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DCBob

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33. What is TAA?

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 06:51 PM

Jun 2015

Workers who are determined to have lost their jobs because of production shifts overseas or import competition can receive benefits such as relocation assistance, subsidized health care insurance, and extended unemployment benefits. Typically, workers must be enrolled in job training programs to receive the unemployment benefits.

Alternately, some workers 50 years and older can receive wage insurance, where the government will cover 50% of the difference in a worker’s reduced wages, topping out at $12,000 over two years, if they’re reemployed in lower paying jobs. The program also included tax credits that provide health care to displaced workers, but that component expired at the end of 2013.

http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/06/15/5-questions-on-trade-adjustment-assistance/

Sounds reasonable to me.

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That's all she wrote: Pelosi to support TAA [View all] Proud Public Servant Jun 2015 OP

Hey Hillary! Is Obama STILL supposed to "listen to Nancy Pelosi"? 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #1

Yeah Nancy was for it. A kabuki show for the unwashed masses. Autumn Jun 2015 #10

Abso-fuckin-lutely. hifiguy Jun 2015 #43

Sooo sick of this crap. Guess it's up to Bernie to lead the way and champion the progressive cause. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2015 #54

Kabuki Productions presents: The Great Trade Deal Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #65

Right now my only feeling is - fuck everyone who voted yes on any of this crap. djean111 Jun 2015 #2

I'm right there with you n/t markpkessinger Jun 2015 #53

Susan Davis will not receive my vote in 2016 frylock Jun 2015 #56

This whole process has been a charade senseandsensibility Jun 2015 #3

Sorry I didn't lay down a $$ bet on the bs theater. nc4bo Jun 2015 #4

And this is democracy? lonestarnot Jun 2015 #5

We are a representative democracy, we elected these representatives. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #31

Well, people voted for them, hifiguy Jun 2015 #44

Stand alone Fast Track has already been approved by both houses of Congress. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #6

Yes, but Obama said Proud Public Servant Jun 2015 #7

That was a very weak bluff on his part. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #9

It worked. DCBob Jun 2015 #18

Not really. He and the Republicans called the House Democrats' bluff on TAA. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #20

So it worked. DCBob Jun 2015 #21

Exactly as designed... joshcryer Jun 2015 #55

100% staged Kabuki theater. Pelosi "allows" enough non-vulnerable caucus members to support TPA Romulox Jun 2015 #8

that is how it *always* goes - the whip excuses the vulnerable, once passage is assured HFRN Jun 2015 #77

Does it still have a Medicare cut-out? Recursion Jun 2015 #11

Nope, they took that out (nt) Proud Public Servant Jun 2015 #14

Makes me wonder if that was a big Ryan "FU" to Pelosi and Obama Recursion Jun 2015 #16

Glad to hear that. DCBob Jun 2015 #25

hero to traitor in the blink of an eye Agony Jun 2015 #12

Is TAA the one that's being paid for with cuts to Medicare? octoberlib Jun 2015 #13

Not any more Proud Public Servant Jun 2015 #15

If it ever is funded it will be a miracle. hifiguy Jun 2015 #45

Only if they take some blood Nite Owl Jun 2015 #52

All we have now is a "D" wing and an "R" wing of the Corporate Party. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #17

If the TPP is going to be so fucking awesome for us, why the need for TAA? TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #19

That is the $64,000 question... truebrit71 Jun 2015 #32

Heck, I can retrain people for a lot less than $500-$700 Million... Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #22

No, the TAA is not a good bill. jeff47 Jun 2015 #23

Like treating melanoma with a band-aid. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #24

i have yet to meet anyone who's ever benefitted from 'adjustments' HFRN Jun 2015 #78

What is TAA? DCBob Jun 2015 #33

That's because it's the WSJ's job to make it sound reasonable. jeff47 Jun 2015 #34

Well, I am sure there will be procedures in place to deal with that. DCBob Jun 2015 #35

I already explained those procedures. jeff47 Jun 2015 #37

Maybe not easy but there will be procedures in place. DCBob Jun 2015 #38

And again, those procedures are designed to make it nearly impossible. jeff47 Jun 2015 #39

I dont believe that. DCBob Jun 2015 #42

A pathetic attempt at ass-covering is the only point. hifiguy Jun 2015 #47

It's political cover jeff47 Jun 2015 #49

I believe it's more than that. DCBob Jun 2015 #50

One thing I'm sure about brentspeak Jun 2015 #83

Sorry if simple truths are beyond your understanding. DCBob Jun 2015 #85

The only jobs available will be flipping burgers hifiguy Jun 2015 #46

Thanks for cutting my Medicare, all you fuckers. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #26

evidently, they took the Medicare cut out. But it looks to me like Obama would have signed it with djean111 Jun 2015 #28

Thank you for letting me know, djean111. I can rest easier, for now. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #36

New Democratic Network? fredamae Jun 2015 #27

OMG! Is this a satirical site, or a new incarnation of the Democratic Leadership Council? Cleita Jun 2015 #41

Reminds me of the New Democrat Coalition. djean111 Jun 2015 #51

Weekend Bribefest a big success? moondust Jun 2015 #29

What was the trade-off? MADem Jun 2015 #30

IMO, the trade-off is it won't pass. jeff47 Jun 2015 #40

Absurd. joshcryer Jun 2015 #57

Agreements like "let's cut Medicare to pay for TAA"? (nt) jeff47 Jun 2015 #62

I thought Pelosi was asking for major infrastructure to even get past the TAA stage. MADem Jun 2015 #58

Not major, just another $175 million. joshcryer Jun 2015 #59

Well, Pelosi said TPA was horrible while whipping votes to pass TPA. jeff47 Jun 2015 #63

I didn't know that Obama was the only president in the modern era to NOT have TAA authority. MADem Jun 2015 #64

TAA is not TPA. jeff47 Jun 2015 #66

I'm sorry, I misspoke-Obama has been the first POTUS in modern times to not have TPA in the toolbox. MADem Jun 2015 #67

Yeah, that's why Clinton negotiated TPA after NAFTA was pubilc jeff47 Jun 2015 #68

Again, Obama is the only POTUS in modern times to not have it for the vast majority of his term. MADem Jun 2015 #70

Again, Clinton had to go get it. He did not have it. jeff47 Jun 2015 #71

It expired in 2007, and carried over to the deals already in the pipeline. MADem Jun 2015 #74

So it is a terrible insult to Obama that it is time limited and every previous president jeff47 Jun 2015 #80

It's an insult that Congress denied it to him for the bulk of his Presidency. nt MADem Jun 2015 #81

Yes, that would such an injustice brentspeak Jun 2015 #84

We got ACA and gay marriage - TBF Jun 2015 #72

That's the judicial branch--nothing to do with the legislature. MADem Jun 2015 #73

Theoretically you are correct - TBF Jun 2015 #75

Have I ever spent time inside the beltway? I know my way around the Hill better than most. MADem Jun 2015 #79

I hope you're right - TBF Jun 2015 #82

"While we may not all vote in the same manner on TAA, I will support its passage because it can open Cha Jun 2015 #48

Cha is that likely? lonestarnot Jun 2015 #61

Doesn't seem like Pelosi got much if anything for it. joshcryer Jun 2015 #60

this is what happens without publicly financed elections restorefreedom Jun 2015 #69

This was always going to happen. They do NOT represent us onecaliberal Jun 2015 #76