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Tierra_y_Libertad

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18. "Workers of the WORLD Unite!" Is still a damned good idea.

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Sat Dec 27, 2014, 02:19 PM

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TPP Passage Will Guarantee 3rd World Wages In US. American Workers Will Not Be Able To Compete. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Dec 2014 OP

Contact your Senator and tell him to vote no! yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2014 #1

Dems Will Vote For TPP Out Of Fear Of Losing And The Will Lose. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2014 #2

The fear of losing will be their excuse..... daleanime Dec 2014 #20

I got Carnival Cruz and Cornpone-complete waste of time. hobbit709 Dec 2014 #7

Tell me about it Arcadiasix Dec 2014 #10

Can you hit them on the loss of national sovereignty angle? starroute Dec 2014 #15

Worth trying... daleanime Dec 2014 #21

"Obamatrade!" Brigid Dec 2014 #40

It's worth stealing. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #60

Burr and Crazy Thom here..... paleotn Dec 2014 #19

I just contacted both of mine (Gillibrand and Schumer) LiberalElite Dec 2014 #47

Henry Ford was a reactionary old bastard but at least he understood that if you want to sell hobbit709 Dec 2014 #3

Indeed. If they want to cut the wages then they had damned well bring down the cost of living jwirr Dec 2014 #8

You wish, they spent their time looking for new ways.... daleanime Dec 2014 #23

They have financialization, tax relief and bailouts now IDemo Dec 2014 #16

Very good point. jwirr Dec 2014 #29

And the American worker has . . . Brigid Dec 2014 #45

K&R! 2naSalit Dec 2014 #4

Ditto, 2na. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #5

Hasn't that been the goal for a long time? Then Foreign Corps can operate right here taking sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #6

Why? China and India are not part of it. pampango Dec 2014 #9

Kneejerk reaction around here... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #11

Like smokescreens much? lark Dec 2014 #24

If it's so secret, how do you know so much about it? TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #28

Tell me what good could come from it? lark Dec 2014 #32

There is good that could come of these trade deals. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #56

We are totally irrelevant to their plans, lark Dec 2014 #58

Knee jerk? Excuse me?.... paleotn Dec 2014 #25

Basing these hysterical fears on a "leaked" document... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #30

Then all this administration has to do is..... paleotn Dec 2014 #50

knee-jerk = you dare to criticize anything Obama Skittles Dec 2014 #53

+a million! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #61

I made the mistake of supporting NAFTA. Brigid Dec 2014 #43

I have you give it to you. Those others here that think everything Pres Obama does is golden rhett o rick Dec 2014 #54

I don't defend it-- I don't have enough information to defend it just as... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #55

There have been leaks and they do not look good for the 99%. rhett o rick Dec 2014 #62

There aren't any direct benefits in any trade agreement... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #63

No - instead we will lose TBF Dec 2014 #13

How is this going to cause us to lose jobs to Canada, Australia, pampango Dec 2014 #35

It doesn't have anything to do with free trade. It has everything to do with corporate sovereignty. Initech Dec 2014 #14

Not if the labor and environment standards pampango Dec 2014 #36

And you believe all this. Brigid Dec 2014 #48

I understand the "smart" people know that Obama is evil. pampango Dec 2014 #57

"subject to the same dispute settlement mechanism as other obligations in TPP" NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #59

Maybe if we knew what was in the TPP we would like it. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #17

Why do you post stuff from Tea Party speakers like Brian Westbury? markme88 Dec 2014 #38

K&R NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #12

"Workers of the WORLD Unite!" Is still a damned good idea. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #18

+1000 nt antigop Dec 2014 #26

TPP will ruin BO's legacy, lark Dec 2014 #22

News flash; millions of American workers feel like they already work for 3rd world wages. Rex Dec 2014 #27

Honestly it may be the best thing that can happen - TBF Dec 2014 #51

This just formalizes what the plan of the last 35 years hifiguy Dec 2014 #31

r&k Duppers Dec 2014 #33

We are getting close to that now AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #34

All part of the plan. cloudbase Dec 2014 #37

The Republican Congress won't pass it then treestar Dec 2014 #39

Foreign corps will have right to sue local govts & individuals if we hurt their profits RiverLover Dec 2014 #41

That's just another DU thread treestar Dec 2014 #42

I know. The info is there. I posted info on that and also in the cromnibus: tpp thread. RiverLover Dec 2014 #44

OK treestar Dec 2014 #46

Thank you for the reminder... MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #49

Any young person that asks I tell them madville Dec 2014 #52