Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at the State Department (leading part in drafting TPP)

[antigop]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-10/hillary-clintons-business-legacy-at-the-state-department#p1

On her 79th and probably last overseas trip as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made a pit stop in the Czech Republic. One purpose of the 11-hour visit on Dec. 3, squeezed between NATO talks on the future of Afghanistan and the Syrian civil war, was to make a personal appeal to Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas on behalf of Westinghouse Electric, which is vying for a contract to build a nuclear power plant there. The company is locked in a $10 billion bidding war with a state-owned Russian energy giant, and Clinton pressed the Czech officials about the wisdom of depending on Vladimir Putin’s Russia for something as essential as electricity. Westinghouse Chief Executive Danny Roderick, who’s still awaiting a decision, says Clinton’s intervention made a big impression on the Czechs: “I was proud that she was in the trenches with me.”

In four years as the nation’s top diplomat, Clinton, who is expected to step down this month, has made dozens of similar sales pitches on behalf of U.S. companies. In 2009 she toured a Boeing plant in Moscow and met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to persuade state-owned Russian Technologies to buy 50 Boeing 737s instead of jets made by Airbus. That $3.7 billion deal was one of several large contracts Clinton helped clinch for Boeing (BA). In December 2011, Lockheed Martin (LMT) announced a $7.2 billion deal to upgrade Japan’s aging fighter jet fleet, beating out Eurofighter. Clinton advocated for the contract with her Japanese counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly. In February 2012, Space Systems/Loral, which builds communications satellites in Palo Alto, won a contract for equipment to create a national broadband network in Australia. Clinton met with former Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd several times to press for the deal. Last summer, Clinton’s undersecretary for economic growth, Robert Hormats, a former Goldman Sachs (GS) vice chair, took executives from Google (GOOG), MasterCard (MA), and Dow Chemical (DOW) to Myanmar to network with government officials, the first such meeting since sanctions against the country were lifted in 2012.

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She’s pressed the case for U.S. business in Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries in China’s shadow. She’s also taken a leading part in drafting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the free-trade pact that would give U.S. companies a leg up on their Chinese competitors.

[DURHAM D]

1. lol

[Purveyor]

2. I'm not going to touch 'this'. I'm in enough hot water around this place as it is... :) eom

[antigop]

3. I guess Business Week is a "hater/basher". nt

[Jefferson23]

75. lol

[OhioChick]

4. She played a "leading part in drafting" the TPP POS?

Speaks volumes.

NAFTA decimated Ohio and from what I've heard, TPP is NAFTA on steroids.

[antigop]

5. That's what Business Week claims...and all of those million miles....how many were for corporations?

nt

[rhett o rick]

6. Ms. Clinton isnt a friend of the 99%. nm

[Iliyah]

9. Rand Paul is

yeah. .

[rhett o rick]

13. I appreciate that you agree. But I dont understand your fixation on Rand Paul.

How sad that we have gotten to the point that we will settle for anyone as long as there is someone worse. The Lesser of Evils Theory has gotten us where we are today. Why cant we hold out for those that meet Democratic principles?

The Conservative Democrats are killing the party. They are willing to settle for anything their leaders give them. Always relying on the "It's better than __________ (fill in the blank)."

If you are happy with the way things are going, then vote for Ms. Clinton.

[markpkessinger]

87. +1000! n/t

[4dsc]

20. No Hillary in '16

Your statement is a correct one.

Convincing that 99% is the hard part.

[rhett o rick]

21. Ms. Clinton will get the backing of the 1% of which she is a member in high standing.

The 99% wont get a choice. The choices in 2016 will be Clinton vs. Christie or Clinton vs. one of the clowns.

on edit there is another possibility, Christie switches parties and runs against one of the clowns. The centrists here would love that.

[antigop]

23. "Clinton’s undersecretary for economic growth, Robert Hormats, former Goldman Sachs (GS) vice chair"

nt

[rhett o rick]

24. How can anyone be so naive to think that ms. Clinton will do anything but continue

the current policies toward Wall Street and Booz-Allen-Hamilton?

[cantbeserious]

27. Correct - Ms. Clinton Would Validate And Reaffirm All The Worst Aspects Of The DLC

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[Bill USA]

55. yeah, I was really dissappointed when she didn't pick Richard Simmons for that job. LOL

[rhett o rick]

61. Is that the best you've got? LOL back. nm

[Bill USA]

65. "LOL back"? Pretty pathetic, even for a Rightwing shill.

[rhett o rick]

67. Name calling means you've hit bottom. "Rightwing shill."

I support Democratic principles and you support Obama. I guess we will never agree.

[Bill USA]

70. I just identified you as a part of group of people who have come on this site to create phony

discord within Democrats. You claim this is 'name-calling' which is obviously wrong. Name calling generally an attempt to characterize someone as somehow a morally inferior class of being. I have said I think you are engaging in a dishonest rhetorical practice of creating what appears to be actual disagreement within the democratic camp. I identified you as a member of those individuals who are accurately characterized as operating in the interests of the GOP while passing themselves off as members of the Democratic party of the Democratic persuasion, if you will. I think, based on the outlandish insinuations of this thread which you have agreed with or contributed to, this is a reasonable conclusion.

That isn't name-calling but I can see how you would want to misrepresent my identification of your tactic.

You claim to have devined my political leanings (re Obama) without any evidence (at least none cited). But this approach is consistent with methods of the article referred to in OP, which you find so appealing.

[ReRe]

91. You're doing talking points...

... that's all you've got, and by-damn you're sticking to them. We welcome your hate, though, like FDR did. Why don't we talk real issues?

[Bill USA]

59. check it out, try again....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=69933

[rhett o rick]

62. Well she may have you convinced but not me. She is firmly tied in with Wall Street. nm

[Bill USA]

54. uh-huh, and that's why the RightWingnuts hate her so much, cuzz she's a champion of the 1% LOL!!!!!

[rhett o rick]

63. If she becomes president you better believe that Bernanke, Summers and Geitner will continue

their love dance with Wall Street. You better believe that Gen Clapper, Gen Alexander, Herr Mueller, and torturer Comey will remain in charge. Free trade will be the song of the day as the middle class disappears. Her wealth makes her a strong member of the 1%.

She does not represent the 99%.

[Bill USA]

64. you GOPers are really running scared of Hillary aren't you. LOL!! 85% rating in Senate by AFL-CIO

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/hillary_clinton.htm

Her voting record in the Senate:

more details here (if you can stand to read it...LOL).


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•No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased. (Jul 2007)
•Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)
•Stand up for unions; organize for fair wages. (Jun 2007)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/its-the-economy-stupid_b_67667.html

In contrast, the Democratic Presidential hopefuls address the need for good jobs. Senator Hillary Clinton said, "Let's make sure the people who work hard every day can actually support their families and save for the future."

•Get tough with China and bring jobs back home. (Feb 2007)
•Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages. (Dec 2006)
•Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, “New Jobs for New York”. (Oct 2006)
•Minimum wage should be tied to congressional salaries. (Jun 2006)
•Pushed for extension of unemployment insurance. (Feb 2004)
•The working poor deserve a living wage. (Oct 1999)
•America can afford to raise the minimum wage. (Sep 1999)
•Recently “we’re in it together” became “you’re on your own”. (Sep 1996)
•Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
•Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
•Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
•Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
•Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
•Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
•Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
•Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
•Sponsored bill linking minimum wage to Congress' pay raises. (May 2006)
•Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
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[rhett o rick]

68. Really? You are calling me a GOP'er? And "right-wing" shill earlier? Seriously?

You apparently dont want to have a decent discussion. Goodbye.

[markpkessinger]

88. Rightwingers can hate for any number of reasons -- few of them rational

Plain old sexism explains a lot of the right's reaction to Hillary (just as racism explains a lot of the right's reaction to President Obama). As we've seen with President Obama, even when he endorses positions that the right has historically supported, their knee-jerk reaction will be to oppose him. So is it that hard to believe a similar dynamic is at work with respect to Hillary? I think the right can almost never be understood in terms of simple support (or not) for policy positions.

[Bill USA]

89. The rabid Right believe in nothing. They have no philosophy, only tactics.

Most of them don't realize this of course. They choose hypocrisy as preferable than a frightening existence of nothingness.

[markpkessinger]

90. Yes, but that's my point . . .

. . . You implied above that Hillary couldn't be the corporatist many accuse her of being, because if she were, the right wouldn't hate her so much. My point is that the right's hatred of Hillary is not, in any case, based on her relative degree of support, or lack thereof, for causes the right claims it supports. Thus the fact that the right hates her doesn't really prove anything concerning her corporatist leanings one way or the other.

