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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:12 PM Original message |
US Senate Panel Clears Three Trade Pact |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. those illegal treaties, they mean? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. How exactly are these trade pacts illegal? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. What the fuck is the point of "retraining" when the jobs are overseas? |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. He is the biggest advocate for these illegal treaties, so I imagine it will be signed gleefully |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. How exactly are these trade pacts illegal? |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. they should be passed as treaties |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. This something clearly different than a treaty |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That is simply blatantly incorrect, |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. NAFTA has been in effect for almost 18 years now |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I imagine because lobbyists paid good money to get what they wanted |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Not all jobs are going overseas |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Riiight. Same thi g was said about all the others. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Farmers support the Colombian trade deal: |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Thats true, but as with NAFTA that lost American jobs, there will be a huge net loss of jobs |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Senators dutifully performing the task they're paid to do by their corporate owners. |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. "In the final analysis |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Brilliant they put the jobs program down and vote the outsourcing |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I, for one, am proud that our President can stand up to working Americans. |
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values1 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. The old parties of small business are dead. Face it. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R It is easy to brush aside the unions, and the workers... Always.. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. These trade deals will benefit their corporate sponsors, not ordinary Americans. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh, they can pass a bill for jobs for other counties... |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. More NAFTA type trade deals will NOT help Americans. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't havea fundamental problem with free trade |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Let me guess: You're not looking for a job. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I am guessing you didn't read what I said |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The 2010 US gross national income per capita was $47,140. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I'm advocating for free sailboats for everybody but that doesn't mean it will happen. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. OK. If you twist my point to mean something else you win! |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Neither do European countries (among others) but they are progressive by comparison. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. That's what I am going towards. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. More US jobs soon to be gone n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. Brushing aside objections of unions to finalize Bushco's pacts. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The UAW supports the South Korea trade pact |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. AFL CIO opposes them (for good reason) |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. punt |
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values1 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Republicans say that retraining is a waste of time" |
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