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MaggieD

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18. We'll be writing the rules....

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2015, 03:13 PM

May 2015

... that are apparently (based on previous trade agreements) unenforceable.

Obama is an idealist, when realist would often suit him better. He has done many good things. But sometimes the rose colored glasses he wears make me shake my head. Same feeling I had when he said he was going to "compromise" with rethugs as a candidate and in the early years of his presidency. As if they ever had any intention of compromising with him.

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I have a question about the TPP and China [View all] cali May 2015 OP

I believe that, for the purposes of allowing corporations to write the rules that nations must obey, djean111 May 2015 #1

Ronnie Ray-gun got us use to it, and MSM didn't tell us orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #3

This is what I think also. When he tells us that China will write the rules he is forgetting that jwirr May 2015 #14

And all of this un-amendable, sight unseen . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #2

I suspect that an awful lot of Congress does not WANT the trade agreements to be amendable - djean111 May 2015 #4

How does fear work? Simple. Scare people into supporting this trojan horse. Scuba May 2015 #5

It's just rhetoric designed to instill a faux urgency Populist_Prole May 2015 #6

It sure doesn't stand up to scrutiny cali May 2015 #7

It's just the latest desperate meme to try where others have failed so far Populist_Prole May 2015 #8

My prediction is those Foxconn jobs will move south JonLP24 May 2015 #9

Foxconn would rather use robots: IDemo May 2015 #15

I don't know the answer. panader0 May 2015 #10

thanks much, pan cali May 2015 #11

+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #16

I have a question also. What the hell is in the Lint Head May 2015 #12

Any country can sign a trade agreement with any other country. pampango May 2015 #13

When all else fails, erect a bogeyman and warn of impending doom. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #17

We'll be writing the rules.... MaggieD May 2015 #18

I think he's so heavily invested in the tpp that he can't see clearly cali May 2015 #19