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In reply to the discussion: If you could vote on TPP for America like UK voted on Brexit, how would YOU vote? [View all]PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)pipe its dirty tar-sand crude through the Keystone Pipeline is now suing the US government under NAFTA for hurting its profits?
See, here's the thing. What we seem to be being told here is, "Oh, well, sure, there are some nasty ol' ISDS provisions but hey, that's NEVER gonna happen here is the good ol' USA!"
So here's an analogy: The GOP for years has been courting its crazy anti-abortion base by officially being anti-abortion. But to educated, professional women, they say, wink, wink, "Oh but you'll never be hurt - we're just SAYING that!" But then look what all these Republican controlled state legislatures have done - it took a Supreme Court ruling to put things back in place.
My point? Just because, hey, that kind of thing would NEVER happen here in the USA even though it is what the TPP agreement SAYS, is a really weak argument. It really is.
How about we NOT ratify the TPP and then we won't have to wink.
Excuse me...I've got something in my eye...