Here's the source for some of the pro-TPP bull$hit being disseminated on DU:

[JDPriestly]

190. How old are you? How much experience do you have?

Have you ever been in a trade court? Have you ever read the NAFTA law?

Do you really remember what the economy was like when we had a lot of industry in the US?

Please tell us about your experience. Just what is your experience.

I am 71 and clearly remember our vibrant economy prior to our trade agreements. We still had imports, but they were not smothering our own industry with cheap junky imports.

I have a Maytag washer that I bought used in 1985. It was made in Newton, Iowa. It still works beautifully.

Buy a washer today made in some third world country. It will not run like mine. You can't repair it if it gets a minor glitch. The casing is flimsy. It's got a lot of useless buttons. My old washer, MADE IN THE USA, is priceless. It is a really good quality washer made of good materials by good craftsmen.

International trade can never match the products we made in the US.

Our cotton was wonderful as were all our textiles. We had the best textile industry in the world along with England. All gone. All gone. All sold out bay Republican free-traders who know nothing about textiles, who have never sewn so much as a gathered skirt.

For our free traders it is only about money, not about human values.