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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666ALL of #BushTrade/#ObamaTrade/TPP - Trans-Pacific Partnership was written in secret by the lawyers and lobbyists, the boards and CEO’s of 600 transnational corporations. TPP is described as:
A.) a multinational corporate coup d’état overturning citizen rights and laws on all governmental levels;
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B.) corporate (front group) colonization combined with sovereignty surrender to Forbes 400 International Kings, the top 1/10th of 1%;
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C.) N.A.F.T.A. (North American Free Trade Agreement) on steroids;
D.) a national sovereignty and constitution overturning piece of Forbes 400 King’s garbage;
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E.) the “New World Order” benefitting just Forbes 400 Kings, who already own half of all the wealth; and
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F.) a corporate cultural limbo contest to determine which partner countries can survive:
1.) unfettered capitalist exploitation;
2.) resource exhaustion;
3). environmental devastation; and
4.) pollution …while citizens work for pennies an hour in direct wage competition with (population explosion saddled) totalitarian-ruled nations.
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a.) Local, state, and national politicians;
b.) US judges, and state and federal supreme court justices;
c.) US presidents;
d.) State governors;
e.) US and international Universities and Churches (w/endowments);
f.) dolt-whispering-snake talkers (to tell Americans, who don’t care to think or reason because they’ve been taught to blind believe in the system, authoritarians or billionaires, what is good for them);
g.) right wing stochastic terrorist (Forbes 400 King funded talk hosts to keep things stirred up with Devil-Hate-Fear-N-Labeling …that leads to gun violence against demonized groups of fellow Americans and foreign nationals, or beating the drums of another profit-charter war).
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CHARACTERISTICS of TPP (& TTIP) TRADE DEALS 01.) TPP is a top secret trade agreement which goes “far beyond” trade;
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02.) It is another free-trade US treasury raid …just like N.A.F.T.A., C.A.F.T.A., Most Favored Nation Trade Status with China, and the recent Columbian and South Korean Free-Trade Agreements, etc;
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03.) TPP essentially overturns all conflicting US laws/ordinances (city, county, state and federal), lest their enforcement draw penalties from a corporate tribunal run by the CEO’s of multinational corporations who wrote the TPP trade and sovereignty swap in secret for seven years;
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04.) As such, TPP overturns the US Constitution, as have other trade laws;
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05.) In 06/12, there were 26 chapters in TPP with only 2 on “actual” trade;
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06.) It’s 24 Chapters (06/12) overturn food safety, foreign investment, aesthetic, land-use, environmental and zoning limits on corporate exploitation of resources and workers;
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07.) TPP subjects offending “partner countries” to international “corporate tribunals” to assess sanctions and fines for violations of trade laws;
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08.) In our case, fines are paid out of the US Treasury to nations and multinational corporations for damages, including “future” domestic profits that were unrealized due to US laws (that violate TPP’s provisions) being enforced;
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09.) This permanent agreement (which is not modifiable due to “fast track” trade authority given to POTUS OBAMA by corporate sponsored US Senators and US House Reps in 2015) is backdoor colonialism;
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10.) TPP was written by 600 multinational corporate C.E.O.’s, board members, lobbyists and lawyers in secret;
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11.) Americans can’t even get official copies of TPP, but some have leaked out due to the work of whistleblowers (like Wikileaks) who will be jailed for doing such things as the peoples homework if the deal passes;
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12.) There has been minimal public input but lots of social media push back.
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13.) 22 Senators who’ve seen TPP are sworn to secrecy; Name/Web below;
<> 14.) TPP was started in 2008 by POTUS George W. Bush (R- *TX 2001-2008) and taken up by POTUS Obama without missing a step;
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15.) During the 2012 campaign for President, Bishop Willard “Mitt” Romney, a venture capitalist, insisted that TPP be passed without delay;
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16.) US worker bargaining agreements, rights or safety regulations do not apply if TPP is passed into law by “an up or down vote” in the US Senate;
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17.) TPP involves the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim countries. TPP partners include: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Peru, United States, and Vietnam.
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19.) TPP approval requires 67 votes in the US Senate “millionaire’s club” and Obama, now that “Fast Track” trade status was approved in Congress.
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20.) It is “the forerunner” of an equally large trade deal with “Euro Zone” Countries called TTIP - Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership. (The Euro Zone consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.);
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21.) Once TPP (involving the US with 11 Pacific Rim countries) and TTIP (combining Euro Zone countries) are completed, “600 multinational corporations” will control 60% of world trade “on terms corporations dictated.”
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><> (^^^) (22.) “TRADE TREACHERY” (School on USA “FREE” Trade Fail-Fail-Fail!)
(“FREE” OF: Unions; Env. Regulation; Government Oversight; & Democracy) ~ U.S. House Rep. Alan Grayson (D-*FL), {Support Democracy} _ BB Link
< http://tradetreachery.com/
< http://action.senatorwithguts.com/page/s/trade-treachery
(^^^) (22A.) "NO TO ‘FAST TRACK,” NO TO TRADE TREACHERY” (CALL ‘EM)* ~ Alan Grayson (D-*FL), {Support Democracy}, 04-29-15, YT, 9:00 _ BB Link
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7yX90EN5bM
References: (Fast Track Trade Authority Passed/TPP Trade Deal, NOT YET!)
Stop TPP/Call U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman: _ 202-224-3121 _
U.S. House (type your zip code) < house.gov/representatives/find
U.S. Senate < senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
A-Z list (or click state)< http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
(^^^) (23.) “EXPOSE THE TPP” (Trans Pacific Partnership “FREE” Trade Scam)
~ Lorie Wallach – Public Citizen, {Subscriber Supported} _ BB Link/URL
< https://www.citizen.org/tpp
< http://www.exposethetpp.org/
< https://www.facebook.com/publiccitizen
(^^^) (23A.) “PUBLIC CITIZEN” (Trans-Pacific Partnership Chapters – N.W.O.)
"Initial Analyses of Key TPP Chapters" ~ Public Citizen, {Subscriber Supported/Copy pdf}, 11-2015 _ BB Link/URL
< https://www.citizen.org/documents/analysis-tpp-text-november-2015.pdf
(^^^) (24.) “FLUSH THE TPP” (Trans-Pacific Partnership, “FREE” Trade Fail!)
