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In reply to the discussion: Republicans are the enemy- except on trade issues [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)54. He's saying they're right on
knowing that they need to breathe air, eat food, and drink to stay alive, that they can correctly identify the colour of various objects, etc. Ie 'they're 'right' most of the time when it has nothing to do with actually helping other people via government action. In the context of a political site, it's one of the most pointless endorsements of Republican thought I've ever seen. In the context of a posting about their political thought in re 'trade agreements' it seems like a pitiful attempt to proclaim that they just happen to be right this time, when most Democratic politicians are 'wrong'.
I think Sherrod Brown is right on trade agreements.
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Republican states that refuse Medicaid expansion have already legalized murder.
onecaliberal
Apr 2015
#51
Please note that I explicitly said that I *didn't* think what you're accusing me of saying. N.T
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2015
#57
My opposition to the TPP has a lot to do with the fact that it deals with SO MUCH more than trade.
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#5
As did FDR's International Trade Organization. Democrats used to support that concept.
pampango
Apr 2015
#13
I can't argue with "Things are different now. History (and FDR) are not that relevant." n/t
pampango
Apr 2015
#19
As I said, specifics matter (for better or worse) but 'comprehensive' is not 'bad'.
pampango
Apr 2015
#26
And I wonder if FDR would support the World Bank, IMF, and International Trade Organization
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#27
He probably would not be surprised that the republican base opposes them and always has.
pampango
Apr 2015
#56
One thing seems sure, that there will be huge payoffs to the supporters of TPP! The only TV......
dmosh42
Apr 2015
#8
I don't understand your comment on China, couldn't another trade deal of those same nations
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#16
one of the arguments I hear over and over is that we must do this before China
rurallib
Apr 2015
#29
I really don't understand it. There's less there there than in the there we know of in TPP.
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#34
This is taking on the shape of the classic triangulation that brought us NAFTA
myrna minx
Apr 2015
#41