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Baobab

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21. Factcheck is ignoring the General Agreement on Trade in Services and Trade in Services Agreement

Reply to wyldwolf (Reply #3)

Mon May 2, 2016, 10:16 AM

May 2016

which declare war on public services, globally, one only has to Google the following text:

"For the purposes of this Agreement…

(b) 'services' includes any service in any sector except services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority;

(c) 'a service supplied in the exercise of governmental authority' means any service which is supplied neither on a commercial basis, nor in competition with one or more service suppliers."

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Clinton AGAIN (2016) trying to take credit for children's health program Clinton White House fought [View all] Baobab May 2016 OP

says people that dont like her. MFM008 May 2016 #1

Which is a majority of Americans. (nt) w4rma May 2016 #2

Which is why more are voting for her than they are Bernie? wyldwolf May 2016 #4

No, just partisan Democrats. (nt) w4rma May 2016 #9

No, just all American voters. She has more votes than Trump does, too. wyldwolf May 2016 #10

She does Duckhunter935 May 2016 #27

The facts disagree with this wyldwolf May 2016 #3

I think Hillary would be proud... chwaliszewski May 2016 #5

"Progressives" respond to fact checking about as well as conservatives do wyldwolf May 2016 #6

How did you feel chwaliszewski May 2016 #7

How do you feel about her whupping Bernie's ass by wider margins than 2008? wyldwolf May 2016 #8

Do you think she should bring back the military draft? chwaliszewski May 2016 #11

How do you feel about Clinton having more popular votes than Bernie AND Trump? wyldwolf May 2016 #12

That doesn't make her any less nauseating chwaliszewski May 2016 #13

It makes her less nauseating than Bernie wyldwolf May 2016 #15

We'll have to agree to disagree chwaliszewski May 2016 #18

No we won't. You're wrong. wyldwolf May 2016 #23

No, you're wrong and possibly a ****. chwaliszewski May 2016 #33

Nope I'm not wrong you are wyldwolf May 2016 #34

Actually, you're the one that's wrong chwaliszewski May 2016 #35

You're wrong about that too wyldwolf May 2016 #36

Read the Citeseer paper in my sig Baobab May 2016 #20

Factcheck is ignoring the General Agreement on Trade in Services and Trade in Services Agreement Baobab May 2016 #21

your two replies have ZERO to do with the OP's premise. ZERO. wyldwolf May 2016 #22

+1 Buzz Clik May 2016 #26

If you bone up on the policy behind all this, you'll find that Clinton WH opposed everything that Baobab May 2016 #32

This is DISINFORMATION ProgressiveEconomist May 2016 #14

As far as I am concerned, anyone who believes Hillary is a moron, so there's that. djean111 May 2016 #16

Boom. thereismore May 2016 #28

Anybody who doesnt see that GATS and TiSA force the full for profit mode on Baobab May 2016 #19

Which has WHAT to do with the OP? wyldwolf May 2016 #24

Its literally a war on any giving of some valuable service to anybody who cannot afford it. Baobab May 2016 #25

Which has ZERO to do with the premise of the OP wyldwolf May 2016 #29

That is not true, it explains the real reason why Clinton WH opposed SCHIP Baobab May 2016 #30

which, of course, never happened. #bernielogic wyldwolf May 2016 #31

good grief mercuryblues May 2016 #17