Rumors leaked about TPP can include CO2-absorbing, electricity-shitting Unicorns; who fucking cares? [View all]

[cherokeeprogressive]

Nothing that affects this many people should be done in private. I will not support it in any way shape or form until everyone affected has the opportunity to read every single word of it. It should be available publicly for at least as long as it would take the slowest reader to read it from start to finish... THEN debated by the 536 people who will decide up or down, and only then.

Let the people who will foot the bill for every penny this thing costs read about these earth-saving Unicorns for themselves. Telling us we're not allowed to know in order to protect us is like one spouse saying to the other they didn't mention the infidelity because they didn't want to hurt their feelings.

There are going to be people who stand up and yell "But it's always been done that way!" Yeah you can sit the fuck down. That was then, this is now, and if you want - we can talk about how many times the government has fucked people via treaty. Some of you may have an authoritarian streak wide enough to think when the government tells you it needs to be secret for your own good you believe it. You stand over there, I'll stand over here.

I don't support it, and I don't support any politician who does; no matter their office OR the letter that follows their name in print.

I understand you have a right to support government done by secrecy, but fuck me if I can understand why you think it's a good thing other than you're more invested in personality and party than policy.