Mickey Kasparian on the TPP

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3. I think the US citizenry is very brave for doing this,

for being willing to take such a tremendous kick in the crotch, sacrificing the well-being built up over their entire history, in order to provide a level playing field with citizens of Vietnam. Though I don't think the Vietnamese will be providing the bulk of "the investment capitalist class" -- hehe. Just think, only a few decades ago the US was bombing shit out of Vietnam, and now the US is making Vietnam full and equal partners with the USA, where Vietnamese workers and environmentalists and activists get to work on a level playing field with their US partners.

It's all about the workers. The Everyday Americans.

I'm not saying that we Canadians won't take a kick in the crotch. Tho' we just might evade it, if Harper loses this October. But in any event, our US partners will be taking the full on force of it, the rest of the US dominion will be feeling only echoes.