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Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:04 AM

Jun 2014

""The TransPacific Partnership is labelled as a "free trade" magic elixir that will cure all ills - Jobs! Prosperity! World Peace! - but in fact it's a toxic brew that weakens the American body politic and the Constitution. And when you look at how it came about you see that those are design features, not bugs.

The historical record is clear: what are misleadingly called "free trade agreements" were never really about trade. Their goal is to render independent nation states null and void, and hand power over to unaccountable, transnational corporatist authorities."

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WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership [View all] Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #1

So.... Plucketeer Jun 2014 #2

...or the bait and switch. Earth_First Jun 2014 #10

K&R elzenmahn Jun 2014 #3

At some point, alsame Jun 2014 #4

Once the Tea Party realize they've been manipulated by the Koch brothers, they'll be pretty pissed Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #6

I don't think we have to make an alliance with the far right BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #33

We're a vocal minority pscot Jun 2014 #41

I think we are a far too complacent but larger contingent BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #47

Short answer: Yes. beerandjesus Jun 2014 #42

Thank you, Wikileaks Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #5

Well, it's not a secret anymore. Thanks wikileaks! pa28 Jun 2014 #7

Now the whole world can have the same crappy medical care as the USA. lark Jun 2014 #8

No words. K&R Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #9

Is this what David Ignatius wrote about? antigop Jun 2014 #11

Hillary in the Middle again pscot Jun 2014 #17

NO! blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #20

Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at State Dept (leading part in drafting TPP) antigop Jun 2014 #26

they play both sides of the aisle awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #40

Absolutely not. LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #51

I "Hope" this isn't the only kind of "change" we can expect now... villager Jun 2014 #12

Time to open our eyes and see the deception, D and R alike! blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #22

My eyes are open - I feel very sad. 840high Jun 2014 #28

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2014 #13

K&R - Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jun 2014 #14

Eliz Warren or Sherrod Brown 2016 stuffmatters Jun 2014 #15

"...with Hillary's fingerprints all over it." blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #21

^^^^^^^^^^ !! n/t truedelphi Jun 2014 #44

We're going to be run by an international board of directors pscot Jun 2014 #16

That's their goal. LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #52

Future tense? NT Trillo Jun 2014 #57

" even local utilities such as water." dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #18

Yep. Food and farmland an open secret, too. If they could privatize air, they would. merrily Jun 2014 #34

TPP is/was just the distraction from what the 1% REALLY wants: Total Global Domination blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #19

Meanwhile, they have us fighting with each other, while they hold hands. merrily Jun 2014 #35

The little darlings just don't have enough.... JustinBulletin Jun 2014 #23

why is our government so bent on keeping its actions secret from us...? mike_c Jun 2014 #24

All of the governments involved have kept this secret from their people. Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #25

They are keeping their actions secret because they are trying to hide their actions from us. merrily Jun 2014 #36

Not a lot ... Nihil Jun 2014 #37

US Constitution not even mentioned in any court proceedings truedelphi Jun 2014 #45

The Framers feared the common herd almost as much as any dictatorial monarch did. merrily Jun 2014 #50

Every time I ask myself that question, I think of the barn wall in "Animal Farm." LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #53

"If you have nothing nice to say, merrily Jun 2014 #54

k& r! n/t wildbilln864 Jun 2014 #27

If it's secret it can't be good for the working class. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #29

K & R historylovr Jun 2014 #30

"and even local utilities such as water." Here it comes... arcane1 Jun 2014 #31

Oh brother. That is one scary thought. truedelphi Jun 2014 #46

k/r nationalize the fed Jun 2014 #32

Darn whistle-blowers! elias49 Jun 2014 #38

This. navarth Jun 2014 #43

K&R nt TBF Jun 2014 #39

oh geez people. toby jo Jun 2014 #48

Um what? MFrohike Jun 2014 #49

kick! wildbilln864 Jun 2014 #55

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