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bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
54. What is this "actual slavery in the deal" ?
Tue May 23, 2017, 11:34 AM
May 2017

If you think there's no way to make trade deals I don't know what to say to you- we do trade with these low wage countries with the deals or without.
I wasn't for the TPP as is but I think we actually can benefit from deals and regulations.

Julian Assange is not a friend of this nation. MineralMan May 2017 #1
It's unrealistic ronnie624 May 2017 #7
I'm not even going to try to answer your reply. MineralMan May 2017 #9
Of course not. ronnie624 May 2017 #11
Assange is a Russian troll who has lost all credibiliity and will eventually spend the rest of his Demsrule86 May 2017 #46
We shouldn't give enemy agents any benefit of the doubt at any time uponit7771 May 2017 #51
Russia isn't my enemy. n/t ronnie624 May 2017 #53
Putin's gov is the enemy of democracy uponit7771 May 2017 #56
Perhaps for the Russian people. ronnie624 May 2017 #58
For the US and Russia, there's no perhaps... proven empirically he's scum ... fuck Putin uponit7771 May 2017 #60
Actually, we all got played, but by the right. zipplewrath May 2017 #2
Deflection from the point of the OP. bettyellen May 2017 #3
You prefer confrontation? zipplewrath May 2017 #5
RWers hated the TPP because they wrongfully blame job losses on it. bettyellen May 2017 #12
Actually, the left blamed job losses zipplewrath May 2017 #15
Assange has been editing WikiShit to manipulate people for years- anyone ethical left Wiki years ago bettyellen May 2017 #16
But that's sorta the point zipplewrath May 2017 #20
Discerning readers check multiple sources instead of relying on folks who have an obvs agenda. bettyellen May 2017 #21
And there will be another zipplewrath May 2017 #23
A symptom that happens to lazy thinkers who prefer anger and confusion to reality. Education helps.. bettyellen May 2017 #24
But you can operate more openly zipplewrath May 2017 #25
Campaigns are always going to try to hide strategy, so NOPE... bettyellen May 2017 #27
Times are a changin' zipplewrath May 2017 #28
People are wising up to shitty partisan sources... most won't admit it but they won't get away with bettyellen May 2017 #32
And there will be another zipplewrath May 2017 #36
Assange used Wikileaks good reputation and ruined it. Most thinking individuals saw it while it was bettyellen May 2017 #38
Yup zipplewrath May 2017 #42
The TPP as written was a bad deal for us period. Demsrule86 May 2017 #47
What is this "actual slavery in the deal" ? bettyellen May 2017 #54
Read below and tell me about worker protection. Demsrule86 May 2017 #75
"Human rights advocates strongly support" ... and that's bad? bettyellen May 2017 #77
What they support was not in the bill...it was taken out...so slave countries could participate... Demsrule86 May 2017 #79
I'm saddened by what my google search turned up- no easy answers- what are the answers? bettyellen May 2017 #84
So the TPP took steps to improve workers rights but it wasn't enough and now there is nothing.... bettyellen May 2017 #57
They allowed slavery in the TPP...and the steps they take in these Demsrule86 May 2017 #74
there were plans to improve existing human rights issues with stronger steps than last time bettyellen May 2017 #76
You can not expect American workers to compete with slave countries... Demsrule86 May 2017 #80
We already are competing with abused workers worldwide. We use prison labor ourselves! bettyellen May 2017 #82
Pulling out of TPP gives China the ability to set the tone and becomes huge dominating force tammywammy May 2017 #4
You mean they aren't zipplewrath May 2017 #8
Consistent with their strategic agreement with Russia jberryhill May 2017 #29
Yeap, Assange was a 30% truth fact 70% bold face ass'd lie type person ... the 30% truth is to ... uponit7771 May 2017 #6
Assange did the people of the United States a huge favor. Jim Lane May 2017 #10
Any "favor' he did with the TPP is vastly outweighed by the damage pnwmom May 2017 #19
that's fine and may be true, although its hardly a coup. The same people run JCanete May 2017 #61
Yes, it's a coup. Achieved under-the-radar and without violence, pnwmom May 2017 #62
that doesn't have anything to do with what I said. Could the GOP impeach him JCanete May 2017 #63
I just added a link to Yale History Professor Timothy Snyder's thoughts pnwmom May 2017 #65
I agree with him...we are in danger of losing our democracy. Russia has less JCanete May 2017 #66
I think it is quite likely that key leaders in Congress are as tangled up with Russia pnwmom May 2017 #69
I very much agree they could be being blackmailed. Frankly, I'm sure the GOP JCanete May 2017 #71
trade partnerships are a fine idea, but they shouldn't be skewed towards JCanete May 2017 #13
The TPP was a bad deal. Demsrule86 May 2017 #48
For those of us who remember NAFTA gratuitous May 2017 #55
Not all on the left. Some of us noticed the giant red flag. pnwmom May 2017 #14
Wikileaks doesn't hack, they publish. ronnie624 May 2017 #17
Wikileaks never publishes documents about Russia. pnwmom May 2017 #18
Not exactly obvious zipplewrath May 2017 #26
What IS obvious is that Assange has been coordinating with pnwmom May 2017 #34
Yes, he is a fool zipplewrath May 2017 #37
From your article: ronnie624 May 2017 #67
They might not "prove" it to that writer's satisfaction, pnwmom May 2017 #68
"Evidence" from the CIA software that falsifies sources? n/t ronnie624 May 2017 #70
Yeah.. only Hillary.. NOT Repubs or Russia Cha May 2017 #43
And Obama. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #45
Pisses the hell out of me. I tried to tell everybody, but nooo, Obama was throwing the workers under Hekate May 2017 #22
Yep jberryhill May 2017 #30
You'd be hard pressed to prove it would "control" China zipplewrath May 2017 #31
Uh huh Hekate May 2017 #41
+1000 pnwmom May 2017 #35
Yep. ucrdem May 2017 #40
+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #49
+1 betsuni May 2017 #64
The Democratic Party has alway supported trade deals and open markets GulfCoast66 May 2017 #33
I have watched high paying jobs move overseas for years...and those who didn't understand that the Demsrule86 May 2017 #50
Yes, big time. The "secret negotiated" IP chapter was first leaked in May 2012 by Darrel Issa ucrdem May 2017 #39
and now Trump and the rest of his shitty fucked up family are making business deals with China JI7 May 2017 #44
And selling Golden Visas for half a million dollars, monetizing the hell out of the presidency... Hekate May 2017 #52
The world moves on without us. Yavin4 May 2017 #59
Ironically enough, while the GOP is trying to dismantle Obama's legacy, OTHER countries... Hekate May 2017 #72
I'm encouraged to see humans progress wherever they may be Yavin4 May 2017 #73
The TPP was a bad idea all around. alarimer May 2017 #78
He never fooled me. I knew he was a bad guy from the start. n/t Lil Missy May 2017 #81
Strange that McConnell / GOP gave Obama Fast Track Authority for TPP Jimbo101 May 2017 #83
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