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upaloopa

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2. Why does it have to get done?

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 06:26 PM

Dec 2014

Make a case to me. I'm not the one getting mega bucks from lobbyists.

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Obama says will make strong push for fast-track trade authority [View all] antigop Dec 2014 OP

I will call WH, Senators and Rep tomorrow, again. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #1

And how much money are you going to give? upaloopa Dec 2014 #3

An earful. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #5

Why does it have to get done? upaloopa Dec 2014 #2

The people who pay the lobbyists want it done arcane1 Dec 2014 #4

It's about bribery. If the Democrats pass the TPP, then maybe big corporations and others who JDPriestly Dec 2014 #9

If they don't do this, they'll never be able to get the bill passed. hughee99 Dec 2014 #28

STUPID SHIT. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #6

all the corporate stooges doing what they are told nt msongs Dec 2014 #7

BUT YOU GUYS....YOU JUST DON"T UNDERSTAND!!!!! vi5 Dec 2014 #8

Yeah, cuz bipartisan and "both sides" and "TTP & ETTA will open new markets for the USA!!!" KJG52 Dec 2014 #13

The silence is deafening. Deny and Shred Dec 2014 #15

The real reason he was installed in the White House. FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #10

"... the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership, will help raise labor and environmental standards." pampango Dec 2014 #11

Raise labor standards by sending jobs overseas? TBF Dec 2014 #14

As Krugman has written, tariffs are already very low. We already have FTA's with many of them. pampango Dec 2014 #16

You're going to have to be A LOT TBF Dec 2014 #17

If you believe that nothing in these agreements is "enforceable" then there is not much pampango Dec 2014 #21

You didn't answer my question - TBF Dec 2014 #22

"Platitudes are fine but not without a concrete plan with very specific details about how this will pampango Dec 2014 #23

At least we have some points TBF Dec 2014 #25

Nicely said. n/t pampango Dec 2014 #26

I wish I could rec this post (nt) malokvale77 Dec 2014 #20

if it's so great and necessary, why the secrecy? williesgirl Dec 2014 #12

They could tell you, but then they'd have to kill you. Because "freedom"...for the 1%. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #19

republicans made that point about FDR in their 1936 party platform. pampango Dec 2014 #24

Look, everyone! It's DU's resident Chamber of Commerce Representative brentspeak Dec 2014 #29

Nice contribution to the discussion of secrecy in trade negotiations. pampango Dec 2014 #30

As before, and always, you attempt to deceive by means of selective information brentspeak Dec 2014 #31

That raises the issue that liberals are more likely to support policies that may harm them (or 'us' pampango Dec 2014 #32

You sank his battleship. Union Scribe Dec 2014 #33

It's not a secret; it's just that they have to pass the bill FIRST closeupready Dec 2014 #27

25 more months of this..just wonderful...nt quadrature Dec 2014 #18

Bad president. n/t Orsino Dec 2014 #34