 2014
#80
Taibbi was the keynote speaker at the recent Public Banking Institute Conference
RufusTFirefly
Mar 2014
#53
I don't know what I think of the move, but as long as he continues to speak truth
Ed Suspicious
Mar 2014
#95