~ FTTTP, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism} _ BB Link/URL
< http://www.flushthetpp.org/
< https://www.facebook.com/FlushTheTpp
(^^^) (24A.) “TPP CORPORATE INSIDERS” (605 Authors for Forbes 400 Kings)
~ Flush The TPP, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, (2016) _ BB Link/URL
< http://www.flushthetpp.org/tpp-corporate-insiders/
(^^^) (25.) “WIKILEAKS” (Exposes TPP “FREE” Trade Sovereignty Raid Scam) "Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)" ~ Wikileaks (U.S. Partners ~ McClatchy, Public Citizen, Knowledge Ecology International), {Subscriber Supported}, 11-13-13 _ BB Link/URL
< http://wikileaks.org/tpp
< https://www.facebook.com/wikileaks
(^^^) (25A.) “WIKILEAKS” (TiSA “FREE” Trade covers 66% of World Trade)
(TRADE in SERVICES AGREEMENT w/$0.30/hour Vietnam, for example)
"Trade in Services Agreement" (Slavery w/a Night-Pass) ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscriber Supported Investigations}, 06-03-15 _ BB Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/
(^^^) (25B.) “WIKILEAKS” (TiSA/”FREE” Trade covers 66% of World Trade)
(TRADE in SERVICES AGREEMENT w/$0.30/hour Vietnam, for example)
"Trade in Services Agreement - Press release" (Slavery w/a Night-Pass) ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscriber Supported Investigations}, 06-03-15 _ BB Link
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/press.html
(^^^) (25C.) “PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL” (TiSA/”FREE” Trade)
(TRADE in SERVICES AGREEMENT w/$0.30/hour Vietnam, for example)
"Public Services Int’l Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscriber Supported Investigations}, 06-03-15 _ BB Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/public-services-statement.html
< https://www.facebook.com/PSIglobalunion
(^^^) (25D.) “OUR WORLD IS NOT FOR SALE” (TiSA/”FREE” Trade)
(TRADE in SERVICES AGREEMENT w/$0.30/hour Vietnam, for example)
"Our World Is Not For Sale network Statement WikiLeaks TiSA pub." ~ OWINFS, Wikileaks, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-03-15 _ BB Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/owinfs-statement.html
(^^^) (25E.) “COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS of AMERICA”(TRADE/TiSA)
"Communications Workers of America Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" (TRADE in SERVICES AGREEMENT w/$0.30/hour Vietnam) ~ CWA, WikiLeaks, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-03-15 _ BB Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/workers-statement.html
< https://www.facebook.com/CWAUnion
(^^^) (2.) U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTACTS/LET THEM HEAR YOU!
(Social Media Contacts, US House District Maps, Congress’ Voting Record)
(Facebook, Twitter, etc; CLICK ACCESS BOX (bookmark)
(^^^) (2A.) U.S. SENATE: Social Media (Click Box Access 100 Senators) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/Senate
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES: Social Media (Click Box) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/House
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. GOVERNMENT: National Atlas (House District Maps) _ Link
< http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#vi
(^^^) (2C.) “THOMAS” (U.S. House & Senate Voting Records, Bills, etc)
~ US Government - Library of Congress _ BB Link/URL
< http://thomas.loc.gov/home/state-legislatures.html
(^^^) (2D.) “VOTE USA“ (Select Your State: How to Register to Vote) _ Link
< https://vote.usa.gov/
References:
< https://ballotpedia.org/114th_United_States_Congress
Call U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman: _ 202-224-3121 _
U.S. House (type your zip code) < house.gov/representatives/find
U.S. Senate < senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
A-Z list (or click state)< http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666A-TEAM REPRESENTATIVE’S BIOGRAPHY NOTES ARE ON
WIKIPEDIA; See “Mike Froman”
~ Wikipedia, free Encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Froman
>_^_ Bush Appointee, U.S. Trade Representative RON KIRK, (Obama’s golf buddy and a 4.5 year Obama Administration Official), stepped down to be replaced in mid-2013 by multi-millionaire Mike Froman. Ron Kirk denied SENATOR RON WIDEN access to this “Fly By Night” 1% Oligarch enriching trade pact that surrenders national sovereignty;
>_^_ Biography Notes: U.S. Commerce Secretary “Penny Pritzker”
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~ Wikipedia, free Encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Froman
>_^_ Bush Appointee, U.S. Trade Representative RON KIRK, (Obama’s golf buddy and a 4.5 year Obama Administration Official), stepped down to be replaced in mid-2013 by multi-millionaire Mike Froman. Ron Kirk denied SENATOR RON WIDEN access to this “Fly By Night” 1% Oligarch enriching trade pact that surrenders national sovereignty;
>_^_ Biography Notes: U.S. Commerce Secretary “Penny Pritzker”
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666BULLSH*T DETECTECTORS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A
LONG TIME ON FREE TRADE. HERE IS A HISTORY LESSON ON
N.A.F.T.A., THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, 1992.
U.S. Congress and POTUS 42 Bill Clinton teamed up!
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Texas businessman and Independent Presidential candidate Ross Perot accurately predicted the effects of NAFTA on jobs and labor in the United States. Perot opposed NAFTA, while neither of the 1%’s other two candidates, Bush or Clinton, did.
(^^^) “Giant Sucking Sound – Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate.flv” ~ TheFedBites, {Subscribe}, 12-06-09, YT, 2:35 _ Link/URL
< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgx1C_S6ls
(^^^) "United States presidential election, 1992" ~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1992
ABOUT FREE TRADE
Trade Agreements effectively “rescind” all conflicting city, county, state, and national laws. Laws are produced from powers and abilities granted by “elected politicians” who produce legislation in a US constitutional frame work. Trade agreements don’t have to work from a US constitutional bias. Thus such agreements may tend to eclipse laws like collective bargaining agreements, human rights, environmental standards, etc, etc.
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All trade “partner nations” operate under threat of significant punitive trade sanction and penalty paid to “partners” who feel their free-trade profit-rights have been violated. Thus trade agreements have tended to end the prudent ways of using “national sovereignty” to protect critical resources and assets from exploitation, planning for the future, or just maintaining “nostalgic democracy” or civilization …over time. > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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N.A.F.T.A., THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, 1992.
U.S. Congress and POTUS 42 Bill Clinton teamed up!
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Texas businessman and Independent Presidential candidate Ross Perot accurately predicted the effects of NAFTA on jobs and labor in the United States. Perot opposed NAFTA, while neither of the 1%’s other two candidates, Bush or Clinton, did.
