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68. I can't wait for a certain group of posters to assure us

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Mon Apr 27, 2015, 05:32 AM

Apr 2015

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TPP branded as trade agreement, but what's really at stake. From Public Citizen. [View all] madfloridian Apr 2015 OP

Excellent post MF, Thanks for this! haikugal Apr 2015 #1

This is an extremely important issue and yet I don't see one single Right-Red Arrow rhett o rick Apr 2015 #54

Important post. Faryn Balyncd Apr 2015 #2

And a really good link here. Often I can not get to Wikileaks, times out on me. madfloridian Apr 2015 #9

Thank you MF. The analysis in that file is very clear and straightforward. hedda_foil Apr 2015 #25

Hi hedda, it is good analysis. madfloridian Apr 2015 #29

K&R..... daleanime Apr 2015 #3

Does anyone have any doubt that the more opportunities Baitball Blogger Apr 2015 #4

...^ that 840high Apr 2015 #63

first 20 pages or so are us companies suing.canada elehhhhna Apr 2015 #5

And this one about Ecuador stunned me. Wasn't aware of it. madfloridian Apr 2015 #6

Gimme a lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #7

K&R... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #8

K&R liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #10

all I can say is "What's the matter with Kansas" should be read by some on DU bbgrunt Apr 2015 #11

I have never read that book. madfloridian Apr 2015 #23

What's the rush? It's been years in the making (in secret). The least our Congressional leaders can jalan48 Apr 2015 #12

I'm glad that the word 'sovereignty' has been raised. This is the most concerning sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #13

And just imagine you are one of those little countries subject to this plan. They would not have the jwirr Apr 2015 #26

This is how it would work. Those Corps could sue the US, that would be the people of course, sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #45

"not a democracy if the people are kept completely in the dark" madfloridian Apr 2015 #42

Obama And Clinton billhicks76 Apr 2015 #62

brought to us by our extreme corporate owned leadership... nt msongs Apr 2015 #14

Occupy was right. There should be world wide Occupy right now. L0oniX Apr 2015 #40

+1 dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #52

thanks, MF, for posting this cali Apr 2015 #15

Too many good posts drop around here. madfloridian Apr 2015 #16

And being more than a trade agreement is not necessarily a bad thing depending on the details. pampango Apr 2015 #17

I wish you'd read the leaked chapters cali Apr 2015 #19

I have. They are. Every complicated agreement has parts I don't like including, I'm sure, pampango Apr 2015 #20

When it is too late? So what, the only time it matters to be against is when you can stop it. TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #60

Why in the world would we want to stay in the trade agreements that JDPriestly Apr 2015 #66

Apparently Republicans love TPP ... GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #61

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2015 #18

You do realize we've never lost an investor-state dispute? Not one? Your claims regarding payout msanthrope Apr 2015 #21

The tpp extends the possibility that we will cali Apr 2015 #22

"I'm less concerned about the U.S. than other nations." That is an interesting take on TPP. pampango Apr 2015 #24

I don't think that it is so much US that will bring down those standards. I think the added power jwirr Apr 2015 #30

Because we have enough money to fight - those little countries are not going to be in the same jwirr Apr 2015 #28

That doesn't mean we shouldn't lose. For example the despicable Renco case riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #35

yep.actually our companies use this to challenge elehhhhna Apr 2015 #53

It's a matter of time. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #67

K/R marmar Apr 2015 #27

Yes the corporations deeply wish to include in the agreements a path around regulation HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #31

It sounds like a move toward "arbitration" KansDem Apr 2015 #33

Yes, but it's an arbitration by a stacked panel of corporate lawyers HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #34

And who is pushing this HARD SELL style? 99Forever Apr 2015 #32

The guys who paid the bandleader to make the dance happen HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #37

And that bandleader is? 99Forever Apr 2015 #38

I only caught a glimpse of him entering the Bilderberger confab... HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #41

Soon the Fortune 500 will have to negotiate Trade Deals with each other. Octafish Apr 2015 #36

K&R FloriTexan Apr 2015 #39

..... madfloridian Apr 2015 #44

Thank you StopTheTPP Apr 2015 #43

Is imported lipstick being used on this pig? Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #46

Imported lead and mercury laden lipstick. historylovr Apr 2015 #49

I can't wait for a certain group of posters to assure us Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #68

K & R Lifelong Protester Apr 2015 #47

More of a treaty with corporate nation-states. DirkGently Apr 2015 #48

K & R historylovr Apr 2015 #50

TPP = Citizens United blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #51

Clearly there are two factions re. this issue. The Corp Faction vs. The People Faction. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #55

The cream of idiocy was the notion that President Obama would veto the bill if it was bad. Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #57

The deniers are desperate to defend the President. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #58

I'm not sure they ever supported the President, seems they're doing the bidding Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #59

+1 BeanMusical Apr 2015 #65

k & R Thanks for this very important post MF. It's the Big Tuna for corps, pols & investors, appalachiablue Apr 2015 #56

K & R AzDar Apr 2015 #64

Ability of corporations to squeeze the life out of individual cities, small nations lostnfound Apr 2015 #69

oops ucrdem Jun 2015 #70