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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]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Reps in Congress have been doing for several years now.
And the response has been 'no, you don't get to see what's in it'.
Since when does Congress NOT have the right, by the authority given to them by the people, to negotiate legislation in this country?
Could you pin point for us, when Congress lost that power, when was it transferred to the Executive Branch? Was there a Conitutitional Amendment? Because that is what it would take to hand over the power of one Branch of Government to another?
The answer is NO, and that is the reason why the President is pushing Fast Tracking this Secret Deal, to try to get Congress to give up their authority.
Bush tried it also. He failed because even Republicans saw the ramifications of such a surrendering of the power of any Branch of Government.
So Congress won't see it until it's too late for them to make any changes, IF they are stupid enough to Fast Track this abominable giveaway to Global Corporations.
No one should be willing to blindly follow any politician, not even if it is their own mother, to make such a terrible mistake for this country.