Cantwell and Murray are for the TTP

[Phlem]

And you know Reichert is too.

Cant *do anything* well, needs to go yesterday. Murray I'm disappointed in but any politician that is for the TTP does not give a shit about their constituents.

What the hell is wrong with Washington. I thought we were a liberal state?

[montanacowboy]

1. Pathetic Isn't It?

And this weekend big protests at the Port of Seattle with the big Shell Oil Drilling platforms coming in. What a freakin mess.

[MFM008]

2. crap

just crap.

[KT2000]

3. I figured Murray would be onboard

after Reid's move yesterday. What a disappointment.

[blm]

4. Your state exports a lot of its goods. Probably doing what they believe

benefits Washington…..especially Washington. My state used to be an export state, but, it hasn't been in awhile. Yours is one of the states that benefits from TPP - mine, not so much.

[Phlem]

5. Especially Tech jobs. n/t

[countryjake]

8. It's been their standard answer...42% of WA jobs are tied to international trade

and export-related jobs pay up to 20 percent higher than other jobs.

Sen. Murray has been saying that to us forever, at least since the percentage was 30 percent, and I was honestly a bit surprised when she voted down the fast-track's first go-round on Tues., since she's been involved in the fine-tuning of the TPP to suit our state and wants it passed quickly. When it comes to corps like Boeing, Murray has always been just a few steps left of where old Scoop was, even after the company sold both her and its employees out, back in 2009, taking the Dreamliner down to South Carolina.

Understanding the position our state's Congresspeople are taking is very hard and I've told Patty before (to her face) that Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon have her over a barrel. I still think she's good people.

[eridani]

9. Right--if we don't let tobacco companies sue governments about health wrnings on cigs--

--then nobody will ever buy wheat or apples from us again. That is a bullshit argument, which the Seattle City Council recognized by voting 9-0 to ask our representatives to vote it down.

[stellarmom]

6. Which country?

Which country in the TPP can afford Washington apples or any of our other produce for that matter.
They cost about $2/lb here and even I won't pay that. How many Washington apples will be sold here
when we start competing with even more low wage countries?

[Phlem]

7. yer singing my song.