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In reply to the discussion: TPP Trade Deal Will Be Devastating for Access to Affordable Medicines [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)33. That's NOT a dodge ... It is a direct answer to your question ...
Now, if you are asking WOULD I support a TPP that included the terms outlined in the leaked memos? My answer would be "No ... I would oppose it."
On the other hand, if you are asking WOULD I support a TPP that included the terms outlined in the US government's Objectives? My answer would be "Yes ... I would."
Response to your second answer, "I'm undecided on fast-track". Again nice dodge.
Again ... that's not a dodge. It's a direct answer to the question that you asked.
Seems to me that we by-pass our balance of power when we allow the President to ram-rod thru agreements made in secret with little debate. Neither democratic nor Democratic.
Does Congress not get the penultimate say (vote) on trade agreements? ... (under fast-track) They vote it down, it's a dead deal; the vote to approve it, the President has the final say.
Sen Sanders says no to Fast Tracking and no to the TPP because:
1. TPP will allow corporations to outsource even more jobs overseas.
2. U.S. sovereignty will be undermined by giving corporations the right to challenge our laws before international tribunals.
3. Wages, benefits, and collective bargaining will be threatened.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
5. Food Safety Standards will be threatened.
6. Buy America laws could come to an end.
7. Prescription drug prices will increase, access to life saving drugs will decrease, and the profits of drug companies will go up.
8. Wall Street would benefit at the expense of everyone else.
9. The TPP would reward authoritarian regimes like Vietnam that systematically violate human rights.
10. The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal.
1. TPP will allow corporations to outsource even more jobs overseas.
2. U.S. sovereignty will be undermined by giving corporations the right to challenge our laws before international tribunals.
3. Wages, benefits, and collective bargaining will be threatened.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
5. Food Safety Standards will be threatened.
6. Buy America laws could come to an end.
7. Prescription drug prices will increase, access to life saving drugs will decrease, and the profits of drug companies will go up.
8. Wall Street would benefit at the expense of everyone else.
9. The TPP would reward authoritarian regimes like Vietnam that systematically violate human rights.
10. The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal.
Yes, I read that, too. It was stated right before (or was it after?) he's complaining about the lack of transparency of the process for him, and the American people. IOWs, it will do all kinds of terrible things, even though I really don't know that any of these things will be in the agreement.
Supporting conservative Democrats is supporting the status-quo. We need change.
Now, here we agree!
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TPP Trade Deal Will Be Devastating for Access to Affordable Medicines [View all]
StopTheTPP
Jan 2015
OP
When our negotiating positions stink, & when "really bad ideas" are "being floated", & when Congress
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#37
You are correct. THe rhetoric you repeat above is nothing like what is contained in the agreement.
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#5
Secrecy + Corporate Input + Fast Track + "Don't Talk about what's in it tell it's done" = OLIGARCHY
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#7
if they obey tpp, the world will have drug prices as high as those in the US which are way
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#25
We have people who I trust that have seen the TPP and are firmly against it.
stillwaiting
Jan 2015
#14
Fast Track means that, no matter what unsavory stuff is contained in the TPP - nothing
djean111
Jan 2015
#26
His "stated" objectives are trade based. He does not address the Investor State giveaway.
djean111
Jan 2015
#35
It would allow the shysters to push prices on alreadt skyrocketing generics through the roof.
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#9
This is so simple for those who DO support Fast Track - thus supporting the TPP - just don't
djean111
Jan 2015
#27
In December, MSF together with the AFL-CIO, AARP and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association sent
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#39