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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Elizabeth Warren is "dishonest" [View all]marym625
(17,997 posts)The problem with your argument is that corporations have access to this and the unions and citizens don't.
Another problem is that once it is negotiated, with the fast track, there is zero ability to change it and no filibuster. So with a Republican controlled Congress, that wants this, the first we see is a done deal.
We are not talking about national security. This is a trade deal and it should not be negotiated without those that will be affected allowed to be part of those negotiations.
Why do you not have a problem with the corporations, even those that didn't write this, have access to it and we don't?
In union contracts, the negotiators don't then get to keep it all in if the rank and file don't like it. And most offers are made public. Even to those in the public that are not part of the union often know what is going on during negotiations.
You didn't answer me. Why do you not have a problem with corporations writing it, being part of the negotiations, but you have a problem with us knowing?