[Bill USA]

57. Clinton's voting record in Senate on Minimum wage & rated an 85% pro Labor voting record by AFL-CIO

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/hillary_clinton.htm

Her voting record in the Senate:

more details here (if you can stand to read it...LOL).


[font size="3"]
•No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased. (Jul 2007)
•Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)
•Stand up for unions; organize for fair wages. (Jun 2007)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/its-the-economy-stupid_b_67667.html

In contrast, the Democratic Presidential hopefuls address the need for good jobs. Senator Hillary Clinton said, "Let's make sure the people who work hard every day can actually support their families and save for the future."

•Get tough with China and bring jobs back home. (Feb 2007)
•Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages. (Dec 2006)
•Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, “New Jobs for New York”. (Oct 2006)
•Minimum wage should be tied to congressional salaries. (Jun 2006)
•Pushed for extension of unemployment insurance. (Feb 2004)
•The working poor deserve a living wage. (Oct 1999)
•America can afford to raise the minimum wage. (Sep 1999)
•Recently “we’re in it together” became “you’re on your own”. (Sep 1996)
•Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
•Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
•Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
•Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
•Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
•Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
•Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
•Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
•Sponsored bill linking minimum wage to Congress' pay raises. (May 2006)
•Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
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[MotherPetrie]

7. Helping the rich get richer.

[Bill USA]

58. check this out; try again.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=69933

[MotherPetrie]

60. She also voted to screw people at the end of their rope with the Bankruptcy Reform Act.

Helping the rich get richer.

[appal_jack]

8. C'mon, Democrats.

C'mon, Democrats. Haven't we seen the A-Clinton-as-President-Sells-Us-Out-to-Corporations-via-Free-Trade-Agreements movie already?

It was lousy.

There is no need to make a sequel. It would suck even worse.

Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson, Wendy Davis, or even Al Franken for President. Not Hillary.

-app

[emsimon33]

11. Agreed.

That's why I supported Obama over her and what good did it do?

[rhett o rick]

25. The 1% Oligarchs decide on the two choices for President. Then they let us vote and we

pretend it's democracy.

[newfie11]

93. ++++++++++++++++++

Boy if that isn't the truth!

[Bill USA]

56. wow the GOPers are REALLY scared of Hillary. LOL!

[Iliyah]

10. ok

I have my own mind. Thank you very much. Oh it call democracy, remember.

[antigop]

12. who paid for the corporate trip to Myanmar -- did the US taxpayer pay for it? nt

[Bill USA]

66. Hillary Clinton is a Martian, uh-huh.

[antigop]

14. 385 views. nt

[antigop]

15. 396 views. nt

[OhioChick]

16. No one wants to touch this one

[antigop]

17. Is Business Week a "hater/basher"? nt

[OhioChick]

18. Not that I'm aware of n/t

[antigop]

46. misogynist? sexist? nt

[undeterred]

19. Fundraising for 2016 will be a walk in the park for her.

[antigop]

22. Lockheed, Boeing, Master Card, Google --- yep. The corporations will love her! nt

[rhett o rick]

26. Dont forget Walmart. nm

[HooptieWagon]

28. The LAST thing this country needs is yet another corporatist in the WH.

[antigop]

29. +100 nt

[Duppers]

30. this deserves more DU attention.

Nt.

[antigop]

31. yes, it does. nt

[AtomicKitten]

32. I missed this TPP story entirely.

thanks for posting

[antigop]

33. thanks for the kick. nt

[AtomicKitten]

34. glad to do so

I knew about Keystone http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023022353 but not TPP.

It is very disheartening to know all this in advance knowing she will put her big shoes on in the primary if there will even be one or go straight to coronation. Good lord I hope not.

[antigop]

35. watch it, Atomic, or you'll be called a "hater" or something nt

[AtomicKitten]

36. !!

[antigop]

37. or a "basher" nt

[Cirque du So-What]

38. Someone is conspicuous in his absence from this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=280518

[antigop]

39. several others as well nt

[Cirque du So-What]

40. Do tell

Can you recommend a way of finding out who 'got it' that doesn't resemble an Easter egg hunt?

[antigop]

41. Not sure what you are asking but maybe this will help

Do you see any of the posters from this group?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1107

<edit to add>: Why not? Maybe they missed this thread?

