Expanded trade helps Iowa-TPP for Iowa

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2015/03/31/expanded-trade-helps-iowa/70704998/

It would appear this article was submitted by the Lt Governor of Iowa to the Des Moines Register. Propaganda at its finest.

[djean111]

1. No mention of job losses or trade deficits. Must have slipped his mind.

Here is another propaganda horror - at least I know who the DINOs are - and who I will never vote for or support:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/61521

Deval Patrick, Others To Advise Astroturf Pro-TPP/Fast Track Group

Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick will head an advisory board for the Astroturf group called the Progressive Coalition for American Jobs. This group was formed to push for passage of fast track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Also joining the advisory group are former Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire and former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

The Hill reports that the three will advice the Progressive Coalition for American Jobs (PCAJ), “a new effort launched by Democrats and progressives to push for free trade.” The Associated Press, in “Top Democrats on new pro-trade board will sharpen differences among liberals, blacks,” says, “The effort will sharpen differences between the Democratic Party’s liberal and pro-business wings, especially in New England. And it could accelerate the effort to woo black lawmakers, a key target in the House.”

Group Claims TPP Will Increase Exports and Jobs, Doesn’t Mention Imports And Job Loss
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However, there is no mention of balancing trade. Previous trade deals have increased exports, while increasing imports even more. The resulting trade deficit measures a loss of jobs, factories and living standards. The wage differential between what the laid-off U.S. workers were paid and what the low-wage, non-U.S. workers will be paid is pocketed by a few CEOs and Wall Street types, exacerbating our country’s terrible income and wealth inequality.

The PCAJ fact sheet says that TPP “would support hundreds of thousands of new high-quality jobs.” However, The Washington Post’s Fact Checker examined this claim in January, in “The Obama administration’s illusionary job gains from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” The Post concluded, “Administration officials earn Four Pinocchios for their fishy math.”
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Good read.

[rurallib]

2. Yep - Iowa will flood the world with corn, beans and pork

while what few manufacturing jobs it does have will get shipped out.
And countries where Iowa ag products will flood will see their farmers pushed off the land just like they did in Mexico.

BTW - Reynolds held the state senate seat that Joni Ernst held before Ernst. They are equally nuts.