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cali

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18. hi Diclotician. Nice to see you

Reply to Diclotican (Reply #17)

Tue May 12, 2015, 08:20 PM

May 2015

I'm afraid I think we move more sideways than forward or even back. Slave labor and child labor and forced labor have never gone away, those practices just get hidden and disguised and shuffled around. I don't see the TPP and other so called free trade agreements improving on the status quo and we've seen places like Colombia where a U.S.- Colombian FTA actually made things worse.

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TPA Minutia: Corporations want to preserve a loophole that allows them to use child labor [View all] cali May 2015 OP

Shameful! ananda May 2015 #1

Yeah. That's the word. cali May 2015 #5

IF? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2

+1000000 nashville_brook May 2015 #10

Why? Because corporations have that much power. cali May 2015 #11

Everybody that produces anything Aerows May 2015 #3

I gotta say I much admire and respect your bulldog traits. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #4

thanks. I've always loved research cali May 2015 #7

+1 BrotherIvan May 2015 #15

Cali, thank you for staying on this. woo me with science May 2015 #6

thanks, wmws. Me too. Appalled, I mean. cali May 2015 #8

Surely you want the lesser-yeared to enjoy employment opportunities? IDemo May 2015 #9

Lowlife's Segami May 2015 #12

Shitweasels. hifiguy May 2015 #13

cali, I'll add my voice to woo's, thanking you for your perserverence on this issue. Scuba May 2015 #14

thanks, Scuba cali May 2015 #16

cali Diclotican May 2015 #17

hi Diclotician. Nice to see you cali May 2015 #18

cali Diclotican May 2015 #22

There's so much horrific stuff in TPA/TPP that this one does qualify as minor Jim Lane May 2015 #19

thanks, Jim. cali May 2015 #27

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2015 #20

Thanks, Thespian2 May 2015 #21

I am adding... onyourleft May 2015 #23

What's that sound? Why crickets of course...... nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #24

it's impossible to defend this cali May 2015 #25

Oh just you wait. Nothing surprises me anymore. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #26

I know. cali May 2015 #28

kick woo me with science May 2015 #29