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davidthegnome

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10. So, basically...

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 10:32 AM

Jun 2016

What we all pretty much suspected to begin with, turns out to be true.

The one thing I still can't quite come to grips with is why Obama supports the TPP. I've got a lot of respect for him as a human being - and admiration for his work as President, but there are some things, like this, that really make me go... WTF? The TPP, Arne Duncan, Tim Geithner, Rahm Emanuel, I really hope that, at some future point, someone gets to sit down with him live and ask... "WTF were you thinking, man?"

Maybe there's pressure from lobbyists, certain members of congress and the Senate and so on - so called "experts" telling him how great this would be for the American economy... but from all I've heard, these trade deals are a nightmare. So... why? No. Seriously. Why?

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U.N.’s Legal Expert Calls Proposed Trade Deals Illegal (TPP, TTIP, TISA, and CETA) [View all] AntiBank Jun 2016 OP

thank you, AB. "Asymetrical investment protection" is cali Jun 2016 #1

thank you for doing yeomans or I should say yeopersons (I stole that phrase from you,lol) work AntiBank Jun 2016 #2

I'm a woman, but I'm down with "yeoman". cali Jun 2016 #4

There you have it. Scientific Jun 2016 #3

Very interesting HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #5

And yet Brunei is preparing new laws to oppress LGBT and others as part of their path to TPP Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #6

Yes. And the shenanigans around that, have been appalling. cali Jun 2016 #8

Keep posting the truth AB Hydra Jun 2016 #7

I knew the ciggie corps wouldn't want the plain pack, Cancer pics ciggies in America Sunlei Jun 2016 #9

So, basically... davidthegnome Jun 2016 #10

Trade liberalization sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #11