2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specific POLICY POSITIONS show Sec. Clinton to be "Not Liberal" or "Not a Democrat?" [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)Obviously, even if trade deals say things like
""For the purposes of this Agreement
(b) 'services' includes any service in any sector except services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority;
(c) 'a service supplied in the exercise of governmental authority' means any service which is supplied neither on a commercial basis, nor in competition with one or more service suppliers."
and that might have some major impact on Social Security, in the futre, for example, requiring its privatization, it makes not the slightest bit of difference WHAT Hillary says because trade deals are supranational. And she would just be President of a nation-state and so she has no power over a DONE DEAL
Even if Bill Clinton received $600,000 from the Achmea insurance company, for one speech and Achmea sued Slovak Republic for voting for and trying to implement single payer and succeeded in stopping it. did Achmea pay for that decision? No, the arbitral body and Bill Clinton are separate entities