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In reply to the discussion: President Obama Weekly Address: Fighting for Trade Deals that Put American Workers First [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Put simply a trade deal can't set a "global standard" for us all to have the same standard of living. It's just not going to happen. Therefore workers in higher standard of living that are forced to work at the same low wages that the "bottom" countries have in order to have jobs are going to get screwed by their definition of a "level playing field".
Companies will be able to go tribunals to sue governments for "unfair legislation" that penalizes their profits. Hmm, if Obama is looking out for us, do we get to have our own tribunals, with people on those tribunals that trade unions and we as workers get to select get to sue governments for lost wages given this agreements asking us to unfairly compete in the marketplace where we're losing money from what we were earlier able to earn without these so-called "free trade" deals in place and the outsourcing rush that accompanied them? If not Obama, WHY THE HELL NOT, if you are truly working for us and not the elites with this bill, and are not trying to sell us a huge pile of sh*t?