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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:20 PM Original message |
Congress passes 3 free trade agreements |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. wtf, they call themselves a news organization? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Well it is Forbes, ya know. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fucking TRAITORS! |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't see how this will be a win for American workers when it will cause more job losses. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. GOPhers wanted them. Third Way wanted them. Obama wanted them. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. self-delete |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:49 AM Original message |
Yes, complete |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only thing exported will be more American jobs. Who the fuck are they kidding? nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. +1000 n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Please name the top ten global exporters. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Your exercise is incomplete without a list of the top 10 importers. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. +1000 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
67. I wish we exported NEARLY as much as we imported. But, I'm sorry, what was your point? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
125. With "free trade" countries we do export almost as much as we import. n/t |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Might wanna rethink that graphic. |
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In Other News (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
124. Good point nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I want to see who of our craven Dems voted for this debacle. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. here they are |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Thank you for the list |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. That's sort of surprising to me. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I've been wary of him |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
91. Merkely Nay on all three, though |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Yes, I saw that |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Thank you for that info, alp227. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
90. Damn |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. "they" get our jobs, so what do we get (not the filthy rich coprorations....US) nt |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
102. We get Colombian refugees. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Booooooooooooo & Hisssssssssss! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. I swear they dont care if we're at 10% unemployment by the election |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess, polarization and partisanship level in American politics |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Don't free trade agreements essentially allow corporations to establish foreign factories? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wish they'd pass the jobs bill, but the trade agreements are a good deal |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. BBC: Korea trade act will increase US-made exports to the country |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Not mentioned in your post: Imports from Korea will greatly outnumber exports to Korea |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The 159k number is bogus |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And the 70k number isn't? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. We have a track record of bush's economic policy's effect on trade |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Sad thing is, it could reverse much of what good the Obama admin. HAS done these past 3 years. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
64. That's nice. Perhaps you could point out a net-positive free trade agreement? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Just one. Australia-US FTA. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
103. and Chile, and Peru, Singapore, Bahrain, and the CAFTA group |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
89. self-delete |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It's clear you didn't bother to research before posting |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Link? |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
88. Thank you for the EPI link, I've been looking for a study on these deals |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Colombia, especially, should have NEVER been rewarded with an FTA. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. There is a really fascinating correlation between countries we have agreements with... |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
62. Right free trade agreements (actually treaties that by-pass the 2/3 majority vote requirement) |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Poor monetary policies have caused millions of job losses in the US |
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values1 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Our One-Party Congress spins another tale. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
99. What you failed to mention: The S. Korean trade deal continues those unfavorable monetary policies |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
73. ... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
109. History is often a good guide |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Trumka: The wrong medicine at the wrong time. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. All three are bullshit agreements... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. I see the joblessness for Americans program is still way ahead of the jobs for Americans program. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. When will Labor quit sucking the d--k of the democrats? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
106. With a two party system one party need be only slightly more favorable to a given |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Senator Kohl (WI) voted for SK and Panama, but against Columbia |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. Next up, |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Oh, and not to worry |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. Congress can move fast when corporation need something. |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. MFing TRAITORS!!! |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. Fuck........ |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. When are we going to OCCUPY CONGRESS? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. FACT from The New York Times: The WH made "changes demanded by industry groups and unions" |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. Lou Dobbs held up a r eport which he stated was from the Labor |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. So voting to axe jobs in favor of the corporate masters... |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
43. Huzzah for our side! The final slide into desperate living. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. Hooray for poorly informed rage |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I love irony. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
118. So 9 out of 10 years of increased exports, combined with a falling deficit |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Thank you - it is too amazing that people just jump |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Or people jump into threads with support when |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
100. I don't know if they are good or bad |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. So you are not willing to show where you got your info about how great these deals are. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #104 |
127. I specifically said I don't know |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
77. sayeth the person pushing for unFree Trade |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
117. Your quarrel is with the republicans, not Samsung. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
80. Removing tariffs on agricultural goods to Colombia? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
116. The "Inclosure Acts" in the UK from 1750 - 1850 also took out small farmers |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Except in the case of Mexico, some of the displaced farmers become |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Most of the farmers were displaced pre-NAFTA |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. So if Mexico was subsidizing jobs, why can't it support its own people? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #121 |
131. Mostly regional disparities, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. But it's the north that is the center of the drug wars |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Location, Location, Location. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
83. What is your job again? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. I work with foreign businesses operating in the US and vice-versa |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
97. I disagree strongly with that assessment |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #97 |
114. Our domestic polices did us in, not NAFTA. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
98. Wow is your analysis bad. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. A $5 billion dollar trade deficit is infinitesimal, |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #113 |
123. The existence of larger trade deficits elsewhere is irrelevant. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
101. Thanks for the laugh |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. What are you talking about? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #112 |
126. So what you're saying is that we should obliterate our trade surplus with Korea |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
130. We don't have a trade surplus with Korea, but one is very much attainable |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
105. WTF does "US domestic policies are republican adherance to 'low road' economic development policies |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. It means he's into race to the bottom economics, too. nt |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. No, it means I place the blame where it belongs - republicans |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #111 |
128. Huh? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. And Al Gore wanted Fast Track from Congress to reach the same agreements |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
107. LOL: "trade agreements that will quickly allow the US to realize a trade surplus" |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Indeed it will, |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
46. This just promotes the same ole same ole shit... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. Every time I hear the words "bi-partisan support" - I know we've just been screwed |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
87. You too, huh? |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
49. well this will make sure the wall street protests continue. |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. People are actually defending this as being "good for America"?? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
53. I don't notice any of the defenders mentioning Columbia's habit of murdering trade unionists |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. Related thread here: |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. I just heard a giant sucking sound --- |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #55 |
122. That'll be the President and his administration saying "Hi" to the corporations again. (n/t) |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
56. these trade agreements never seem to work as advertised. |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
57. As Hillary Clinton said.... |
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wobblie (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
58. sold out |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
60. These worked out so well before....... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. Vomit. Only Koreans, Colombians, and Panamanians get the jobs. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
63. Here is Kerry on the agreements |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
69. But, but it has to be a good thing, right? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
70. This amounts to an economic act of treason. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
72. Neo-liberalism. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
74. this is the nail in the coffin for Congress |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
75. There go more jobs |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
76. Congress forces Americans out of more Jobs |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
78. I knew they'd do this crap. We no longer have representatives in Congress. We have a-holes nt |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
81. New jobs!!!!! |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
82. Attention all american workers... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
85. Class warfare ...they have fired back at us. What can we do about it? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
93. Or-Bama-Wellian |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
94. UAW Applauds Passage of U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Economist Ian Fletcher: "Don't be fooled by White House's cynical ploy" (obtaining UAW support) |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
95. In case anyone tells you we have representative government |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
134. Where's a LINK to the votes? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Here's a LINK. Both my "Dems" voted for them |
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