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In reply to the discussion: There are only two questions you need to answer to decide about the TPP. [View all]PADemD
(4,482 posts)9. I have a few more questions.
1. Do you like working an 8-hour workday?
2. Do you like being paid time and a half for overtime?
3. Do you like to have lunch and bathroom breaks?
4. Do you like family leave time?
5. Do you like being able to retire?
If any of these laws would cause a corporation to lose expected revenue, they could sue our government. Then we could all be debt slaves for the rest of our lives.
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F4lconF16
Apr 2015
OP
Blame it on FDR and his Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934 and International Trade Organization in 1944.
pampango
Apr 2015
#19
Well, if we're blaming people long dead for NAFTA, Korea and TPP, why not get to the root of it all?
merrily
Apr 2015
#67
Can you stop this bullshit about pretending that TPP has something to do with trade?
eridani
Apr 2015
#86
I've only run into one person in DU that actually tries to support the TPP with
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#2
Yes denial. Also fear. To make the changes we need we will need to take some big risks.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#8
oh relax. It's immature to be for/against something because someone else is for/against it.
treestar
Apr 2015
#11
So you are saying that we shouldn't automatically disagree with Republicons?
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#12
So we SHOULD just be reflexively opposed to any and every thing said or done by a republican? ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#95
No. This person is trying to get me to be against something we know nothing about
treestar
Apr 2015
#14
It's not fair for you to close your eyes and then say you don't know anything about
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#23
'The first question we ask is what is in it'! YES, exactly and that is what we and most of our Dem
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#18
Your logic doesn't make sense. The President is trying to keep it from us and that doesn't
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#24
Do you think the Pres is more reliable than all of those that oppose the TPP?
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#89
Except we know what's in Climate Change science and most of us don't deny it. n/t
pampango
Apr 2015
#26
We don't have to know what kind of train is coming to know we need to get off
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#33
Can't argue with that logic. But don't blow the train up until you know what's on it
pampango
Apr 2015
#34
Can't argue with that either. We should and will look at the cargo. But I certainly don't want
pampango
Apr 2015
#41
Add the likes of ALEC and the Koch brothers to those who are pushing it. As for the Democratic base,
merrily
Apr 2015
#72
Because scientists didn't try to keep their findings about climate change secret. To the contrary.
merrily
Apr 2015
#69
Actually right on the money. TPP deniers refuse to believe evidence presented.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#37
Fear isn't always bad. If you get punched in the face every time a "Free" Trade Agreement is signed,
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#49
"Loyalty" to facts and knowledge and using them to inform one's opinion ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#96
TPP Deniers. They don't want the truth, they can't handle the truth. Blindly following Obama and
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#30
I need to answer only one question. Is everything open to scrutiny, transparent and truthful?
Cleita
Apr 2015
#32
Wouldn't it be swell if we could blindly trust our authoritarian leaders? But that's a
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#40
I didn't see it, but wish I had. Good for Sen Sanders and Big Ed Schultz. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#47
The last sentence of your post seems hardest for anyone to accept, yet it is so obvious.
merrily
Apr 2015
#77
To play the devil's advocate for a minute... why do you suppose Senator Wyden supports it?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#73
Actually, it may sound a little foolish to oppose something just because Republicans are for it,
world wide wally
Apr 2015
#97