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19. Secretary Clinton Comments on the Transpacific System (TPP)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 09:34 AM

Sep 2014

The Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty is the complete opposite of 'free trade'
The TPP would strip our constitutional rights, while offering no gains for the majority of Americans. It's a win for corporations

Mark Weisbrot The Guardian Tuesday 19 November 2013

...Exhibit A was released by WikiLeaks last week: the latest draft of the "intellectual property" chapter of the agreement, one of 24 (out of 29) chapters that do not have to do with trade. This chapter has provisions that will make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to get patents, including in developing countries; have these patents for more years; and extend the ability of these companies to limit access to the scientific data that is necessary for other researchers to develop new medicines. And the United States is even pushing for provisions that would allow surgical procedures to be patented – provisions that may be currently against US law...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/19/trans-pacific-partnership-corporate-usurp-congress

Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. He is also president of Just Foreign Policy. He co-wrote Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border.

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Hillary Clinton denounces income inequality in populist speech [View all] pnwmom Sep 2014 OP

her actions have consistently belied this speech cali Sep 2014 #1

Yeah, right. pnwmom Sep 2014 #2

Big honking clue: I said HER actions. I didn't mention bill, did I? cali Sep 2014 #10

You don't think she's changed her views since 2005. I think the 2008 financial crisis changed them. pnwmom Sep 2014 #80

I see no evidence of that. Her push for fracking, her support for the TPP cali Sep 2014 #93

start here pipoman Sep 2014 #11

Hillary supported her husband as the First Lady. Would you expect her to oppose him publicly? pnwmom Sep 2014 #79

What indication has she ever made that she opposes pipoman Sep 2014 #94

TPP. TPPIP. nt magical thyme Sep 2014 #69

There is no TPP yet and she's no longer part of whatever negotiations are pnwmom Sep 2014 #78

oh please DonCoquixote Sep 2014 #89

Wrong! She never advocated going to war in Syria. bornskeptic Sep 2014 #91

and what part of that is not war? DonCoquixote Sep 2014 #104

ok, here ya go DonCoquixote Sep 2014 #88

are you that ignorant that you are not even aware of her voting record? still_one Sep 2014 #9

I pay attention to her contradictions. cali Sep 2014 #12

fair rebuttal, but not everything in that record is a contradiction, and a lot is pro-labor, and she still_one Sep 2014 #24

Was not aware of some of this...thanks. randys1 Sep 2014 #76

I understand how one may not agree with everything, but I really disagree with the characterization still_one Sep 2014 #85

I think the speech is trickier than that hfojvt Sep 2014 #46

Hillary is a principle architect of the TTP which will hugely exacerbate income inequality cali Sep 2014 #3

Oh, that TPP that is still a work in progress, and of which you have no way of knowing pnwmom Sep 2014 #5

And why is that? pipoman Sep 2014 #14

A secret work in progress that we know will not benefit working class Americans. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #97

Good for her! Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #4

I will whenever I want to. I'm sick of ignorant people misstating her positions. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #7

You're perfectly free to. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #13

You attacked someone else for posting a link that I hadn't seen before. stevenleser Sep 2014 #16

He'd posted it before under another comment of mine just a day or so back. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #37

I think in this case hfojvt Sep 2014 #36

misstating it, misrepresenting it, and obviously not even aware of her voting record. What that still_one Sep 2014 #15

go for it. I'm sick of people pretending Hillary is anything but what she is cali Sep 2014 #18

Good, good, and double-good. Laelth Sep 2014 #6

Lol...yeah, right pipoman Sep 2014 #17

In other news pipoman Sep 2014 #8

These drafts are works in progress put together by people/countries with competing interests pnwmom Sep 2014 #20

When there is a "final draft" nobody can see it but the privileged few pipoman Sep 2014 #21

She opposed CAFTA, which followed NAFTA. She already changed course. nt pnwmom Sep 2014 #23

Where? when? Has she came out against TPP? pipoman Sep 2014 #28

There's nothing to come out against when the draft is still being negotiated. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #31

Lol.. you are too much... pipoman Sep 2014 #32

Secretary Clinton Comments on the Transpacific System (TPP) nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #19

As SoS, her job was to represent POTUS's positions, not her own. And the agreement pnwmom Sep 2014 #22

So what IS her position on the TPP? nt nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #26

She won't have one until it's final. And she isn't a governmental official anymore, pnwmom Sep 2014 #27

The coup in the Honduras was not supported by the President LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #54

