General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Here's the source for some of the pro-TPP bull$hit being disseminated on DU: [View all]sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)are currently in force. The US already has free trade agreements with 20 countries. The TTP and the TTIP would double that number. Nothing suggests that will benefit the American working class, reduce the balance of payments deficit, or make the government more representative.
If the government was interested in creating American jobs, the same people pushing these agreements could have created a million of them just by allocating public funds to infrastructure repair, increasing the SNAP program, raising Social Security benefits and reducing the interest it charges for student loans, among many other things. When these folks show even the slightest inclination to do that I will consider the benefits of the TPP. Until then, I'll take my chances with anarchy and Chinese hegemony.