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In reply to the discussion: HRC on the TPP: Hedging and essentially a whole lot of nothing [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)5. Foreign corporations.
Thus making it entirely geopolitical. It's about cheap goods, it has nothing to do with jobs. American people want their cheap slave labor goods.
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Agreed that geopolitical reasons are a significant piece- but by no means the sum total
cali
Apr 2015
#4
fine, but let's just say that involves a lot- from pharmaceutical prices to intellectual
cali
Apr 2015
#6
It has nothing to do with what society wants, it has to do with maximum profits for corporations. nt
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#40
It is worse than that. It will take away Congress' right to negotiate Trade Deals and give it to
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#61
What is our national security anymore but what helps the bottom line of our supposed 'owners'... nt
haikugal
Apr 2015
#3
Hillary is a champion on economic issues for her corporate donors, gotta give her that.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2015
#26
With wishy-washy statements like that, hard to imagine Hillary standing up to her banker pals who fund her candidacy.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2015
#28
Why SHOULD the banksters be worried bout Hillary? There's neva a "wink-wink" when Elizabeth goes after those fuckin fatcats.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2015
#41
As I remember it...Carter didn't get rolled over because of his principles.
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#25
No doubt Hillary was all up in Bill's grill over NAFTA in defense of Americann workers.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2015
#29
There's not a lot she can say until negotiations wrap up. She can't comment on
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#21
Actually. ....that would generate questions she can't answer yet...specifically,
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#35
That was the issue raised by the Washington Examiner this week.....they know
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#36
I don't understand why this one needs to be secret. People need to know the details...
Violet_Crumble
Apr 2015
#70
Yes he has said so recently....but I made my point and I stand by it...
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2015
#52
Hillary had lots to say about "free trade" while campaigning in 2007-8
nationalize the fed
Apr 2015
#68
It isn't a whole bunch of nothing, because details of the TPP are not clear at all. That is what
still_one
Apr 2015
#47
Let's say for the sake of argument, she knows less than we know right now. Why did she not come out
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#59