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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]merrily
(45,251 posts)52. Lee, Grayson, Warren and Sanders.
Not saying they are always right on everything, but I agree with them very often.
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There are only two questions you need to answer to decide about the TPP. [View all]
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