(^^^) “Giant Sucking Sound – Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate.flv” ~ TheFedBites, {Subscribe}, 12-06-09, YT, 2:35 _ Link/URL
< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgx1C_S6ls
(^^^) "United States presidential election, 1992" ~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1992
ABOUT FREE TRADE
Trade Agreements effectively “rescind” all conflicting city, county, state, and national laws. Laws are produced from powers and abilities granted by “elected politicians” who produce legislation in a US constitutional frame work. Trade agreements don’t have to work from a US constitutional bias. Thus such agreements may tend to eclipse laws like collective bargaining agreements, human rights, environmental standards, etc, etc.
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All trade “partner nations” operate under threat of significant punitive trade sanction and penalty paid to “partners” who feel their free-trade profit-rights have been violated. Thus trade agreements have tended to end the prudent ways of using “national sovereignty” to protect critical resources and assets from exploitation, planning for the future, or just maintaining “nostalgic democracy” or civilization …over time. > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666DID FREE TRADE NAFTA’S SOVEREIGNTY RAID BREAK THE
AMERICAN DREAM IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN*MI?
Republican Governor Rick Snyder is parting out Michigan to Forbes 400 Kings at fire sale prices. (^^^) “How The American Dream Went Wrong In Detroit” ~ Journeyman Pictures, {Subscribe}, 12-04-13, YT, 22:39 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXLPpr2Rwg
(^^^) “How The American Dream Went Wrong In Detroit” ~ Truth Theory, {Subscribe}, 12-09-13, Video _ Link/URL
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Republican Governor Rick Snyder is parting out Michigan to Forbes 400 Kings at fire sale prices. (^^^) “How The American Dream Went Wrong In Detroit” ~ Journeyman Pictures, {Subscribe}, 12-04-13, YT, 22:39 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXLPpr2Rwg
(^^^) “How The American Dream Went Wrong In Detroit” ~ Truth Theory, {Subscribe}, 12-09-13, Video _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666DID THE FREE TRADE SOVEREIGNTY RAID IN DETROIT
TEACH ANYONE A HISTORY LESSON ON TRADE OR DEMOCRACY? IT’S RUN BY AN EMERGENCY MANAGER WHO WAS
APPOINTED BY A DICTATOR.
Crumbling Infrastructure, Austerity, Failed Pension Plans from free trade; N.A.F.T.A. – North American Free Trade Agreement (’94) P.N.T.R. China, Permanent Normal Trade Relations btwn U.S. & China (’00),
C.A.F.T.A., Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04) COLUMBIA Trade Agreement (’10) SOUTH KOREA Trade Agreement (‘11) Final Negotiations on “T.P.P.” Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement NEXT UP (if TPP passes) is TTIP; the European Union “version” of TPP involves 20% of world trade, the U.S. and Euro Zone countries.
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Free-Trade killed Detroit’s economy. It ejected 300,000 of Detroit’s manufacturing jobs to China, India and Mexico. Oligarch’s banks are raiding Detroit pension plans and infrastructure. Forbes 400 Kings (the oligarch’s of the planet earth) are the ones who demanded free trade in the first place.
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Republican "Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has seized power from local elected officials and handed it to a corporate lawyer he has named as the city’s ‘emergency manager.’ In July (2013) Snyder announced plans to steer Detroit into a federal bankruptcy process that could see its services curtailed, public employee pensions cut and assets sold off." ~ John Nichols
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In November 2012, Michigan voters rejected the “Emergency Manager Bill” by referendum. Michigan Republicans passed another one that’s almost impossible to get rid of early in 2013.
"The citizens of one of our largest cities are being shut out of the decisions that will affect their future." ~ John Nichols (^^^)
"Bankrupting Democracy in Detroit"
~ John Nichols – The Nation, {Subscriber Supported}, 07-31-13 _ Link/URL
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Crumbling Infrastructure, Austerity, Failed Pension Plans from free trade; N.A.F.T.A. – North American Free Trade Agreement (’94) P.N.T.R. China, Permanent Normal Trade Relations btwn U.S. & China (’00),
C.A.F.T.A., Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04) COLUMBIA Trade Agreement (’10) SOUTH KOREA Trade Agreement (‘11) Final Negotiations on “T.P.P.” Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement NEXT UP (if TPP passes) is TTIP; the European Union “version” of TPP involves 20% of world trade, the U.S. and Euro Zone countries.
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Free-Trade killed Detroit’s economy. It ejected 300,000 of Detroit’s manufacturing jobs to China, India and Mexico. Oligarch’s banks are raiding Detroit pension plans and infrastructure. Forbes 400 Kings (the oligarch’s of the planet earth) are the ones who demanded free trade in the first place.
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Republican "Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has seized power from local elected officials and handed it to a corporate lawyer he has named as the city’s ‘emergency manager.’ In July (2013) Snyder announced plans to steer Detroit into a federal bankruptcy process that could see its services curtailed, public employee pensions cut and assets sold off." ~ John Nichols
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In November 2012, Michigan voters rejected the “Emergency Manager Bill” by referendum. Michigan Republicans passed another one that’s almost impossible to get rid of early in 2013.
"The citizens of one of our largest cities are being shut out of the decisions that will affect their future." ~ John Nichols (^^^)
"Bankrupting Democracy in Detroit"
~ John Nichols – The Nation, {Subscriber Supported}, 07-31-13 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION RIPS TPP FREE TRADE
SOVEREIGNTY RAID; AND THEIR CONSERNS INCLUDE:
1. Anti-Circumvention of Digital Rights Management (DRM)
2. Criminalization of Investigative Journalism, Security Research, and Whistleblowing
3. ISP (Internet Service Provider) Liability: Internet Intermediaries as Copyright Cops
4. Criminal Copyright Enforcement (Court, Fines, Prison)
5. Expansion of Copyright Terms
6. "Investor-State" Provisions Could Undermine User Protections in Copyright
7. Restrictions on Fair Use (for Education Purposes) (^^^)
"Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill" ~ Maira Sutton -- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 05-14-15 _ Link/URL
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1. Anti-Circumvention of Digital Rights Management (DRM)
2. Criminalization of Investigative Journalism, Security Research, and Whistleblowing
3. ISP (Internet Service Provider) Liability: Internet Intermediaries as Copyright Cops
4. Criminal Copyright Enforcement (Court, Fines, Prison)
5. Expansion of Copyright Terms
6. "Investor-State" Provisions Could Undermine User Protections in Copyright
7. Restrictions on Fair Use (for Education Purposes) (^^^)
"Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill" ~ Maira Sutton -- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 05-14-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666FOODXXX FREE TRADE NAFTA, TPP & TTIP SPECIFIES
NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ON MYSTERIOUS FOOD LABELS.
The same no country of origin labels hold true for TPP, and the future TTIP Free-Trade agreement.
"The BPA (chemical) in plastic mimic’s estrogen and this hormone skyrockets in the body when BPA is ingested. " (^^^)
"10 Foods Made in China That Are Filled With Plastic, Pesticides, & Cancer-Causing Chemicals" ~ Natural Medication, {Subscriber Supported}, 12-30-15 _ Link/URL
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"The BPA (chemical) in plastic mimic’s estrogen and this hormone skyrockets in the body when BPA is ingested. " (^^^)
"10 Foods Made in China That Are Filled With Plastic, Pesticides, & Cancer-Causing Chemicals" ~ Natural Medication, {Subscriber Supported}, 12-30-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666FOODXXX WALL STREET JOURNAL NOTES PENALTIES FOR
FOOD LABELS IN FREE TRADE NAFTA, TPP & TTIP;
NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABEL IS ALLOWED TO STEM IMPORTS OF FOREIGN MYSTERY FOOD.
"Canada and Mexico won a final WTO (World Trade Organization) ruling in May, and are now seeking retaliatory actions valued at a combined $3.7 billion a year. Canada has threatened trade restrictions..."
"Washington seeks to prevent a long battle over the labels with Canada and Mexico" (^^^)
"House Votes to Remove Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Sold in U.S." ~ Tennille Tracy -- Wall Street Journal, {Subscribe}, 06-10-15 _ Link/URL
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NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABEL IS ALLOWED TO STEM IMPORTS OF FOREIGN MYSTERY FOOD.
"Canada and Mexico won a final WTO (World Trade Organization) ruling in May, and are now seeking retaliatory actions valued at a combined $3.7 billion a year. Canada has threatened trade restrictions..."
"Washington seeks to prevent a long battle over the labels with Canada and Mexico" (^^^)
"House Votes to Remove Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Sold in U.S." ~ Tennille Tracy -- Wall Street Journal, {Subscribe}, 06-10-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666OUR FUTURE LIES IN CALLING TPP A SOVEREIGNTY
SURRENDER TO THE CORPORATE STOREFRONTS OF FORBES 400 KINGS.
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“Stop Calling TPP a Trade Agreement, It Isn’t”
~ Our Future, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 05-26-15 _ Link/URL
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“Stop Calling TPP a Trade Agreement, It Isn’t”
~ Our Future, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 05-26-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOVEREIGNTY THEFT AND FREE TRADE
US SENATE COMMITTEE on COMMERCE, SCIENCE & TRANSPORTATION
MAJORITY Members (13) REPUBLICANS
Senator John Thune, (R-*SD) South Dakota, CHAIRMAN
Senator Roger Wicker, (R-*MS) Mississippi
Senator Roy Blunt, (R-MO) Missouri
Senator Marco Rubio, (R-*FL) Florida
Senator Kelly Ayotte, (R-*NH) New Hampshire
Senator Ted Cruz, (R-*TX) Texas
Senator Deb Fischer, (R-*NE) Nebraska
Senator Jerry Moran, (R-*SD) Kansas
Senator Dan Sullivan, (R-*SD) Alaska
Senator Ron Johnson, (R-*WI) Wisconsin
Senator Dean Heller, (R-*NV) Nevada
Senator Cory Gardner, (R-*CO) Colorado
Senator Steve Daines, (R-*MT) Montana
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MINORITY Members (11) DEMOCRATS
Senator Bill Nelson, (D-*FL) Florida, RANKING Member
Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-*WA) Washington
Senator Claire McCaskill, (D-*MO) Missouri
Senator Amy Klobuchar, (D-*MN) Minnesota
Senator Richard Blumenthal, (D-*CT) Connecticut
Senator Brian Schatz, (D-*HA) Hawaii
Senator Ed Markey, (D-*MA) Massachusetts
Senator Cory Booker, (D-*NJ) New Jersey
Senator Tom Udall, (D-*NM) New Mexico
Senator Joe Manchin, (D-*WV) West Virginia
Senator Gary Peters, (D-*MI) Michigan _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/committeemembers
>_^_ Contact_The White House_ _ Link/URL
< http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/write-or-call#write
>_^_ Whistleblower, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-*OR) was denied access to this U.S. Trade Pact; Support Sen. Wyden’s Effort _ Link/URL
< http://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
>_^_ Bush Appointee, U.S. Trade Representative RON KIRK, (Obama’s golf buddy and a 4.5 year Obama Administration Official), stepped down to be replaced in mid-2013 by multi-millionaire Mike Froman. Ron Kirk denied SENATOR RON WIDEN access to this “Fly By Night” 1% Oligarch enriching trade pact that surrenders national sovereignty;
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MAJORITY Members (13) REPUBLICANS
Senator John Thune, (R-*SD) South Dakota, CHAIRMAN
Senator Roger Wicker, (R-*MS) Mississippi
Senator Roy Blunt, (R-MO) Missouri
Senator Marco Rubio, (R-*FL) Florida
Senator Kelly Ayotte, (R-*NH) New Hampshire
Senator Ted Cruz, (R-*TX) Texas
Senator Deb Fischer, (R-*NE) Nebraska
Senator Jerry Moran, (R-*SD) Kansas
Senator Dan Sullivan, (R-*SD) Alaska
Senator Ron Johnson, (R-*WI) Wisconsin
Senator Dean Heller, (R-*NV) Nevada
Senator Cory Gardner, (R-*CO) Colorado
Senator Steve Daines, (R-*MT) Montana
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MINORITY Members (11) DEMOCRATS
Senator Bill Nelson, (D-*FL) Florida, RANKING Member
Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-*WA) Washington
Senator Claire McCaskill, (D-*MO) Missouri
Senator Amy Klobuchar, (D-*MN) Minnesota
Senator Richard Blumenthal, (D-*CT) Connecticut
Senator Brian Schatz, (D-*HA) Hawaii
Senator Ed Markey, (D-*MA) Massachusetts
Senator Cory Booker, (D-*NJ) New Jersey
Senator Tom Udall, (D-*NM) New Mexico
Senator Joe Manchin, (D-*WV) West Virginia
Senator Gary Peters, (D-*MI) Michigan _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/committeemembers
>_^_ Contact_The White House_ _ Link/URL
< http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/write-or-call#write
>_^_ Whistleblower, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-*OR) was denied access to this U.S. Trade Pact; Support Sen. Wyden’s Effort _ Link/URL
< http://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
>_^_ Bush Appointee, U.S. Trade Representative RON KIRK, (Obama’s golf buddy and a 4.5 year Obama Administration Official), stepped down to be replaced in mid-2013 by multi-millionaire Mike Froman. Ron Kirk denied SENATOR RON WIDEN access to this “Fly By Night” 1% Oligarch enriching trade pact that surrenders national sovereignty;
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666THEY HUNG FREE TRADE OUT ON DC CLOTHES LINE AND LOW
AND BEHOLD IT’S A PHONY TRADE DEAL RAFT WITH SOVEREIGNTY THEFT.
