Democrats Reject Platform Proposal Opposing Trade Deal

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142. If Walmart doesn't cause food stamps

then I don't see why their business model is any worse than the rest of the large segment of employers who also have employees on food stamps. One in seven Americans are on food stamps. If there were no food stamps I don't see what would make Walmart pay more. People work for what they can get. Many places in the world they work for less than it costs to eat regularly. I'm glad we have food stamps.

Naming one business that pays good wages doesn't make my statement 100% wrong. I know from life experience that mom and pop stores pay very little.

I think convenience is a big reason while Walmart has come to dominate markets.

I'm sorry you took my use of the word protectionist as an attack. I took your opposition to globalism as an opposition to trade. My bad. I agree with you that we shouldn't sign bad trade deals. You are right that I don't know much about TPP. Thanks for the new link about it. Although I'm skeptical of the objectivity of the AFLCIO I hope to learn more from it. I learned about flaws in Walmart's supply system from you.

I don't think of patent protection as protectionism. We have patents for good reasons and US companies lose when patents aren't complied with. I won't agree with the TPP is it extends patents beyond what is given here. I also don't agree with the tribunals though I'm not sure they go as far as critics claim. We were told that NAFTA would end our world that way and it didn't happen. Perhaps after reading I'll be more convinced.