I'm interested in what Hillary supposedly did in Honduras. Do you have a link for that? pnwmom Sep 2014 #82

Not handy, no. It will be easy to find on googly LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #87

If it's that easy, you can do it yourself to back up your claim. arcane1 Sep 2014 #102

This is a subject some people don't want to know about. LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #103

LOLOL. Good one! nt Romulox Sep 2014 #25

Re-branding. Different wrapper. Same contents. Don't buy it. merrily Sep 2014 #29

Your post doesn't contain a single specific. She was an extremely popular Senator pnwmom Sep 2014 #30

Doesn't need specifics. I think every DUer will get that post, merrily Sep 2014 #34

The haters will pile on, but you have to admit this about Hilary... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #33

That's why she wears pantsuits. And is trying to rebrand. merrily Sep 2014 #35

she will give lip service to the struggling hfojvt Sep 2014 #38

You're preaching to the choir. I'm not Ready for Hillary and merrily Sep 2014 #41

Presidential primaries are odd things hfojvt Sep 2014 #45

Racially tinged campaign? joeybee12 Sep 2014 #39

Yep. It was racially tinged. And no, not because Obama made it out that way. merrily Sep 2014 #43

Yep, it was. hifiguy Sep 2014 #63

I was not even watching Olberman. merrily Sep 2014 #66

KO made a pretty big deal out of it. hifiguy Sep 2014 #68

I typed that post without refreshing my recollection and it was six years ago. merrily Sep 2014 #70

As I said, I am not going to type out all the stuff. Too much of it. merrily Sep 2014 #49

No kidding. Puglover Sep 2014 #64

Le sigh. A lot of that kind of thing from DU's center right. merrily Sep 2014 #67

So does Rand Paul, even if that wind changes directions 12 times in a day. bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #40

Yay Hillary! hollowdweller Sep 2014 #42

Let me guess. You were for her before you heard this and would have voted merrily Sep 2014 #44

Let me guess. It doesn't matter what she ever says or what she ever actually voted for pnwmom Sep 2014 #48

Guessed wrong. In 2007-08 I was for Obama. merrily Sep 2014 #58

Even better. Your mind has been closed up tight since 2008. What an admission. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #81

Clear this with your BFFs at Goldman, Hillary? hifiguy Sep 2014 #47

Well, at least she didn't say it in one of her $200k paid speeches. n/t hughee99 Sep 2014 #50

Yes, it's such a shame that she's donating all that speech money to the Clinton Foundation. pnwmom Sep 2014 #51

You mean the speeches she's made at colleges over the last 18 months, right? hughee99 Sep 2014 #61

No, I was referring to ALL her speaking fees, not just to non-profits like colleges. pnwmom Sep 2014 #73

Did you read on? hughee99 Sep 2014 #75

Yeah, so? I don't think she's a liar, but we'll find out when she runs (if she does) and releases pnwmom Sep 2014 #77

I didn't see any direct quotes from Clinton in this article. hughee99 Sep 2014 #83

Did I read that the Clinton Foundation's finances are being looked at? LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #96

That is really sticking her neck out! LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #52

Does she sound like a Republican to you? Many people are insisting there's no difference pnwmom Sep 2014 #53

There is a huge difference between her and the GOP LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #62

Agree. I have criticized Obama plenty, but never said he was just like Bush. merrily Sep 2014 #71

I didn't think Hillary and Barack were far apart in 2008 and I don't now either. pnwmom Sep 2014 #72

I've always felt that at the Presidents core lies a man of integrity LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #86

OMG. I can't roll my eyes enough at her pandering. closeupready Sep 2014 #55

Did she make this speech before she was "flat broke"? Or, after her Goldman Sachs gig? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #56

When Bob Dylan said in 1966.... Koch Ebola Sep 2014 #57

'populist' KG Sep 2014 #59

No link: Positions on progressive taxes, support for unions, regulation, safety net, etc.? n/t pampango Sep 2014 #60

Pathetic pandering BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #65

Must be running for POTUS. Rex Sep 2014 #74

Hillary can stand on her record, no doubt about it, who else can stand up to her experience? Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #84

I guess she saw Bernie on Press the Meat last weekend KamaAina Sep 2014 #90

She's a time traveller then, because her speech was 4 months ago. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #101

Btw BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #92

Breaking: Hillary Clinton says she likes puppies. LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #95

Repubs hate puppies. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #100

link for the curious (like me) steve2470 Sep 2014 #98

Thanks. I got interrupted and forgot to put that in. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #99