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In reply to the discussion: Obama's playing 3D chess - TPP. We just gotta trust him. [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)15. Because I'm dealing with conspiracy theorists who believe Obama is trying to make us slaves.
I guess that's the reparations FOX news said were coming.
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Hey, they weren't part of it initially, but the phones started ringing.. Wait till China can't
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#12
Because I'm dealing with conspiracy theorists who believe Obama is trying to make us slaves.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#15
Summers: "Nonetheless I believe that the right TPP is very much in the American national interest."
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#17
I did.. This ain't NAFTA. The 40k calculation is based upon assumption that a trade
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#40
I'm not certain about the Columbia FTA, CAFTA or the Korean FTA; but, ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#37
I hope you are right but I am bookmarking for later praise or ridicule when this game plays out
corkhead
Apr 2015
#3
he's giving the republicans enough rope to hang themselves. And he's the only adult in
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#6
I was watching National Lampoon's European Vacation the other day. When they hit
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#10
Here he is. Your video shows just how pissed he is at Obama for ignoring him and doing a better
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#58
NAFTA was OK since he was an advisor, TPP which is an improvement isn't OK because Reich
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#61
By "renegotiated" do you mean how banks can now sue governments for derivative losses?
pa28
Apr 2015
#57
Wow, you are really misinformed. NAFTA included the very same provision, as have 2500 trade
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#60
NAFTA provided for complaints from member nations and financial penalties for failure to comply.
pa28
Apr 2015
#66
Do yourself a favor before knitting things from your imagination on what TPP is or what NAFTA was..
MrMickeysMom
Apr 2015
#67