Trans Pacific Partnership

[Tank]

called the TPP. it was passed this weekend and signed into law by barry. anyone know much about it?

 

this is a link to a blog and he rails against it. i realize it's not a news article, so caveat emptor.

 

http://anongalactic.com/how-does-your-silly-flag-outrage-feel-now/

 

what do you think about this new law/policy?

[Tank]

here's another explanation from former labor secretary robert reich.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Apparently a lot of people hate this. Even the liberal Huffington Post has said that Obama "sided with the wrong people for the wrong reasons at the wrong time."

 

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Obama Sides With the Wrong People for the Wrong Reasons at the Wrong Time

Edited June 30, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[arch stanton]

• Anything done in secret that has bipartisan support should be a red flag the size of Russia
• involving the likes of Vietman, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, is all about getting labor for pennies on the dollar. That's what we get for outlawing slavery
• fast tracking is an affront to everything we were taught that our country represents
• It's not really a coincidence that this happens the week the gay marriage ruling comes. It's the laser pointer on the wall to keep us distracted while they stick the shaft in deeper in the name of the Corporate States of America

[TobiasFunke]

The progressives absolutely hate it

[Jason]

Weren't these partnerships dealt with on Friday?

Edited June 30, 2015 by Angels N Skins

[mtangelsfan]

 

• Anything done in secret that has bipartisan support should be a red flag the size of Russia
• involving the likes of Vietman, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, is all about getting labor for pennies on the dollar. That's what we get for outlawing slavery
• fast tracking is an affront to everything we were taught that our country represents
• It's not really a coincidence that this happens the week the gay marriage ruling comes. It's the laser pointer on the wall to keep us distracted while they stick the shaft in deeper in the name of the Corporate States of America

 

 

Totally agree with points 1,3 and 4.  Not sure I agree with 2.  I do think it is important to try and raise the quality of life in other countries.

[gotbeer]

Well gay marriages were approved.  Who am I to judge is Trans Pacifics wants Partnerships.  

[arch stanton]

Totally agree with points 1,3 and 4.  Not sure I agree with 2.  I do think it is important to try and raise the quality of life in other countries.

Rather than pay their own citizens liveable money they'll import workers and treat them like animals. The low-skilled labor market is global and dirt cheap.

[Adam]

So when I wondered what gnar shit the government was doing when we were celebrating gaydom, it was this. cool

[juansavage1]

 

• Anything done in secret that has bipartisan support should be a red flag the size of Russia
• involving the likes of Vietman, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, is all about getting labor for pennies on the dollar. That's what we get for outlawing slavery
• fast tracking is an affront to everything we were taught that our country represents
• It's not really a coincidence that this happens the week the gay marriage ruling comes. It's the laser pointer on the wall to keep us distracted while they stick the shaft in deeper in the name of the Corporate States of America

 

Both decisions have to do with shaft sticking. 

[TobiasFunke]

Why do you always have to bring up the gays Juan?

[HaloFan85]

There are two other deals that go along with the TPP deal which are called the TTIP and TISA.  It's basically a package deal that covers all aspects of what they're trying to achieve.

 

This is about emerging economies giving up their economic sovereignty via their puppet governments, and nothing more.  This brings in Monsanto, Big Pharma, and fracking into these countries.  It also re-writes cyber, environmental, and intellectual property laws.  It basically expands the Corporate-American empire.  It gives corporations the right to bypass foreign laws and even sue countries they consider to be negatively impacting their profits.

 

Wikileaks just recently released cables on the TISA part of the deal.  TISA is said to be the most important leg of this triple-headed monster package people have referred to as being NAFTA on steroids.

 

 

Wikileaks summary and analysis of TISA core text:

 

https://wikileaks.org/tisa/core/analysis/page-1.html

[Vegas Halo Fan]

This is about emerging economies giving up their economic sovereignty via their puppet governments, and nothing more.  This brings in Monsanto, Big Pharma, and fracking into these countries.  It also re-writes cyber, environmental, and intellectual property laws.  It basically expands the Corporate-American empire.  It gives corporations the right to bypass foreign laws and even sue countries they consider to be negatively impacting their profits.

 

This is the part that ought to scare the crap out of everyone. Allowing corporations to operate with no regulations and the only rule is to maximize profits gives you air that you can't breathe and water that you can't drink. Any country that dares to get in the way can be hauled into court.

[Tank]

This is the part that ought to scare the crap out of everyone. Allowing corporations to operate with no regulations and the only rule is to maximize profits gives you air that you can't breathe and water that you can't drink. Any country that dares to get in the way can be hauled into court.

Don't know if this is a good comparison, but your post makes me think of how much more we know about healthy eating and good diets, and yet the fast food industry continues to trot new products that are bursting with fat, salt, and massive calories.

[Jay]

This is cool:

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-administration-scandalous-stance-slavery-091500575.html

 

The Obama Administration’s Scandalous Stance on Slavery

 

According to Reuters, next week the State Department will release its annual report on human trafficking, which will upgrade Malaysia from a Tier 3 country, the worst of the worst, to Tier 2. This comes just weeks after authorities in Malaysia discovered a mass grave of 139 Rohingya Muslims, who fled discrimination in Burma and were sold into slavery upon their escape.

 

Malaysia is one of the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the first deal to be finalized under the reauthorized fast track process. If it remained in Tier 3, either TPP would not get the benefits of fast track — meaning that Congress could try to amend the trade agreement or filibuster it, and wouldn’t have to bring it to a vote within 90 days of being signed — or Malaysia would have to leave the agreement.

 

Upgrading Malaysia to Tier 2 allows the country to stay in TPP. And Menendez is livid about it, saying in a statement, “If true, this manipulation of Malaysia's ranking… would be a perversion of the trafficking list and undermine both the integrity of this important report as well as the very difficult task of confronting states about human trafficking.”

[HaloMagic]

For a Muslim, Obama seems to really hate Muslims.

[Hollyw00d]

Lol.

Obama doesn't give a crap that a bunch of Muslims were killed, and cons are pissed off about it

[Tank]

For a Muslim, Obama seems to really hate Muslims.

 

it's all part of his plan.