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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeadership opened the door that led to Summers withdrawal when
Tester, Warren, Brown, Merkley et al....stepped up and voiced their intention to vote no.
Once that happened, the long-running anti-Summers rumble among the base, turned onto a roar...
Have we changed, or have they? Is it possible for us to have another run at having our voices heard?
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Leadership opened the door that led to Summers withdrawal when (Original Post)
Ninga
Sep 2013
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I intend to give it my best effort for the TPP and any other global initiatives that
djean111
Sep 2013
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djean111
(14,255 posts)1. I intend to give it my best effort for the TPP and any other global initiatives that
heavily favor corporations over people and countries.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)2. We'd better have a bunch more runs. nt
ananda
(28,856 posts)3. It's true. We do need officials who will listen to us!
.. But we still have to speak out!
Sounds like a bad win-loose deal. Corporations win at the expense of working people and sovereign nations.
Just how much money does the PTB feel entitled to take from us, anyway?
We still have a democracy. How does the TPP serve the interests of the majority of us? How does it serve ANYBODY besides the .01%?
-90% Jimmy
PADemD
(4,482 posts)5. TPP and Gun Control!
Think I'll start making calls today.