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6. huh. forget the poll for a moment. public opinion is only one factor.
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:54 AM
May 2015

First of all, what do you even mean by "The world will become one economy"? How so? In detail, please. The view here is connected to: Public Interest Groups from EFF to the NAACP. It's connected to every major Environmental Org in the world from NRDC to the World Wildlife Fund. It's connected to the overwhelming majority of Congressional Dems. It's connected to NGOs like Medecins Sans Frontiere. It's connected to the expert opinion of Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winning economist, former chief economist for the world band and former chair of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, as well as to Nobel prize winning economist and columnist Paul Krugman. It's connected to legal experts who oppose the ISDS. And on and on and on.

Why should I side with some of the worst corporate players in the world, banksters, the chamber of commerce and vile pigs like Ted Cruz?

Opposing the TPP is not synonymous with opposing trade. We already have ftas with the majority of the tpp nations. And world's economies have already been shaped- largely for the ill- by NAFTA style ftas, which have promised much and delivered little, except for corporations and the wealthy. China is already a major forger of economic practices within their sphere of influence and beyond. They already have an FTA that includes such nations as Malaysia and Vietnam as well as Indonesia and the Philippines, finalized in 2011.

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