(^^^)
"Wikileaks Exposes Obama’s Phony Trade Bill…Only 5 of 29 Chapters About Trade" ~ Steven Ahle -- DC Clothes Line, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-02-15 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666WE GET A CLIMATE BOMB FORM THE NAFTA FREE TRADE
SOVEREIGNTY RAID LAWSUIT RAMMING THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE DOWN OUR THROATS.
The same rules limiting consumer rights, health, safety, etc are in TPP. (^^^)
"Still unconvinced about the TPP? Unsure that NAFTA was awful? This just happened. (Important update)" ~ flitedocnm -- Daily Kos, {Subscriber Supported}, 01-06-16 _ Link/URL
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The same rules limiting consumer rights, health, safety, etc are in TPP. (^^^)
"Still unconvinced about the TPP? Unsure that NAFTA was awful? This just happened. (Important update)" ~ flitedocnm -- Daily Kos, {Subscriber Supported}, 01-06-16 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-0666WE GET ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FROM THE TPP
SOVEREIGNTY RAID, AS FRACKERS ARE FREE TO POISON WELLS AND STREAMS WITH TOXIC
WASTE AND CONTAMINATE THE ATMOSPERE WITH METHANE.
<>
"Finance ...Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 ...
“fast track,” ...facilitate ...agreements including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact with limited public and Congressional input. ...(box-checker & library-builder-in-chief, Corporations Blue-Dog & Billionaire Penny Pritzker's Pride POTUS 44 Uncle O'Toma) would be able to sign (hike a leg up on) TPP and then send it to Congress for a straight up-or-down vote..."
If passed by a congress, where over half are millionaires, he'd sign it w/300 pens-4-billionaires and overturn the Constitution for 600 Corporate Co-Conspirators... and then he'll be impeached for good reason. (^^^)
"How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S." ~ EcoWatch, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 01-14-14 _ Link/URL
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"Finance ...Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 ...
“fast track,” ...facilitate ...agreements including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact with limited public and Congressional input. ...(box-checker & library-builder-in-chief, Corporations Blue-Dog & Billionaire Penny Pritzker's Pride POTUS 44 Uncle O'Toma) would be able to sign (hike a leg up on) TPP and then send it to Congress for a straight up-or-down vote..."
If passed by a congress, where over half are millionaires, he'd sign it w/300 pens-4-billionaires and overturn the Constitution for 600 Corporate Co-Conspirators... and then he'll be impeached for good reason. (^^^)
"How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S." ~ EcoWatch, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 01-14-14 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067A UNION-FREE OBAMATRADE DEAL ENDS DEMOCRACY &
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
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“…three international ‘trade’ deals (TTP, TTIP, & TiSA), each one of which contains a section (called ISDS) that would end important aspects of the sovereignty of each signatory nation, by setting up an international panel composed solely of corporate lawyers to serve as ‘arbitrators’ deciding cases brought before this panel to hear lawsuits…” (^^^)
"How Obama’s ‘Trade’ Deals Are Designed to End Democracy" ~ Eric Zuesse – Washington’s Blog, {Subscribe}, 06-18-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/06/how-obamas-trade-deals-are-designed-to-end-democracy.html
(^^^) "AFL-CIO's Trumka: USTR Told Us Murder Isn't A Violation Under U.S. Trade Deals" (USTR = US Trade Representative)
~ Michael McAuliff -- Huffington Post, {Subscribe}, 04-22-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/fast-track-trade_n_7113412.html
(^^^) "Standing Up for Workers: Promoting Labor Rights through Trade" ~ US Trade Representative _ Link/URL
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“…three international ‘trade’ deals (TTP, TTIP, & TiSA), each one of which contains a section (called ISDS) that would end important aspects of the sovereignty of each signatory nation, by setting up an international panel composed solely of corporate lawyers to serve as ‘arbitrators’ deciding cases brought before this panel to hear lawsuits…” (^^^)
"How Obama’s ‘Trade’ Deals Are Designed to End Democracy" ~ Eric Zuesse – Washington’s Blog, {Subscribe}, 06-18-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/06/how-obamas-trade-deals-are-designed-to-end-democracy.html
(^^^) "AFL-CIO's Trumka: USTR Told Us Murder Isn't A Violation Under U.S. Trade Deals" (USTR = US Trade Representative)
~ Michael McAuliff -- Huffington Post, {Subscribe}, 04-22-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/fast-track-trade_n_7113412.html
(^^^) "Standing Up for Workers: Promoting Labor Rights through Trade" ~ US Trade Representative _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067A WIKIPEDIA HISTORY OF FREE-TRADE
PRE-TPP/A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS TRADE AGREEMENTS
Corporate Blue-Dogs Democrats, Corporate Republicans, and Forbes 400 King’s corporations make trade deals that benefit the world’s wealthiest individuals, the top 1/10th of 1%.
><> N.A.F.T.A. – North American Free Trade Agreement (’94) negotiation was started by Corporate Republican POTUS 40, Ronald Reagan in ’86. Negotiations continued under Corporate Republican POTUS 41, George H.W. Bush (1). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 42, Bill Clinton in ‘93;
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><> ><> THUMBNAIL P.N.T.R. China, Permanent Normal Trade Relations btwn U.S. and China (’00), was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 42, Bill Clinton;
<> C.A.F.T.A., Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04), was started and signed under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). And it barely passed in Congress;
><> COLUMBIA Trade Agreement (’10) was started under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 44, Barack Obama;
><> SOUTH KOREA Trade Agreement (‘11) was started under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 44, Barack Obama;
><> Final Negotiations on “T.P.P.” Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement began in November 19, 2013, at the Utah Summit.
Comment time is to mid-January 2016.
Since TPP was “Fast Tracked” by both House and Senate in the summer of 2015, it is scheduled for an up or down vote in January 2016.
><> NEXT UP (if TPP passes), the European Union “version,” called TPIP, involves 20% of world trade, the U.S. and Euro Zone countries.
