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9. So you're one of the few who's actually seen it then? Do tell us more...

Reply to ucrdem (Reply #8)

Sat May 23, 2015, 01:25 PM

May 2015

...about exactly what's in it.

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WaPo: "Why Obama�s key trade deal with Asia would actually be good for American workers" [View all] ucrdem May 2015 OP

About the authors: ucrdem May 2015 #1

Research Would Be Interesting To Determine Who Pays For Their Grants cantbeserious May 2015 #5

As Senator Warren Reminded All Last Week - Enforcement Of Trade Rules Is A Joke At Best cantbeserious May 2015 #2

Possibly the joke is on Senator Warren? ucrdem May 2015 #4

Nice Try - No Dice cantbeserious May 2015 #6

As Sen Wyden said after the vote yesterday.. Cha May 2015 #58

That's the main problem with it.... MaggieD May 2015 #37

WaPo is a right wing rag. n/t PowerToThePeople May 2015 #3

Who owns them now? Fuddnik May 2015 #41

Is that the same Jeff Bezos who owns a lot of stuff all around the planet Earth? Octafish May 2015 #50

Some good rebuttals to these anti-regulatory, free-trade economists in the comments villager May 2015 #7

Anyone who thinks TPP is anti-regulatory ucrdem May 2015 #8

So you're one of the few who's actually seen it then? Do tell us more... villager May 2015 #9

Gladly. ucrdem May 2015 #10

Um, no. Those are DU links, not the actual TPP, sorry. villager May 2015 #13

I see, you're not a link-clicker. ucrdem May 2015 #18

so now there is no TPP? villager May 2015 #21

No. If that makes you curious it should. ucrdem May 2015 #23

Just as you've been curious enough to read what's on Wikileaks? villager May 2015 #25

I have and if you'd clicked any of the links you'd know that. ucrdem May 2015 #26

All that linked post provdes is that you -- like the National Review -- have been aplogogizing villager May 2015 #32

You seem very fond of National Review. nt ucrdem May 2015 #45

You're the one recycling their talking points. villager May 2015 #47

I could say the same for you and Senator Sessions (R) AL ucrdem May 2015 #49

You avoid ad hominems!? Which thread are you referring to? villager May 2015 #54

Who said trade wasn't the public will? It goes back to the Phoenicians... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #51

"I think we should eliminate tenure for all professors and flood the US with cheap overseas PhDs... villager May 2015 #11

Notice how they conveniently omit any mention of the "bad parts." PSPS May 2015 #12

That's what apologist OPs like this one have to do, when lipsticking up the latest pigs villager May 2015 #15

LOL that didn't take long. ucrdem May 2015 #30

Hey - if your OP can recycle, nearly verbatim, National Review talking points... villager May 2015 #34

I don't read National Review but if it works for you, great. nt ucrdem May 2015 #36

Apparently it works for you, since you've OP'd the Washington Post version of their talking points villager May 2015 #42

Different authors, different article. Swiftboat fail. nt ucrdem May 2015 #44

same developed, pro-corporate talking points, hatched in the same think tanks, no doubt villager May 2015 #48

Googling up a title doesn't prove anything ucrdem May 2015 #52

Nor does a refusal to see how aligned your points are with theirs villager May 2015 #53

Often the longterm good parts, are good for everyone, even those too myopic to see it. Hoyt May 2015 #33

lol. And there are emininent economists who disagree. And who owns the WaPo? cali May 2015 #14

All good points, among those "conveniently omitted" by the 1%er spokes-folk villager May 2015 #16

Who owns the NYT? ucrdem May 2015 #17

Who owns the President and Congress? villager May 2015 #19

The people who vote. ucrdem May 2015 #22

Hah! You're in high comedic form, this morning. villager May 2015 #24

What would be the incentive for pharmaceutical companies to.... JaneyVee May 2015 #20

Wow an apologist for Big Pharma! BillZBubb May 2015 #31

They are not apologizing for anyone, merely telling the truth. We'd still be waiting for most of Hoyt May 2015 #38

Not at all. Just asking a serious question. JaneyVee May 2015 #39

Evergreening. GeorgeGist May 2015 #59

None. Although it's become popular to demonize... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #46

+1 Hoyt May 2015 #56

They do recoup their investment and profit from quite handsomely to obscenely cali May 2015 #55

People are part of the problem too, demanding the latest drug even it it is just a one a Hoyt May 2015 #57

So, their main argument is protecting corporate assets???? BillZBubb May 2015 #27

"How TPP Would Help America's Working Poor" -- National Review. It's an official rightwing line villager May 2015 #28

You'd be a fool to believe something just because someone notable is supporting it AZ Progressive May 2015 #29

True. The right has climate scientists who dispute global warming as well. BillZBubb May 2015 #35

The right also has Tea-Baggers who hate TPP ucrdem May 2015 #43

Things going on that you don't know... kentuck May 2015 #40