TPP: do you truly give a crap?

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13. This is the problem Elizabeth Warren has with it~

Elizabeth Warren Speaks Out Against The President’s Trans-Pacific “Free Trade” Agreement
Sept 2013

As more and more people across the United States find out about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), we’re beginning to see a growing opposition to not only the President’s latest pet project, but his economy-killing, corporatist trade agenda in general.

Not only are people upset about President Obama and others in control keeping the details of the TPP a secret, but President Obama’s declaration that he’s willing to use fast-track authority have many up in arms, including Senator Elizabeth Warren.

The problem with President Obama utilizing fast track trade authority – a common tool in passing international trade arrangements – is that Congress is limited to a black and white vote of yes or no. Essentially, no changes can be made to the text of the TPP. This is alarming when you consider that trade agreements like the TPP affect millions of Americans.

By dismissing input from congressional representatives and the public on trade agreement matters, President Obama is sending a message to the country that says bluntly: “I don’t care about your opinion.”

The message from the President is resonating across the country, and people like Sen. Elizabeth Warren have begun to raise the alarm about the harm the TPP could do to our country. In fact, Sen. Warren has recently been demanding more transparency from the White House regarding the TPP, condemning the secrecy it has been shrouded in.

She’s even said that “if transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States.”

Her words align with many others who believe the only reason President Obama would be going to such lengths to keep the details of the TPP a secret is because he knows if the public ever found out what was in the text, we would never allow it to pass...

http://economyincrisis.org/content/elizabeth-warren-speaks-out-against-the-presidents-trans-pacific-free-trade-agreement