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In reply to the discussion: Here's the source for some of the pro-TPP bull$hit being disseminated on DU: [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)188. I favor just breaking our current trade agreements and limiting imports until wages rise
in other countries and until our trade deficit no longer exists.
More trade will just dig us deeper into the hole into which we have already sunk too deep.
You don't give an alcoholic more martinis. You send him or her to a sober living rehab program.
America needs to get off imports. We are addicted to them. We need rehab for our imports addiction. That's what you do with people who get addicted to and entangled in too much credit. And the numbers prove, the US is addicted to too much credit.
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Here's the source for some of the pro-TPP bull$hit being disseminated on DU: [View all]
brentspeak
May 2015
OP
Maybe. But I think that the idea that tax dollars might help some people move up one or two rungs on
GoneFishin
May 2015
#161
I would love to see the black budget for psyops on the American people these days.
woo me with science
May 2015
#97
All Supposition And Conjecture - However, Real Americans Lived Through The Past Trade Agreements
cantbeserious
May 2015
#3
I have 71 years of experience. I remember life before the trade agreements.
JDPriestly
May 2015
#189
oh, that is fine, years ago I got my captains license in Florida so I can rent a boat there
hollysmom
May 2015
#134
Noted conspiracy theorist Robert Reich is also bad mouthing this wonderful trade deal.
FlatBaroque
May 2015
#45
NAFTA decimated manufacturing and the ancillary industries that support those businesses that
Ikonoklast
May 2015
#159
Logical Fallacy: Your argument 'TPP or "anarchy leading to Chinese hegemony" ' is a False Dichotomy.
xocet
May 2015
#118
of course, along with "no insider knowledge of the TPP" ...you left out the parts about
magical thyme
May 2015
#146
"tariffs, taxes, safety concerns, piracy, currency exchange, port management, time zones"
eridani
May 2015
#147
I think it's cute how you reduced anyone disagreeing with your position as "preferring anarchy...
LanternWaste
May 2015
#181
Actually, my Anti-TPP Position is based on being in international trade and transportation since '73
KJG52
May 2015
#80
We are people, not disposable comodities. If these deals are so good, then it should reflect
whereisjustice
May 2015
#107
I favor just breaking our current trade agreements and limiting imports until wages rise
JDPriestly
May 2015
#188
I apologize for sounding like a broken record as some of my "friends" keep pointing out, BUT
rhett o rick
May 2015
#19
Biggest lie ever is "low skill manufacturing jobs"... they are moving engineering, research, legal,
whereisjustice
May 2015
#109
Your claims are bullshit. Let the 1% billionaries sacrifice for a change, your "reality" isn't
whereisjustice
May 2015
#154
I see the same problem with the NSA apologists who have fallen in love with our police state...
whereisjustice
May 2015
#108
Instead of a long weekend at Virginia Beach, trekking the Himalayas is the norm.
SMC22307
May 2015
#121
So White House officials are using tax dollars to fund an astroturf PR group?
brentspeak
May 2015
#11
IMAGINE that this White House would be complicit in manipulating and propagandizing Americans!
woo me with science
May 2015
#91
Um, Progressive Coalition for America is about as sincere a name as Americans for Prosperity.
djean111
May 2015
#34
Maybe you ought to read about his position, before posting crud you consider "progressive."
Hoyt
May 2015
#38
Better than people who use the word "s#@t" all the time. Do you have a substantive comment?
Hoyt
May 2015
#47
You too should read about his position. Maybe if you are doing more for folks, you could tell us
Hoyt
May 2015
#128
I'm talking about Deval Patrick. I really don't care who he uses to accomplish his goals.
Hoyt
May 2015
#131
Maybe you too could tell us what you are doing that has the chance to accomplish more than Patrick.
Hoyt
May 2015
#133
"social impact" investing = Green washing Astroturf and neoliberal indentured status for the poor.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#148
And the Bain vultures will be happy with scraping off just a little bit of profit?
SMC22307
May 2015
#202
Patrick doesn't do that, nor does he try to handle uninsured patients under EMTALA to avoid
Hoyt
May 2015
#203
Omar Kahn, worst campaign manager ever, re: Charlie Crist was sent to DC to begin this talk!
TheNutcracker
May 2015
#29
There have been plenty of polls showing "actual rank-and-file Democrats" support TPP.
pampango
May 2015
#40
That's an effective way to discount poll results that you don't agree with. n/t
pampango
May 2015
#71
Why do you consider them "made-up stats"? They are consistent with polls from other sources.
pampango
May 2015
#168
I like Obama but the TPP is corporate crap and that's why the majority of Dems in DC don't want to
think
May 2015
#54
what a great reason. so you would love a food you hate because of how someone you hate feels about
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
#98
Admitting to being a fully reactionary thinker probably won't garner much respect.
stillwaiting
May 2015
#150
And there are those of us who simply want to know the details before making a decision.
Buzz Clik
May 2015
#69
This belongs on the Greatest Page. Actually, it should be pinned to the top of the board
woo me with science
May 2015
#100
And they are here, aren't they. Their day job must be writing Hallmark greeting cards.
whereisjustice
May 2015
#111