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In reply to the discussion: The Final Leaked TPP Text is All That We Feared [View all]lewebley3
(3,412 posts)109. If Hillary is elected: Happy Day will be here again!
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Hillary had to respect Obama, she waited until it was finished: We only have one President at time!
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#107
She opposed it the minute she said she opposed it. That's all we can count on.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#57
She claimed she didn't like that it would costs us jobs! Hey... H-1B ALSO costs us jobs!!!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#78
Let me guess... n'th dimensional super crazy amazing chess and we wee pawns could never understand?
Fearless
Oct 2015
#36
The thing is we are not ignorant about the TPP. There are lots of clues to make us skeptical.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#112
Why should I trust corporations building an agreement in secret. Not secret from corporations
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#138
Do you have a link to where it says it will be published in a few weeks for all to see?
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#150
Of course. Being liberal means standing for certain things so when there is policy that crushes
cui bono
Oct 2015
#58
More than likely they were never a liberal. What one thing in the TPP will help the 99%. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#111
People love Krugman when he supports their position. I think his latest opinion on TPP
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#14
Indeed-- I never heard Krugman come out for the TPP and I read him religiously
Fast Walker 52
Oct 2015
#155
He's going to fix it all in his third term. Besides, the Republicans are making him do it.
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#90
The crowning achievement of 35 years of reaganbushonomics. Done by Democrats, SAD!
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#7
It is the leak of "what is believed to be the 'essentially final version'" of one chapter.
pampango
Oct 2015
#12
Just because we are told that Big Pharma and Big Tobacco are unhappy with the
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#24
The same scheme was used to pass the Patriot Act. Rush it through before any discussion.
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#91
"Let's see the final text. I bet it is far, far more generous to Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big every
pampango
Oct 2015
#100
No, and that is my point. I'm fine with the current system. I disagree with those
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#61
So are you saying that you support the TPP? If you do, please let us know why. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#64
Those that have seen parts of it are in two camps. One camp says that there isn't
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#110
Paul Krugman is now leaning toward favoring it, and he's on the side of the 99%.
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#118
In all seriousness, the manipulation of copyright terms can be laid at the feet
hifiguy
Oct 2015
#35
If copyrights were eternal, Disney would have been violating some big ones when
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#54
Thank you KamaAina for pulling the first loose thread. I think crowd sourcing the reading and
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#26
New Leak of Final TPP Text Confirms Attack on Freedom of Expression, Public Health
eridani
Oct 2015
#81
And yet they won't explain what that 'grave threat to global freedom of expression' derives from.
randome
Oct 2015
#94
So if a court doesn't rule against a company 100% of the time, the TPP is bad?
randome
Oct 2015
#145
A goddam fucking UNELECTED corporate-appointed tribunal should not make these decisions
eridani
Oct 2015
#147
If Hillary or a republican is elected, this will be just the tip of the iceberg.
Zorra
Oct 2015
#103
So all those that said they could decide until they saw the completed document are going
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#117
I'd like to think that we, as Democrats, also care about how the TPP will impact average people in
stillwaiting
Oct 2015
#121
With NAFTA the promise was that if we moved jobs to Mexico their standard
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#139
Yep! Transparency at its finest. I'm so disappointed with the transparency charade. n/t
RKP5637
Oct 2015
#151