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Kolesar

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70. If you had any documentation, you would have put it up here

Reply to cali (Reply #27)

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 07:12 AM

Aug 2013

You just have leaks/fantasies.

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Can anyone explain why the President is pushing terrible FTAs? [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

Lifts other countries out of poverty? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #1

Well, certainly not the U.S. villager Aug 2013 #2

While introducing more of it here. HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #6

How so? Which countries? cali Aug 2013 #8

More that it lifts their corporate buddies that much more over the world's downward shift to poverty cascadiance Aug 2013 #9

Ask Mexico "How's that working for yeah?" How do these agreements improve rhett o rick Aug 2013 #79

He's not running again, so he doesnt care? DJ13 Aug 2013 #3

Also, NOBODY running in 2016 from either the Democratic Party OR the Republicans bvar22 Aug 2013 #45

To end those trade restrictions that keep our products out of Korea Kolesar Aug 2013 #4

yes, tons of documentation. do a search with my name and TPP cali Aug 2013 #12

Your first post refers to a "leaked document/draft" Kolesar Aug 2013 #21

there is a draft leak of the investor rights chapter cali Aug 2013 #27

If you had any documentation, you would have put it up here Kolesar Aug 2013 #70

I did. it's in the links, but for whatever reason YOU are denying the facts. cali Aug 2013 #72

one more time and please stop being less than honest: cali Aug 2013 #73

You should be writing to Congress and the President, then ... Kolesar Aug 2013 #75

bwahahahaha. this leak has been documented over and over again and YOU cali Aug 2013 #76

Call me a liar Kolesar Aug 2013 #90

The TPP talks are being done behind closed doors in secret. SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #54

That's true...eom Kolesar Aug 2013 #71

I think Obama shares the worldview of the rest of the powerful/wealthly enough Aug 2013 #5

..'*claims* to support labor, the environment, healthcare access' leftstreet Aug 2013 #7

Because that is what the owners want. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #10

Labor and unions will support him and any dem nominee regardless Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #11

well said Enrique Aug 2013 #19

For the win! nt laundry_queen Aug 2013 #20

But if they don't show up next year, the ass-kicking will be their fault Doctor_J Aug 2013 #83

He's a fucking New Democrat. The Link Aug 2013 #13

AKA: A Republican Trojan Horse. Fuddnik Aug 2013 #36

I'll wait to see all the BOG leader links to the answers to all your questions. L0oniX Aug 2013 #14

they won't. which is why I'll keep kicking this cali Aug 2013 #15

kick. c'mon. where are the ardent defenders? cali Aug 2013 #16

He compared himself to a moderate Republican in the debates. pa28 Aug 2013 #17

People who didn't read his books don't realize how conservative he was to start with loudsue Aug 2013 #34

he also cares about the corporations Enrique Aug 2013 #18

first of all, it's starting to get more attention and the upcoming push cali Aug 2013 #23

And WHOM do these FTAs benefit? Autumn Aug 2013 #22

Most of the people close to his Administration. Orsino Aug 2013 #39

He has to earn his way to be a "buddy" of the elite. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #24

Because the oligarchs threatened to eat his children. Scuba Aug 2013 #25

Because the alternative is worse Recursion Aug 2013 #26

how is the alternative worse? What do you think is the alternative? cali Aug 2013 #29

That is terrifying to me. We are being terrorized by corporations and the "treaties" they have loudsue Aug 2013 #42

Doesn't "expected future profit" actually mean Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #43

It goes before a tribunal that is set up under NAFTA, so no. cali Aug 2013 #49

was going for the joke Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #50

Never mind. If the administration starts killing babies on the WH lawn, Doctor_J Aug 2013 #84

Where do you get your talking points? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #80

Some of us use processes called "research" and "independent thought" Recursion Aug 2013 #88

Plez tell me you arent serious. "Some of us use processes called "research" and rhett o rick Aug 2013 #89

Because he is beholden to the Corps who profit from them? HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #28

He's getting advice from Bill Clinton Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #30

Because corporations are people, my friend! BuelahWitch Aug 2013 #31

Corporations are running the show. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #32

"investor rights" WTF? What about labor rights Mr. President? What about wages? liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #33

I don't get the sense he's pushing that hard for them Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #35

He is anc there have been a number of articles about that. cali Aug 2013 #51

'cause he wants to MisterP Aug 2013 #37

Plutocracy. Rex Aug 2013 #38

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2013 #40

The only thing missing from the above... bvar22 Aug 2013 #87

Simple. The FTA's are not as terrible as their detractors claim Freddie Stubbs Aug 2013 #41

Seriously? No explanation with facts as to why they aren't cali Aug 2013 #44

Our trade deficit is down more than 20% and falling. He must be doing something right. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #48

that has nothing to do with either the TPP or TTIP cali Aug 2013 #52

And our trade deficit with 'free trade' countries is almost nonexistent. pampango Aug 2013 #56

"not as terrible" MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #78

Do you have anything to back that up? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #81

Check this out. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #82

but but but Phlem Aug 2013 #46

In 2005, bvar22 Aug 2013 #47

In 2010, the same Pew Research Group conducted a poll on partisan attitudes towards 'free trade'. pampango Aug 2013 #55

I don't know about "Tea Party Types", bvar22 Aug 2013 #59

+1 liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #61

In 2010, 35% of Democrats agreed with you. pampango Aug 2013 #64

inclusion of labor rights and environmental regulation? Hah. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #66

Let me ask the question on the "survey", bvar22 Aug 2013 #67

It's a lot like the Health Care reform discussions in that respect Doctor_J Aug 2013 #85

He doesn't have to run for re-election, so he's revealing his true Ronald Reagan self Doctor_J Aug 2013 #53

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2013 #57

thanks H20 Man cali Aug 2013 #58

The same reason the GATT/GATS have been signed GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #60

They want the entire world to be Bangladesh Doctor_J Aug 2013 #86

Fuck The Armys? tabasco Aug 2013 #62

Free Trade Agreements. n/t Chan790 Aug 2013 #65

Because he's a dirty free-trader with poor economic domestic policies. Chan790 Aug 2013 #63

Because he has had his orders from the Central Banks of the world donheld Aug 2013 #68

It keeps the unions in line, wage demands down and profit margins up. Who doesn't want that? Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #69

It doesn't matter how much evidence one posts about how bad this is cali Aug 2013 #74

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #77

He wants to work after he leaves office. Octafish Aug 2013 #91