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19. Public money to cover private losses. It should be criminal except this is the law. nt

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TPP contains a provision for bailing out derivative losses. Is this what re-negotiating NAFTA means? [View all] pa28 Mar 2015 OP

The most corporate friendly president in history Doctor_J Mar 2015 #1

Like Clinton before him... appal_jack Mar 2015 #25

hardly in history; you're exaggerating there. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #45

Holy shit... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #2

exactly. Gambling. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #3

Yes, they are bets. Not investments. pa28 Mar 2015 #5

Because the banks wrote the gambling language dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #21

Absolutely none. They know they are free to pillage. nt mother earth Mar 2015 #33

+1 woo me with science Mar 2015 #43

We are bought and sold. We are exploited like farm animals for the profit of a corrupt elite. woo me with science Mar 2015 #15

Well said. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #18

+100 ND-Dem Mar 2015 #46

the 1 % are gonna use it as the questionseverything Mar 2015 #36

Or as Warren Buffett... sendero Mar 2015 #39

k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #4

K&R. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #6

So if they file in the tribunals and win, aspirant Mar 2015 #7

the only thing that makes me happy about this is dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #41

K&R Scuba Mar 2015 #8

Kick to expose CORRUPTION woo me with science Mar 2015 #9

TO THE GREATEST PAGE. THIS IS IMPORTANT. woo me with science Mar 2015 #10

Thank you pa28!!! RiverLover Mar 2015 #11

Excellent points. mmonk Mar 2015 #12

ever notice that nothing leaked about the TPP looks good for working americans, yet KG Mar 2015 #13

+1 And notice how the corporate mouthpieces avoid this thread woo me with science Mar 2015 #14

That's how I'm seeing these leaked documents. pa28 Mar 2015 #31

Those people don't care about issues such as corrupt banks, wars, jobs and health care Corruption Inc Mar 2015 #37

So let me get this straight on the TPP Broward Mar 2015 #16

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #17

Public money to cover private losses. It should be criminal except this is the law. nt Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #19

Obama has been the most disappointing politician in my lifetime Oilwellian Mar 2015 #20

His presidency epitomizes the corruption of our government from representation into corporatism. woo me with science Mar 2015 #22

Nor is it making any pretense of such, soon I hope our nation will have its own mother earth Mar 2015 #40

Does he play aspirant Mar 2015 #48

First, please clue me in, who, what & why? mother earth Mar 2015 #53

It really seems like the TPP/TTIP is just a direct assault on so many of the things that stillwaiting Mar 2015 #23

Reversing decades of hard won progressive legislation is nearly impossible in the open. pa28 Mar 2015 #35

I don't think anyone is looking at the details here. randome Mar 2015 #24

Third Way incoherence/redirection/talking points. woo me with science Mar 2015 #26

Enjoy your Sunday Downer, then. randome Mar 2015 #27

The exposure of deliberate corruption is not a "downer." woo me with science Mar 2015 #28

+1. Anyone defending this anti-democratic piece of garbage is suspect. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #29

K & R. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #30

K&R for visibilty Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #32

There is a global plutocracy beating every nation into slavery & debtocracy, how long do we endure mother earth Mar 2015 #34

+1000000 How long, indeed. woo me with science Mar 2015 #38

, allforone Mar 2015 #42

K&R liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #44

kr ND-Dem Mar 2015 #47

Un-Fucking-Believable... AzDar Mar 2015 #49

Fighting the last war reminds me of two guys in a nursing home fighting over some CK_John Mar 2015 #50

k&R nt/ think Mar 2015 #51

K&R nenagh Mar 2015 #52

K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #54