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In reply to the discussion: TPP: do you truly give a crap? [View all]nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)48. Fast track and the Trans Pacific Partnership
were both part of the 2012 Republican Party Platform (as well as the Democratic party platform).
Congress is not going to approve 'fast track' authority for Obama to negotiate the TPP. As Sherrod Brown said: ...Blah Blah...Do they want to give him power on international trade?
What a joke. Except it's not funny. We're talking about people's jobs here.
Sherrod Brown is either not paying attention or playing politics. Screw the income tax. The Feds spend that in seconds on war anyway. If people just paid attention the nation would be in better shape.
Republican Party on Free Trade
Party Platform
Restore presidential Trade Promotion Authority
International trade is crucial for our economy. It means more American jobs, higher wages, & a better standard of living. The Free Trade Agreements negotiated with friendly democracies facilitated the creation of nearly ten million jobs supported by our exports. That record makes all the more deplorable the current Administration's slowness in completing agreements begun by its predecessor and its failure to pursue any new trade agreements with friendly nations.
We call for the restoration of presidential Trade Promotion Authority. It will ensure up or down votes in Congress on any new trade agreements, without meddling by special interests. A Republican President will complete negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership to open rapidly developing Asian markets to US products. Beyond that, we envision a worldwide multilateral agreement among nations committed to the principles of open markets, what has been called a "Reagan Economic Zone," in which free trade will truly be fair trade.
Source: 2012 Republican Party Platform , Aug 27, 2012
Even with the vast amounts of info available on the internet, many people are just plain uninformed. And so the next generations will have to figure out how to get rid of abominations like the TPP.
Because Fast track will be granted and the TPP will happen. And there won't be any protests (to speak of) because most people will be talking about the Super Bowl.
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According to Krugman, proponents and opponents of it are hyping the positives and negatives.
Ykcutnek
Dec 2014
#5
Krugman, an economist, is analyzing the economics. My biggest concern is legal.
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#20
I don't like it for the same reasons Obama gave when he said he was going to re-negotiate NAFTA
nationalize the fed
Dec 2014
#9
Canada and Mexico are part of TPP negotiations. Terms of trade with them are being "renegotiated".
pampango
Dec 2014
#14
We* bail out the banks. Give multi-billion dollar bonuses to the banksters who stole it.
Octafish
Dec 2014
#10
Why is it taking so long to get it passed? I thought corportists, Obama, other nations planning to
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#11
I oppose any agreement that is so bad, so thrreatening to our society that its provisions have
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#12
If it was to be so good for us, where's the transparency? I'm sure the 1% love it!
dmosh42
Dec 2014
#15
It would be a good idea IF, as China and some republicans seem to fear, it has labor and environment
pampango
Dec 2014
#16
Environmental protections and labor rights have been in the language of the TTP from the start.
ucrdem
Dec 2014
#21
We don't know that. If they are not strict, there is not good reason to consider them. n/t
pampango
Dec 2014
#40
I believe they have made clear that is the intent. I don't think it will matter.
pampango
Dec 2014
#46
Once we can get our wages on par with China it will be an employment renaissance.
raouldukelives
Dec 2014
#18
Nat'l Geographic: 4 Ways Green Groups Say Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Hurt Environment
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#24
IMO the TPP is a step towards making the US (and the world) sort of like a giant WalMart.
djean111
Dec 2014
#29
As I brought to another poster, there's a simple test for whether it's a good idea.
Scootaloo
Dec 2014
#51