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In reply to the discussion: Thanks Elizabeth! Thanks Bernie! Thanks Sherrod! Thanks Alan! Thanks Harry! [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)45. I've heard
"the TPP is a done deal". We haven't even heard from Australia and New Zealand that also are opposed to it, too (at the citizen level).
It benefits no one that lives in a developed country unless you run a global corporation in one of them.
NAFTA would have been a fart in the wind if we would have had more extensive social media when it was implemented. Social Media might put you in office, but if you are trying to pass legislation that will screw the majority of us over, it will inform you of that, too, with a resounding "Hell, no."
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Thanks Elizabeth! Thanks Bernie! Thanks Sherrod! Thanks Alan! Thanks Harry! [View all]
MannyGoldstein
May 2015
OP
For the average citizen this is just the beginning of the fight, they won't give up easy
AuntPatsy
May 2015
#1
What if we win this fight now, and for whatever reason Scott Walker or Jeb Bush are
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#26
Yes, it will. But if Hillary is on record against TPP, and I am not sure if she is, this is
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#34
And starting that pressure begins with thanking all our congress persons who voted against it. Get
jwirr
May 2015
#23
Thanks too eveyone who has helped to slow this thing down. Hope is still alive. The Party joined
jwirr
May 2015
#21
This is great news for the Populist Movement that some are pretending to ignore.
rhett o rick
May 2015
#49
If it's anything like the bailout, they do a public vote and then slip it through quietly.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2015
#53