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In reply to the discussion: I’ve Read Obama’s Secret Trade Deal. Elizabeth Warren Is Right to Be Concerned. [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)5. Alas, I suspect it will get shoved through as is- or ground out
if you prefer the sausage making metaphor.
and it's not only giving CEOs more access and input- it's that they are vastly in the majority compared to public interest groups and labor unions.
once trade promotion authority is passed, the tpp is assured passage. and odds are that this will all happen very swiftly.
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I’ve Read Obama’s Secret Trade Deal. Elizabeth Warren Is Right to Be Concerned. [View all]
RiverLover
May 2015
OP
He just better be sure he locks in a good retirement job, as his "legacy" is turning to SHIT now!
cascadiance
May 2015
#11
Well you seem to only care about the ACA and stated as much in a previous post.
cui bono
May 2015
#144
You are giving him more credit than he deserves. He did little to advance marriage equality and
rhett o rick
May 2015
#146
ACA? No fucking way. Costs unchecked, 10s of millions took pay cut in terms of higher premiums
whereisjustice
May 2015
#161
I don't think it is any more extreme than his letting Geithner, Bernanke and
truedelphi
May 2015
#148
Why dont you list his lies for all of us, I for one would be interested in that.
randys1
May 2015
#102
The Clinton's have made $25 million in speaking engagements in the past 16 months alone.
jalan48
May 2015
#108
It isn't "secret" just because he's too special to hie himself down to the basement
ucrdem
May 2015
#26
I've noticed the talking points aimed at anyone who opposes signing over Congress' right to
sabrina 1
May 2015
#77
Poster rips Obama's presidency with a tired Sarah Palin line and you defend it
BeyondGeography
May 2015
#78
I'm not interested in childish games when it comes to issues as serious as this.
sabrina 1
May 2015
#81
If you read the thread, I criticize the President's approach to this deal up top
BeyondGeography
May 2015
#84
No desperation or grab involved. I was pulled into it by jury service. Nice try though. nt
stevenleser
May 2015
#132
This is a VERY important article, by one of our most experienced trade experts,
Faryn Balyncd
May 2015
#23
He mentions Warren as bravely speaking out against, and Hillary as correctly identifying some items
peacebird
May 2015
#43
President Barack Obama said today that he would like to work with kids in the next phase of his life
midnight
May 2015
#44
There's a difference between making public statements and making concerns known to the President.
randome
May 2015
#59
That's just it, we can all see it after fast track, but no changes can be made.
RiverLover
May 2015
#74
Agree. Follow the money. Who is going to supply the millions that come from speeches
libdem4life
May 2015
#82
Yes. which tells us a LOT about how EVIL this "trade deal" really is. -nt-
99th_Monkey
May 2015
#104
Now that she's a Democrat, this might be a good time for Senator Warren to read the party platform.
ucrdem
May 2015
#75
The results are in. At least the alerter is now getting a 24-hour vacation from alerting.
Sheldon Cooper
May 2015
#94
JD, this isn't about the upcoming election. This is the frustration of one of Obama's advisers, who
RiverLover
May 2015
#100
He's an adviser to the President. Why would he suddenly become an adviser to the public?
randome
May 2015
#124
VERY telling that the biggest, worst thing they can think of calling an opponent is "protectionist"
MisterP
May 2015
#114
"Really half black president"? Well aren't you special.Back home we would have called him hapa-haole
Hekate
May 2015
#153
The administration should have hired Michael Wessel, not Michael Froman.
Faryn Balyncd
May 2015
#135
Obama and Mitch McConnell are opening the flood gates with TPP, jobs pouring into Asia without
whereisjustice
May 2015
#163