The point of TPP is to boost US exports. That's why PBO is behind it.

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63. First, before any new trade agreements, we have to get our balance of payments numbers under

control. They are awful. See my post elsewhere on this thread.

Joseph Stiglitz makes some suggestions that sound to me about changing our tax code.

Bill Moyers summarizes them here.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/30/seven-key-takeaways-from-joseph-stiglitz%E2%80%99s-tax-plan-for-growth-and-equality/

Good ideas. Another trade deal will hurt American workers. We should not go that route until we make changes at home that insure that the very wealthy will bear their burden on the economic losses that accompany these trade deals.

So far, the middle class in America has lost out with every trade deal, every move to increase our international trade. That trend has to end.

Big money gains from these deals. Ordinary people suffer. That is why I cannot support more trade deals. The history is there. It is undeniable. We don't need links to prove it. We just need to look at the changes on our Main Streets. We just need to look at the poor quality of goods, the utter junk that Americans are finding in their department stores.

I remember buying decent clothes from our department stores for decent prices back in the late 1980s. Now, you can't get well made clothing unless you pay a fortune. Our appliances don't last like they used to. We are sold junk. It is not good for us. It is not good for our pocket books. It is not good for our environment.

American workmanship was great. We had high standards for the products we produced. We can still buy pretty good electronic goods, but the rest of what we buy is cheaply made and not worth what we pay for it.

I oppose the free trade business. It's hurting America.