[Cirque du So-What]

42. I misunderstood

I thought you meant others had been PPRed, but I see that you were talking about Hillary Clinton's ardent boosters instead.

[antigop]

43. maybe they don't follow the Good Reads forum???? nt

[Cirque du So-What]

45. Maybe they should start

Becoming a well-rounded individual is a worthy aspiration. Beats the alternative, which is to become so narrowly focused that any & all criticism is strictly forbidden.

[bvar22]

92. I checked.

Looks like there are only 3 active posters to that group.

[antigop]

44. another good read posted by marmar

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3218507

[KoKo]

47. Recommend!

[antigop]

48. thanks, KoKo. nt

[antigop]

49. 1037 views nt

[antigop]

50. 1140 views. nt

[yurbud]

51. so the rich don't "need" government? How many of us could get a cabinet secretary to make trips on

our behalf?

[antigop]

52. we don't count. nt

[OhioChick]

53. Must read

[antigop]

69. TPP: Terrible Plutocratic Plan

http://davidswanson.org/node/4096

Maybe the first thing I would interrupt a super bowl or a state of the union to tell people about the TPP is that it creates corporate nationhood. This is something I started to focus on after interviewing Lacey Kohlmoos of Public Citizen on my radio show. Public Citizen has a website set up at ExposeTheTPP.org. Another coalition has created FlushTheTPP.org. Another is at CitizensTrade.org. And then there's a cross-border effort to organize against the TPP at TPPxborder.org. You can find pretty much everything I have to say, and much more, at those websites. You can sign up and get involved with ongoing campaigns as things develop at those websites.

Many of us have heard of corporate personhood. Corporations have been given the Constitutional rights of persons by U.S. courts over the past 40 years, including the right to spend money on elections. By corporate nationhood I mean the bestowing of the rights of nations on corporations. The TPP, drafts of which have been leaked to Public Citizen, has 29 chapters, only five of which -- according to Public Citizen's thinking -- deal with trade. The others deal with things like food safety, internet freedom, medicine costs, job off-shoring, and financial regulation. Treaties, according to Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, are -- together with the Constitution itself -- the supreme law of the land. So U.S. laws would have to be made to comply with the TPP's rules.

[pauliedangerously]

71. WOW!!!!!

That ought to have a thread of its own. Thanks for sharing!!!

[jsr]

85. +1.

[Wilms]

72. ^

[OhioChick]

73. Death by Corporation: America's Corporate Deathstar

Death by Corporation: America's Corporate Deathstar

Monday, 12 August 2013 09:28

"Instead of protecting US citizens, the Obama administration is enabling the ultimate corporate "Deathstar." The TransPacific Partnership will allow corporations "virtually unchecked control of our food supply, our land, air, water, wallets and our future."

More: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18115-mankind-death-by-corporation-part-iii-the-tpp-as-corporate-deathstar

[antigop]

74. Keeping a Massive Trade Deal out of the Fast Lane

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023518818

[sarcasmo]

76. Clinton & a former Goldman Sachs vice chair, UGH!

[JDPriestly]

77. Thanks. I support Elizabeth Warren. A fresh view. Truly independent.

[antigop]

78. we need someone who will stand up for US workers nt

[JDPriestly]

79. I trust her to do that.

The bankers are a key problem.

Theoretically, banks make a profit by lending or investing depositors' money.

Depositors are receiving almost no interest from the banks, yet the New York bankers are receiving huge salaries plus bonuses.

Something is wrong with that picture. If banks are earning money from deposits, why are depositors earning so little interest. If banks aren't earning money from deposits, why are bankers so well paid?

[jsr]

80. Recommend

[antigop]

81. thanks. nt

[NYC_SKP]

82. Recommended.

I might just have to add your OP to my sigline.

[Wilms]

83. ^

[Progressive dog]

84. American secretaries of state are supposed to represent America

and American interests. Giving U.S. companies a leg up on their Chinese competitors sounds like something Americans could support. The Chinese might have a problem with it (and they do).

She’s also taken a leading part in drafting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the free-trade pact that would give U.S. companies a leg up on their Chinese competitors.

[antigop]

86. Be sure to see the video in the video forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017155918

[OhioChick]

94. Kick n/t

[Paka]

95. K&R