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><> ><> MORE DETAIL/NOTES
>_^_ N.A.F.T.A. the North American Free Trade Agreement is between Canada, Mexico and the US. (POTUS 40, 41 & 42, Reagan, Bush, Clinton);
{Since N.A.F.T.A. (the North American Free Trade Agreement passed) $10 trillion in debt was taken on to the U.S. Treasury. …the U.S. State Department’s Geopolitical Agenda.” ~ Steel Workers President, Leo Gerard on the Thom Hartmann Radio Program, on Free Speech TV, etc.} (^^^)
"North American Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
>_^_ P.N.T.R. CHINA, Permanent Normal Trade Relations w/China
Two main objectives for U.S. corporations were to access over a billion consumers and accessing the labor of “slave wage” workers in a country with no collective bargaining Unions or environmental regulations.
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"attempts to repeal the PNTR with China. ...2005 when Representative (Bernie) Sanders ...said to the house, 'anyone who takes an objective look at our trade policy with China must conclude that is an absolute failure and needs to be fundamentally overhauled.' ...numbers of the trade deficit increased and the number of American jobs being lost to our overseas competitors'" ~ Wikipedia account
(^^^)
"Permanent normal trade relations"
~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Normal_Trade_Relations
>_^_ C.A.F.T.A. (DR), Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04) is an agreement that "encompassed the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and was called CAFTA. In 2004, the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations …renamed CAFTA-DR."
"...Senate approved the CAFTA-DR ...54–45 ...House ...approved the pact on July 28, 2005 by a vote of 217–215 (close)" ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia "(Redirected from CAFTA)";
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAFTA
>_^_ Columbian Free Trade Agreement (’11)
"On October 12, 2011 …it was passed by the House 262-167 and the Senate 66-33."…"In the first 10 months of the (Juan Manuel) Santos administration in Colombia (elected 08-07-10), 104 labor and human rights activists were murdered." ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Colombia_Free_Trade_Agreement
>_^_ South Korean Free Trade Agreement (’11)
"Negotiations ...concluded on April 1, 2007 (under Republican POTUS 43 George W. Bush). It was first signed on June 30, 2007, with a renegotiated version signed ...passed by the United States on October 12, 2011 with the Senate passing it 83-15 & the House 278-151” ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_agreement_between_the_United_States_of_America_and_the_Republic_of_Korea > ####(11-2013)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Corporate Blue-Dogs Democrats, Corporate Republicans, and Forbes 400 King’s corporations make trade deals that benefit the world’s wealthiest individuals, the top 1/10th of 1%.
><> N.A.F.T.A. – North American Free Trade Agreement (’94) negotiation was started by Corporate Republican POTUS 40, Ronald Reagan in ’86. Negotiations continued under Corporate Republican POTUS 41, George H.W. Bush (1). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 42, Bill Clinton in ‘93;
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><> ><> THUMBNAIL P.N.T.R. China, Permanent Normal Trade Relations btwn U.S. and China (’00), was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 42, Bill Clinton;
<> C.A.F.T.A., Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04), was started and signed under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). And it barely passed in Congress;
><> COLUMBIA Trade Agreement (’10) was started under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 44, Barack Obama;
><> SOUTH KOREA Trade Agreement (‘11) was started under Corporate Republican POTUS 43, George W. Bush (2). It was signed by Corporate Blue-Dog Democrat POTUS 44, Barack Obama;
><> Final Negotiations on “T.P.P.” Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement began in November 19, 2013, at the Utah Summit.
Comment time is to mid-January 2016.
Since TPP was “Fast Tracked” by both House and Senate in the summer of 2015, it is scheduled for an up or down vote in January 2016.
><> NEXT UP (if TPP passes), the European Union “version,” called TPIP, involves 20% of world trade, the U.S. and Euro Zone countries.
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><> ><> MORE DETAIL/NOTES
>_^_ N.A.F.T.A. the North American Free Trade Agreement is between Canada, Mexico and the US. (POTUS 40, 41 & 42, Reagan, Bush, Clinton);
{Since N.A.F.T.A. (the North American Free Trade Agreement passed) $10 trillion in debt was taken on to the U.S. Treasury. …the U.S. State Department’s Geopolitical Agenda.” ~ Steel Workers President, Leo Gerard on the Thom Hartmann Radio Program, on Free Speech TV, etc.} (^^^)
"North American Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
>_^_ P.N.T.R. CHINA, Permanent Normal Trade Relations w/China
Two main objectives for U.S. corporations were to access over a billion consumers and accessing the labor of “slave wage” workers in a country with no collective bargaining Unions or environmental regulations.
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"attempts to repeal the PNTR with China. ...2005 when Representative (Bernie) Sanders ...said to the house, 'anyone who takes an objective look at our trade policy with China must conclude that is an absolute failure and needs to be fundamentally overhauled.' ...numbers of the trade deficit increased and the number of American jobs being lost to our overseas competitors'" ~ Wikipedia account
(^^^)
"Permanent normal trade relations"
~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Normal_Trade_Relations
>_^_ C.A.F.T.A. (DR), Central American Free Trade Agreement (’04) is an agreement that "encompassed the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and was called CAFTA. In 2004, the Dominican Republic joined the negotiations …renamed CAFTA-DR."
"...Senate approved the CAFTA-DR ...54–45 ...House ...approved the pact on July 28, 2005 by a vote of 217–215 (close)" ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia "(Redirected from CAFTA)";
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAFTA
>_^_ Columbian Free Trade Agreement (’11)
"On October 12, 2011 …it was passed by the House 262-167 and the Senate 66-33."…"In the first 10 months of the (Juan Manuel) Santos administration in Colombia (elected 08-07-10), 104 labor and human rights activists were murdered." ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Colombia_Free_Trade_Agreement
>_^_ South Korean Free Trade Agreement (’11)
"Negotiations ...concluded on April 1, 2007 (under Republican POTUS 43 George W. Bush). It was first signed on June 30, 2007, with a renegotiated version signed ...passed by the United States on October 12, 2011 with the Senate passing it 83-15 & the House 278-151” ~ Wikipedia account (^^^)
"Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea" ~ Wikipedia, free encyclopedia, {Subscriber Supported} _ Link/URL*^*< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_agreement_between_the_United_States_of_America_and_the_Republic_of_Korea > ####(11-2013)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067ALL FREE TRADE IS CORP’S SOVEREIGNTY RAID.
TRADING PARTNER,
NEW ZEALAND exposes their secret Trans-Pacific Partnership document.
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The TPP text was released by New Zealand on 11-23-15. It’s 2,000 pages and 30 chapters, but fewer than one third of the text is about trade. 500 corporate lawyers and lobbyists wrote it. It manages 12 economies for the benefit of corporations.
