"A Corporate Trojan Horse": Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy

[marmar]

Published on Apr 16, 2015
http://democracynow.org - Senate Finance Committee leaders Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Ron Wyden are expected to introduce a "fast-track" trade promotion authority bill as early as this week that would give the president authority to negotiate the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and then present it to Congress for a yes-or-no vote, with no amendments allowed. On Wednesday, more than 1,000 labor union members rallied on Capitol Hill to call on Democrats to oppose "fast-track" authority. We speak with two people closely following the proposed legislation: Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and Rep. Alan Grayson, a Democrat from Florida.

[SamKnause]

1. Thank you for posting the video !!!!

I posted the link to Democracy Now throughout the day yesterday.

http://www.democracynow.org/

Representative Alan Grayson is the man !!!!!!!!

[GeorgeGist]

2. Why the rush to judgment? AKA Fast Track.

[newfie11]

3. Thanks for posting this

I've told anyone that would listen about this and their eyes just glaze over.
I don't know what the hell it takes to wake people up.
This country is screwed if this passes but people don't seem to care.
I live in a red state and I've called/written my congress critters. That was a waste of time, their paid off by big business.

[daleanime]

4. I hate myself for doing it.....

but I find I get a lot of interest from repugs when I refer to the TPP as Obama trade.


I just don't like myself afterwards.

[jomin41]

7. That's a great idea!

If we all refer to it as ObamaTrade (tm), The goopers will oppose it reflexively. Wouldn't bother my conscience. This is war.

[spike91nz]

5. TPP is evidence

that corporatism is a threat to democracy. Thanks for the posting of the information.

[GoneFishin]

6. Con artists frequently use fake urgency to sucker their marks quickly before they have time to think

We saw it with the Patriot Act. I have seen it used in real life. And we are seeing it now with TPP.