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Doesn't Congress get a vote on it?? Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #1
Obama's fast track request was granted. The Senate already voted for it. It appears unstoppable. ancianita Sep 2015 #2
My understanding is that Congress gets to do an up or down vote Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #3
And what do you project that vote to be? Who owns their votes, again? ancianita Sep 2015 #4
It would serve as a good voters guide on who to primary and kick out of congress! cascadiance Oct 2015 #71
I was under the impression they can debate it all they want.. Volaris Sep 2015 #23
I will never ever forgive Obama for this atrocity. More reason to get roguevalley Sep 2015 #30
How can Bernie rip it up if Congress, Obama sign off? Can SCOTUS rule it unconstitutional? ancianita Sep 2015 #32
Look ... You first must have the WILL to overturn it Trajan Sep 2015 #51
treaties and laws can be undone roguevalley Sep 2015 #68
This is not anti-Obama. But be honest -- Obama is responsible for our upcoming loss ancianita Sep 2015 #5
Absolutely on. It is an enormous sell-out, and the international economy including ours JDPriestly Sep 2015 #7
JD, once it's signed BERNIE CAN'T FIX THIS. DU HAS GOT TO WAKE UP to what this will do to our ancianita Sep 2015 #9
Why do you say this? Trajan Sep 2015 #53
I'm not seeing it on DU. Options offered have drawbacks I've offered, nor have my questions even ancianita Sep 2015 #54
That is a rational response .. Thanks Trajan Sep 2015 #58
This will make Ameica a 3rd world nation and Corporatocracy bjobotts Sep 2015 #14
Who will remove them? Biden? Sanders? Who has the standing? The power? ancianita Sep 2015 #17
We better make it "US" as quickly as possible. Maedhros Sep 2015 #24
You are not really trying to allude JackInGreen Sep 2015 #28
Far from it. Two years from now, I can't see either of them stopping the TPP's implementation ancianita Sep 2015 #36
And once Obama signs it we will have to like it. zeemike Sep 2015 #29
yes Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #44
Why would President Obama do this to his supporters? Enthusiast Sep 2015 #6
Hear! Hear! Well said! JDPriestly Sep 2015 #8
You can both support him and criticize wrong actions bjobotts Sep 2015 #15
K&R.......... KoKo Sep 2015 #49
I would not doubt if TPP is his end game. He never fought for any progressive cause like he is GoneFishin Sep 2015 #52
YES Thespian2 Sep 2015 #56
And that is just sad. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #69
58 of DU care? Wake up, DU! Are we done caring about our children's/grandchildren's futures? ancianita Sep 2015 #10
I am sick at heart too. historylovr Sep 2015 #11
Let's look at how the consequences of this secret agreement will ruin our children's and grand- ancianita Sep 2015 #12
We are definitely leaving a sorry legacy for our children and grandchildren. historylovr Sep 2015 #46
Indeed. Envision any post-TPP scenario that's good. I can't. ancianita Sep 2015 #47
First: For work -- hundreds of thousands, probably millions of our kids and grandkids ancianita Sep 2015 #13
Time for tar, feathers, pitchforks and guillotines. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #16
k and r bbgrunt Sep 2015 #18
This will devastate the masses of every country SamKnause Sep 2015 #19
Secretly pushed on us by Wall Street and global capitalists SINCE NIXON! ancianita Sep 2015 #20
As Sanders says, the TPP will drag down American workers' medical affordability, medicine ancianita Sep 2015 #21
This is the end of the world, not the blood moon. nt valerief Sep 2015 #22
Sickening riverbendviewgal Sep 2015 #25
The nation? No, we won't see a single benefit..... daleanime Sep 2015 #27
K&R..... daleanime Sep 2015 #26
Second: Those of our children/grandchildren who inherit -- they won’t have the income or resources ancianita Sep 2015 #31
the blueprint of what to do to stop this is readily available ish of the hammer Sep 2015 #33
Really? Are any of them running for office? The courts? Will public protest attract a revolution? ancianita Sep 2015 #35
Third: Our children’s and grandchildren’s lives will be literally threatened and shortened ancianita Sep 2015 #34
There are still numerous areas of disagreement. Doubt there will be a final agreement for Obama Hoyt Sep 2015 #37
I will be so happy to loudly proclaim wrongness, but when will the effects of that finished product ancianita Sep 2015 #38
Well Said! KoKo Sep 2015 #50
We are talking the future here, not history. Mexici is not worse off for NAFTA. Some areas maybe, Hoyt Sep 2015 #61
They benefit from being well educated. One works for FireEye, the other for Takeda Pharma and ancianita Sep 2015 #63
Well, they are working for companies that trade globally and benefit from such trade. The world Hoyt Sep 2015 #64
I don't see how it benefits all of us. They deal in propping globalists.They benefit their companies ancianita Sep 2015 #65
So it's better to have a job at a Mexican Audi or Ford plant? MrMickeysMom Sep 2015 #67
You applaud what you do not know, interesting... ReactFlux Sep 2015 #40
You criticize sonething you haven't seen, and probably don't understand long-term benefits. Hoyt Sep 2015 #62
I criticise that, yep... transparency in GOV is important to me and... ReactFlux Sep 2015 #66
The People's Voice ain't worth a plugged nickel in today's DLC political establishment ReactFlux Sep 2015 #39
YUP. But what I'm raising here will do a run around political contests, once the economy tanks ancianita Sep 2015 #41
That will not happen without a political revolution ReactFlux Sep 2015 #42
Welp, we'd better get crackin' or you're only danglin' hope. And welcome to DU! ancianita Sep 2015 #57
Fourth: Public schools? Thousands of privatized schools,funded by public money, have failed, ancianita Sep 2015 #43
Fifth: Medicine? Health care? Medicine, reproductive and health services probably will drop. ancianita Sep 2015 #45
Sixth: College? Neither less accessible, affordable; or tuitions will drop to accommodate enrollment ancianita Sep 2015 #48
Seventh: Life’s callings/careers? Today’s aware kids and grandkids already say, BEFORE the TPP ancianita Sep 2015 #55
Seventh: Retirement. Long run, nonexistent, except in whatever undestroyed ancianita Sep 2015 #59
Eighth: Death? Like now, but more pitiless, undignified. As we and our children afford ancianita Sep 2015 #60
Too bad there is no such thing as an enforceable *global* minimum wage, PotatoChip Oct 2015 #70
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