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All but a couple of Republican/T Senators voted in favor of “Fast Track” trade authority for POTUS Obama. Fast Track was initiated under POTUS Richard Millhouse Nixon. 12 Democrats voted to authorize “Fast Track” trade authority which allows a president to present the agreement to Congress for an up or down vote without amendments.
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And without congressional amendments, TPP will overturn the US Constitution and any law on any level of government that conflicts with this New World Order Corporate Doctrine. It does have some trade provisions, but it’s not a trade deal. It’s a surrender of US sovereignty to a corporate tribunal in which corporations owned mostly by Forbes 400 King billionaire investors can suit governments for damages by arguing over vague language in a biased corporate tribunal.
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"The text of the TPP was released by TPP Parties on 5 November 2015 and can be accessed by Chapter below. Legal verification of the text will continue in the coming weeks. The Agreement will also be translated into French and Spanish language versions. The Government is preparing a legal synopsis of the Agreement and this will be available below in the coming days." (^^^)
"TPP: New Zealand Releases Full Text of Highly Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ DAHBOO777, {Subscribe}, 11-05-15, YT, 4:21 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtywZ5Naq_0
>_^_ New Zealand Trans-Pacific Partnership
"Download a Zip file of all 30 Chapters (excluding Annexes) [ZIP, 3.15MB]" (^^^)
"Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ New Zealand -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 11-2015 _ Link/URL
< http://www.tpp.mfat.govt.nz/text
>_^_ Billionaire Shoe Shine by Trade Rep. Michael Froman and POTUS Obama – Penny Pritzker’s prize “fast tracker”
"Leveling the playing field for American workers & American businesses."(Bull Sh*t) (^^^)
"The Trans-Pacific Partnership" (US Government Showcase Bull Sh*t)
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The TPP text was released by New Zealand on 11-23-15. It’s 2,000 pages and 30 chapters, but fewer than one third of the text is about trade. 500 corporate lawyers and lobbyists wrote it. It manages 12 economies for the benefit of corporations.
><>
All but a couple of Republican/T Senators voted in favor of “Fast Track” trade authority for POTUS Obama. Fast Track was initiated under POTUS Richard Millhouse Nixon. 12 Democrats voted to authorize “Fast Track” trade authority which allows a president to present the agreement to Congress for an up or down vote without amendments.
><>
And without congressional amendments, TPP will overturn the US Constitution and any law on any level of government that conflicts with this New World Order Corporate Doctrine. It does have some trade provisions, but it’s not a trade deal. It’s a surrender of US sovereignty to a corporate tribunal in which corporations owned mostly by Forbes 400 King billionaire investors can suit governments for damages by arguing over vague language in a biased corporate tribunal.
><>
"The text of the TPP was released by TPP Parties on 5 November 2015 and can be accessed by Chapter below. Legal verification of the text will continue in the coming weeks. The Agreement will also be translated into French and Spanish language versions. The Government is preparing a legal synopsis of the Agreement and this will be available below in the coming days." (^^^)
"TPP: New Zealand Releases Full Text of Highly Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ DAHBOO777, {Subscribe}, 11-05-15, YT, 4:21 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtywZ5Naq_0
>_^_ New Zealand Trans-Pacific Partnership
"Download a Zip file of all 30 Chapters (excluding Annexes) [ZIP, 3.15MB]" (^^^)
"Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ New Zealand -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 11-2015 _ Link/URL
< http://www.tpp.mfat.govt.nz/text
>_^_ Billionaire Shoe Shine by Trade Rep. Michael Froman and POTUS Obama – Penny Pritzker’s prize “fast tracker”
"Leveling the playing field for American workers & American businesses."(Bull Sh*t) (^^^)
"The Trans-Pacific Partnership" (US Government Showcase Bull Sh*t)
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067ALL FREE TRADE IS CORP’S SOVEREIGNTY RAID.
WATCHDOG, EXPOSE
THE TPP reveals the toxic trade agreement names.
><> TPP, Tran-Pacific Partnership is a “PENDING” and almost finalized corporate written free trade agreement that involves the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. It includes 40% of current world trade, a mix of “developing” (slave labor) and developed economies.
><> TTIP, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership is the “next” corporate written agreement between the U.S. and Euro-Zone Nations. It involves 20% of world trade.
><> TPP (pending) + (future) TTIP approval would have “the U.S.” involved in 60% of the world’s free trade, a mix of “developing” (slave labor) and developed economies.
><> TAA, Trade Adjustment Authority, provides funds for re-training “trade displaced” workers, for other jobs when theirs are lost to free trade with countries that pay workers 30 cents an hour. TAA is part of TPP and TTIP agreements. U.S. Congress “approved” TAA provisions in the “pending” TPP agreement.
><> TiSA, the Trade in Services Agreement, is a major part of TPP and TTIP. TiSA is an expansive side agreement between the United States, the European Union and 23 other Nations including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & Israel. It takes in 66% of world trade.
><> (^^^) “Expose The TPP”
~ Expose The TPP, home, {Subscribe}, (2016) _ Link/URL
< http://www.exposethetpp.org/
< https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/05/tpp-exposed-video
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><> TPP, Tran-Pacific Partnership is a “PENDING” and almost finalized corporate written free trade agreement that involves the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. It includes 40% of current world trade, a mix of “developing” (slave labor) and developed economies.
><> TTIP, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership is the “next” corporate written agreement between the U.S. and Euro-Zone Nations. It involves 20% of world trade.
><> TPP (pending) + (future) TTIP approval would have “the U.S.” involved in 60% of the world’s free trade, a mix of “developing” (slave labor) and developed economies.
><> TAA, Trade Adjustment Authority, provides funds for re-training “trade displaced” workers, for other jobs when theirs are lost to free trade with countries that pay workers 30 cents an hour. TAA is part of TPP and TTIP agreements. U.S. Congress “approved” TAA provisions in the “pending” TPP agreement.
><> TiSA, the Trade in Services Agreement, is a major part of TPP and TTIP. TiSA is an expansive side agreement between the United States, the European Union and 23 other Nations including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & Israel. It takes in 66% of world trade.
><> (^^^) “Expose The TPP”
~ Expose The TPP, home, {Subscribe}, (2016) _ Link/URL
< http://www.exposethetpp.org/
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067ALL FREE TRADE IS CORP’S SOVEREIGNTY RAID.
LABOR &
WATCHDOGS dissect OBAMATRADE
AFL-CIO; Machinists Union; Sierra Club; Food and Water Watch; EFF; Public Citizen; Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Initial Analyses of Key TPP Chapters (Reviewers)
This initial analysis compiles contributions by labor and public interest experts.
