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Related: About this forum"A Corporate Trojan Horse": Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy
Published on Apr 16, 2015
http://democracynow.org - Senate Finance Committee leaders Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Ron Wyden are expected to introduce a "fast-track" trade promotion authority bill as early as this week that would give the president authority to negotiate the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and then present it to Congress for a yes-or-no vote, with no amendments allowed. On Wednesday, more than 1,000 labor union members rallied on Capitol Hill to call on Democrats to oppose "fast-track" authority. We speak with two people closely following the proposed legislation: Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizens Global Trade Watch, and Rep. Alan Grayson, a Democrat from Florida.
SamKnause
(13,043 posts)I posted the link to Democracy Now throughout the day yesterday.
http://www.democracynow.org/
Representative Alan Grayson is the man !!!!!!!!
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)I've told anyone that would listen about this and their eyes just glaze over.
I don't know what the hell it takes to wake people up.
This country is screwed if this passes but people don't seem to care.
I live in a red state and I've called/written my congress critters. That was a waste of time, their paid off by big business.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)but I find I get a lot of interest from repugs when I refer to the TPP as Obama trade.
I just don't like myself afterwards.
jomin41
(559 posts)If we all refer to it as ObamaTrade (tm), The goopers will oppose it reflexively. Wouldn't bother my conscience. This is war.
spike91nz
(180 posts)that corporatism is a threat to democracy. Thanks for the posting of the information.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)We saw it with the Patriot Act. I have seen it used in real life. And we are seeing it now with TPP.