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In reply to the discussion: Without endorsing TPP, some things to consider about it. [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)makes you think the people of those countries are going to get any help by giving corporations more power? I do not for one minute believe that many of the worlds leader are actually speaking for the people of their own country anymore than I think that the rw congress we have now is speaking for the majority of people in our country.
If corporations are buying our government what makes you think they do not own other governments - like China where they have moved their factories to? IMO I think that China and other countries that are hosts to international corporations are not in control of "signing" onto these agreements in the name of the people.
An example from NAFTA - after the signing many corporations moved their factories across the border to Mexico - in fact they moved JUST across the border to avoid environmental and labor laws. It did not take long for us to begin hearing about the pollution and disease caused by their lack of compliance to laws they had to adhere to in the USA. I have not heard much about that lately but I wonder if that was ever fixed?
Giving more power to international corporations may hurt us but it is certain to hurt those little countries - their poor. The international corporations in Vietnam pay a worker less than $1. And they tell us they are better off - yes just like the working poor in the USA are better off without a pay increase. I do not believe the goal of the elite and the international corporations is to make the lives of the people better. Their bottom line is profit. TPP for profit.