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liberal_at_heart

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32. so when we have strong unions and wages like Europe then

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Thu Mar 19, 2015, 05:30 PM

Mar 2015

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get back to me on free trade agreements.

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There's only one principle behind TTIP, CETA and other 'free trade' agreements [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP

Milton Friedman Shock Doctrine SamKnause Mar 2015 #1

That is the bottom line. GeorgeGist Mar 2015 #2

Obama is not a slave to the free market or his donors. obxhead Mar 2015 #8

He, like most politicians... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #34

There are a couple of other ideas that go hand in hand with 'free trade'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #3

And then Waste Management ends up with piles and piles of resources. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #10

My hatred of corporatism burns hotter than the surface of the Sun gregcrawford Mar 2015 #4

Your hatred in entirely justified. The U.S.A. has never faced such an insidious enemy. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #7

Me three Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #15

Exactly. The other stuff matters, but it becomes secondary if you don't have food and shelter. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #27

Free-market rhetoric largely exploits anti-communism and rejection HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #5

Repeat after me. Corporate rule is Fascism. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #6

Tell Barack Obama -- he's pushing for this as hard as anyone. FiveGoodMen Mar 2015 #18

It's pretty clear, Enthusiast Mar 2015 #19

Agreed. FiveGoodMen Mar 2015 #31

Which brings up the point... HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #9

European workers have prospered with their version of 'free trade', open borders and no tariffs. pampango Mar 2015 #11

+1. Trade agreements are not necessarily bad. Hoyt Mar 2015 #12

false equivalency. Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #13

Prior to WWII each European country had tariffs and immigration restrictions against its neighbors. pampango Mar 2015 #14

You called THAT right: Took the words out of my mouth Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #16

The Steel industry and the auto industry were strong Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #17

"That was a specious argument and the poster knows it." If the far-right gets its way, pampango Mar 2015 #21

Nonsense - the countries of the EU are separate sovereign nations. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #22

the agreements they have are between Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #25

Fuck the details. This nation has never been the same since NAFTA. TPP and TTIP will be worse. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #20

News flash. Things were not great before NAFTA. Trade with Mexico is 3% of our economy. pampango Mar 2015 #23

So that's why republicans are pushing this deal too? Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #24

The republican base is not pushing it, in fact oppose it, while Democrats think it is a good idea. pampango Mar 2015 #26

Which Democrats? DINO corporatists? Those are Republicans in disguise. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #28

You can call them all the names you want. Polls show that Democrats think it is a 'good idea' while pampango Mar 2015 #29

I don't believe you. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #30

Me too. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #36

That poster has been made aware of the fact that the TPP is a part of the 2012 (R)epublcan platform nationalize the fed Mar 2015 #38

That poster has been pumping the corporate/republican trade propaganda on here for years Elwood P Dowd Mar 2015 #39

The big transformation came with NAFTA. We all know it. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #35

so when we have strong unions and wages like Europe then liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Mar 2015 #33

Larry Summers and the End Game Memo Octafish Mar 2015 #37