American State of the Union: A Festival of Lies

[Egnever]

406. Once again

These are drafts this is not the final language. I agree that fast tracking is troubling without ample time for the final agreement to be read and commented on no matter what is in the agreement. However I can also see where if a good agreement comes from it it could be necessary to keep the republicans from destroying the deal.

For example from your links the US is pushing for better environmental protections. If that gets there it would be a good thing no?

Also from your links the copyright protections are definitely something I don't like that the US is pushing. But there are a lot of other countries that are pushing back on that. If we end up with wins on both sides of that (meaning we get the preferable options) then it is a decent portion of the agreement no?

The idea than one should declare their support one way or the other at this point is ludicrous. There are portions I support and portions I dont from that leaked draft.

I do support the idea of a trade agreement with better labor protections and better climate regulation and better copyright law for that matter. There are a lot of countries involved with lots of different cultures involved there is no telling where it will end up yet.

Having said all that negotiating is a difficult thing making it all public would also cause problems every step of the way. There is a reason negotiating is almost always done behind closed doors.

No fast tracking of something that Congress had to get information on through Whistle Blowers.

I totally agree with that.