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Faryn Balyncd

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72. And turning back on deals that cannot be changed without ananimous consent is indeed difficult.

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:19 PM

Jan 2015

From Den. Sanders 10 reasons to reject the TPP:

#10. The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal.

Once TPP is agreed to, it has no sunset date and could only be altered by a consensus of all of the countries that
agreed to it. . . . "

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/the-trans-pacific-trade-tpp-agreement-must-be-defeated?inline=file

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"The TPP is not about free trade. It's a corporate coup d'etat--against us!" [View all] cadaverdog Jan 2015 OP

wish I could kick and rec 1000 times. djean111 Jan 2015 #1

...^ that 840high Jan 2015 #14

Exactly! arcane1 Jan 2015 #20

Contact your Right Wing friends and tell them QuestionAlways Jan 2015 #77

Ah - you are right! New World Order it is, really, and they yammer about that all the time, djean111 Jan 2015 #85

K&R&bookmark JEB Jan 2015 #2

Thank you Blecht Jan 2015 #3

It's corporate takeover complete. I've followed this for a couple years. The ultra wealthy must have appalachiablue Jan 2015 #4

If they don't yet they soon will. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2015 #59

K&r nt antigop Jan 2015 #5

K&R nt stage left Jan 2015 #6

k and r + a gazillion niyad Jan 2015 #7

We have to unite againist things we can agree on. Bipartisian so to speak 48lowes Jan 2015 #8

TPP has ''LARRY SUMMERS'' written all over it. Octafish Jan 2015 #9

K & R - I completely agree that TPP is a corporate coup d'etat 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #10

TTIP- the TransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership is another huge component that appalachiablue Jan 2015 #11

When a financial crush happens they all fall by signed agreement on paper. gordianot Jan 2015 #12

And that's just what has been revealed. The secret part will be much worse Doctor_J Jan 2015 #13

corporate soverengity Locrian Jan 2015 #15

NAFTA was about corporations having more power than people. Initech Jan 2015 #16

I live in Tn. dotymed Jan 2015 #17

What's the big deal about this ?? BlueJazz Jan 2015 #18

Looks like George Carlin's "meatcake" ReRe Jan 2015 #81

Ah....Edward G. Wonderful, wonderful actor. "Yeah kid, you're good, you're real good,... BlueJazz Jan 2015 #83

I loved that little man ;-) n/t ReRe Jan 2015 #87

And we know what that says about ANY politician who supports it. arcane1 Jan 2015 #19

Please tell me why corporations need TPP if everything upaloopa Jan 2015 #32

Yet I still keep seeing Deny and Shred Jan 2015 #80

The TPP and other 'trade' agreements are a corporate scam. blackspade Jan 2015 #21

Krugman does not believe that it represents a corporate coup d'etat. WorldNut Daily agrees with you. pampango Jan 2015 #22

Krugman is against it, and so am I. I'm not sure why you needed the WND smear. arcane1 Jan 2015 #27

Krugman is not against it. He thinks it is no big deal one way or the other. pampango Jan 2015 #33

Quotes from your link: "It’s far from clear that the T.P.P. is a good idea." arcane1 Jan 2015 #42

lol you're going to have to start Union Scribe Jan 2015 #41

Does that mean you think the wacko right actually supports the TPP? They are paranoid about pampango Jan 2015 #43

That appears to be a poll about fast-track approval, not about the TPP itself. arcane1 Jan 2015 #54

It is. Another poll shows Democratic support for TPP itself at 59%, republican support at 49%. pampango Jan 2015 #55

"only Democrats that identify as “liberal” strongly favor the idea" Number23 Jan 2015 #70

The WND smear says everything about your post. Scuba Jan 2015 #56

If you consider the far-right's opposition to fast track and the TPP as a irrelevant and a smear, pampango Jan 2015 #65

You should try reading Krugman MFrohike Jan 2015 #71

Cue the apologists Z_California Jan 2015 #23

To respond to the first question you can tell them cadaverdog Jan 2015 #40

Oh yeah, forgot Z_California Jan 2015 #24

Actually most republicans don't like it and most Democrats do though pampango Jan 2015 #35

That's been your entire argument on the thread, though Scootaloo Jan 2015 #52

No. The fact that republicans oppose it and Democrats support it does not make it good or right. pampango Jan 2015 #53

I do not think it is very likely... Scootaloo Jan 2015 #57

The right wing in Japan generally supports it Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #58

You are smoking some seriously good shit if you believe any forthcoming chapters TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #86

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #25

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #26

K & R AzDar Jan 2015 #28

But but but onecaliberal Jan 2015 #29

I got kicked out of the Barack Obama group upaloopa Jan 2015 #30

Only demonstrating how clever those powerful people who run things in this country are. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #34

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Jan 2015 #49

And turning back on deals that cannot be changed without ananimous consent is indeed difficult. Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #72

congrats! non worshippers are not welcome there lol nt msongs Jan 2015 #37

To be on that group, a person must be in a swoon any time an attractive photo of the truedelphi Jan 2015 #51

I think the BOG are some kind of lobbying team. grahamhgreen Jan 2015 #64

Disturbing shireen Jan 2015 #31

Two ways, there have been leaks, through Wikileaks and recently they 'allowed' a few members of sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #36

thank you! shireen Jan 2015 #39

The thing is, you can be against it in principle, NorthCarolina Jan 2015 #84

"in secret" - that sums it up nt msongs Jan 2015 #38

Totally, and I would have to say that Phlem Jan 2015 #44

The Big Dagger From The Neo Democrats colsohlibgal Jan 2015 #45

The TPP would be dead in the water right now, if it was Jeb Bush in the WH. truedelphi Jan 2015 #46

Spot on. Phlem Jan 2015 #50

+1 liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #60

To be honest Phlem Jan 2015 #48

K&R Hubert Flottz Jan 2015 #47

This issue is a big red alert. Central Scruitinizer Jan 2015 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Central Scruitinizer Jan 2015 #62

It's the end of democracy. grahamhgreen Jan 2015 #63

a big K and R whereisjustice Jan 2015 #66

Coup is the right word. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #67

Needs to be seen far and wide Ramses Jan 2015 #68

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #69

and a big K & R! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #73

and another K&R They_Live Jan 2015 #74

K&R Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2015 #75

Representative Dave Reichert easychoice Jan 2015 #76

And to think the TPP was crafted by the next Democratic Presidential candidate Maedhros Jan 2015 #78

Yeah,she came in 3rd. behind an ambulance chaser last time. easychoice Jan 2015 #79

Elizabeth Warren money quote about TPP 90-percent Jan 2015 #82