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JDPriestly

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13. I certainly hope you did not think that with my post I was suggesting that the TPP is just about

Reply to djean111 (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:12 PM

Dec 2014

tariffs. i am very familiar with the NAFTA court processes for example. These international, commercial courts deprive nations of significant self-determination capacity. I totally oppose the TPP. The trade agreements we now have are anathema to democracy. We do not need more.

Thanks for your post.

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Thinking about the TPP. FDR regarding tariffs: [View all] JDPriestly Dec 2014 OP

Did it work? Did it work? Anyone?... Recursion Dec 2014 #1

Thanks for that astute assessment, Rush. RiverLover Dec 2014 #4

Here's an actual liberal view(which is of course correct). Maybe you can post something from Fox RiverLover Dec 2014 #7

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #18

Another fail, Recursion. Scuba Dec 2014 #9

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #19

Let's see... in FDR's first term... MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #10

FDR was right on. Tariffs should protect the living standards of the American worker. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #2

Thank you. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #12

"In FDR's view high tariffs shifted the burden of financing the government from the rich to the poor pampango Dec 2014 #16

Very little of the TPP has anything to do with what tariffs are still existing. djean111 Dec 2014 #3

Good info. Thanks~nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #5

I certainly hope you did not think that with my post I was suggesting that the TPP is just about JDPriestly Dec 2014 #13

K & R Faryn Balyncd Dec 2014 #6

K&R Scuba Dec 2014 #8

as djean notes up above, TPP is much worse than just tariffs Doctor_J Dec 2014 #11

Dr. Dean talked about the need for tariffs when he was running for president Mosby Dec 2014 #14

Of course, he campaigned against and negotiated away most of the high tariffs he inherited pampango Dec 2014 #15

Unfortunately, as our high trade deficit and declining wages prove, even multilateral trade JDPriestly Dec 2014 #17

But the wealth is safely in the hands of the wealthy elite and multinational corporations where Enthusiast Dec 2014 #20

Indeed I believe FDR knew that the elite have prospered under high tariffs and low. The key pampango Dec 2014 #22

You are entitled to your opinion. I'll side with FDR. pampango Dec 2014 #21

The TPP creates international Corporate Supremacy®. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #23

I've posted many times that the TPP is only good if it has strong labor and environmental standards pampango Dec 2014 #24

Yeah, we heard about those mythical strong labor and environmental standards Enthusiast Dec 2014 #25

We are both skeptical about their inclusion in the TPP. pampango Dec 2014 #27

We do not want another trade deal. Period. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #28

That was pretty quick going from "completely abandon any and all trade deals with nations that do pampango Dec 2014 #29

Problem is the GDP does not reflect median income. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #30

Wages declined from the early 1970's to the mid-1990's then increased. A NAFTA tragedy? pampango Dec 2014 #31

Fantastic quote! Thanks! MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #26