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bvar22

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12. One can NOT be FOR more "Free Trade",

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:38 PM

Dec 2012

and be Pro-LABOR or Pro-American Working Class at the same time.

The two positions are Mutually Exclusive.

Sorry Virginia,
but there is no such thing as "Free Trade".
There is no such thing as "Free Markets".
And there is no Giant Invisible Hand."
The RICH made that shit up to get MORE MONEY,
and used Smooth Talking politicians to sell their SCAM to gullible Americans.

"Free Trade" demands absolute, blind faith submission to an invisible, magical deity who promises utopia if all of his laws & dictates are followed.
Like other religions that demand Blind Faith Belief, this one is a scam too.

[font size=4]The Graven Image on the altar...

...or the New Church of the Giant Invisible Hand.

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Dragging Secretive Trade Talks Into the Light: Activists Expose Slow-Motion Corporate Coup [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

So Let Me Get This Straight dballance Dec 2012 #1

That sums it up nicely. Bibliovore Dec 2012 #7

Exactly! nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #21

K & R AzDar Dec 2012 #2

This where the phrase "corporate shill" comes into play. n/t djean111 Dec 2012 #3

K&R ReRe Dec 2012 #4

The TPee-Pee will make farmer's markets illegal. fasttense Dec 2012 #5

So, evidently, is Obama. djean111 Dec 2012 #9

That's horrible but.... FredStembottom Dec 2012 #11

When do they come after backyard gardens? IDemo Dec 2012 #18

They're coming after them in California right now. Trillo Dec 2012 #19

Strongly encourages outsourcing of US jobs. annabanana Dec 2012 #6

k/r marmar Dec 2012 #8

From what I've read TPP is worse than NAFTA(which is horrible). Why give up control over byeya Dec 2012 #10

One can NOT be FOR more "Free Trade", bvar22 Dec 2012 #12

Tell that to FDR who lowered tariffs and set up the low-tariff trading system for pampango Dec 2012 #22

THAT is a bit-of-a-leap bvar22 Dec 2012 #24

Anonymous have been shouting against the TPP for months and months. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #13

DURec leftstreet Dec 2012 #14

Chairman Harper is trying to ram through a similar agreement arikara Dec 2012 #15

K&R for the latest shit sandwich we're all supposed to take a big bite of with a big smile. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #16

I'm afraid the coup has been successful progressoid Dec 2012 #17

oh my. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #20

The Koch Roaches won't be satisfhied until they're supreme overlords of the universe. Initech Dec 2012 #23