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In reply to the discussion: If the TPP being rammed through puts the lie to anything [View all]olegramps
(8,200 posts)That doesn't mean that I or any other informed person can not still oppose it. Why don't you address that question that I asked rather than side stepping it by asking a question? Fast Tracks has only served the corporate interests in not allowing an amendments that would limit their power. Just how has any of the trade deals benefited the America worker? It is well documented that everyone of them has resulted in lost jobs?
When unions have objected and filed justified complaints the process has not resulted in timely resolution but has taken years while the foreign companies continue to dump products on the market. There are a number of important issues that you must be well knowledgeable about that will not be addressed under the present system.
Such as just how does an American worker compete against a Vietnamese worker who makes fifty cents and hour? How does this increase our exports when they are barely making enough to survive. How are workers going to unionize and demand better pay and treatment when unions are outlawed and organizers are beaten and throw in jail on trumped up charges? The list goes on and on.........