*For more info on labor, jobs, wages, ROO, SOEs and more, contact: Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO and Owen Herrnstadt, Machinists Union;
*on climate, environment, and ISDS challenges to such policies contact: Ben Beachy and Ilana Solomon, Sierra Club;
*on food safety and ag issues: contact Patrick Woodall and Tony Corbo, Food and Water Watch;
*on copyright issues contact: Maira Sutton and Jeremy Malcolm, EFF and Burcu Kilic, Public Citizen;
*on Investment/ISDS, Financial Services, Accession, National Security and Other Exception Texts contact: Lori Wallach and Robijn van Giesen, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch;
*on access to medicines, patent and medicine pricing rules: contact Peter Maybarduk and Burcu Kilic, Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines program.
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ACCESSION OF NEW COUNTRIES _2;_ ENVIRONMENT _3;_ EXCEPTIONS _5;
FINANCIAL SERVICES _6;_ INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY–PATENTS _8;
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/MEDICAL DEVICES ANNEX _9;
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY–COPYRIGHT _10;_ INVESTMENT _12;
LABOR _16;_ MARKET ACCESS _17;_ PROCUREMENT _18
RULES OF ORIGIN _18;_ SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS _19;
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES _20;_ ENTRY INTO FORCE _22;
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GMOS _22;_ TOBACCO _23
><> CLIFF NOTES on evaluation of TPP rules:
* easier for corporations to offshore American jobs;
* push down our wages;
* flood the United States with unsafe imported food;
* raise our medicine prices, giving big pharmaceutical corporations new monopoly rights to keep lower cost generics drugs off the market;
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* includes countries notorious for severe violations of human rights, but the term “human rights” does not appear in the 5600 pages;
* increase risks to our air, water, and climate;
* grants new rights to challenge financial policies;
* undermines access to medicines in developing countries;
><>
* drug firms can contest medicine purchasing and pricing decisions;
* undermines internet freedom, privacy by tipping balance away from users and public internet;
* expanded list o policies exposed to attack by 9,200 foreign firms newly empowered to use ISDS against the US;
><>
Comment/Question
? Where is the upside for U.S. workers and producers, because the downside is clear?
><>
* rules on buy America, buy local - America's domestic producers and their employees, responsible purchasing policies are all net losers;
* won't promote jobs in U.S.;
* constraints on food safety provisions;
* rules won't reverse rise of State Owned Enterprises and undermining of U.S. domestic production and employment;
><>
* TPP only enters into force if U.S. and Japan approve;
* first trade pact to subject GMO’s to new trade rules blocking government oversight;
* tobacco is treated like any other non-lethal product with regard to market penetration, consumer protection and disease prevention :: (^^^)
"Initial Analyses of Key TPP Chapters" ~ Public Citizen, {Subscribe/Copy pdf}, 11-2015 _ Link/URL
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AFL-CIO; Machinists Union; Sierra Club; Food and Water Watch; EFF; Public Citizen; Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Initial Analyses of Key TPP Chapters (Reviewers)
This initial analysis compiles contributions by labor and public interest experts.
*For more info on labor, jobs, wages, ROO, SOEs and more, contact: Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO and Owen Herrnstadt, Machinists Union;
*on climate, environment, and ISDS challenges to such policies contact: Ben Beachy and Ilana Solomon, Sierra Club;
*on food safety and ag issues: contact Patrick Woodall and Tony Corbo, Food and Water Watch;
*on copyright issues contact: Maira Sutton and Jeremy Malcolm, EFF and Burcu Kilic, Public Citizen;
*on Investment/ISDS, Financial Services, Accession, National Security and Other Exception Texts contact: Lori Wallach and Robijn van Giesen, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch;
*on access to medicines, patent and medicine pricing rules: contact Peter Maybarduk and Burcu Kilic, Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines program.
><>
ACCESSION OF NEW COUNTRIES _2;_ ENVIRONMENT _3;_ EXCEPTIONS _5;
FINANCIAL SERVICES _6;_ INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY–PATENTS _8;
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/MEDICAL DEVICES ANNEX _9;
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY–COPYRIGHT _10;_ INVESTMENT _12;
LABOR _16;_ MARKET ACCESS _17;_ PROCUREMENT _18
RULES OF ORIGIN _18;_ SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS _19;
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES _20;_ ENTRY INTO FORCE _22;
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GMOS _22;_ TOBACCO _23
><> CLIFF NOTES on evaluation of TPP rules:
* easier for corporations to offshore American jobs;
* push down our wages;
* flood the United States with unsafe imported food;
* raise our medicine prices, giving big pharmaceutical corporations new monopoly rights to keep lower cost generics drugs off the market;
><>
* includes countries notorious for severe violations of human rights, but the term “human rights” does not appear in the 5600 pages;
* increase risks to our air, water, and climate;
* grants new rights to challenge financial policies;
* undermines access to medicines in developing countries;
><>
* drug firms can contest medicine purchasing and pricing decisions;
* undermines internet freedom, privacy by tipping balance away from users and public internet;
* expanded list o policies exposed to attack by 9,200 foreign firms newly empowered to use ISDS against the US;
><>
Comment/Question
? Where is the upside for U.S. workers and producers, because the downside is clear?
><>
* rules on buy America, buy local - America's domestic producers and their employees, responsible purchasing policies are all net losers;
* won't promote jobs in U.S.;
* constraints on food safety provisions;
* rules won't reverse rise of State Owned Enterprises and undermining of U.S. domestic production and employment;
><>
* TPP only enters into force if U.S. and Japan approve;
* first trade pact to subject GMO’s to new trade rules blocking government oversight;
* tobacco is treated like any other non-lethal product with regard to market penetration, consumer protection and disease prevention :: (^^^)
"Initial Analyses of Key TPP Chapters" ~ Public Citizen, {Subscribe/Copy pdf}, 11-2015 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067BERNIE SANDERS: VERMONT
SENATOR, CONGRESSIONAL SAGE & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE scorches TPP,
#FeelTheBern !!!, 05-11-15
(^^^)
"Stop the TPP" ~ Bernie Sanders, {Subscribe}, 05-11-15, YT, 4:43 _ Link/URL
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"Stop the TPP" ~ Bernie Sanders, {Subscribe}, 05-11-15, YT, 4:43 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067BILL MOYERS, American Sage and news source calls
TPP a “power grab.”
05-27-15 (^^^)
"Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t." ~ Dave Johnson -- Bill Moyers, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-27-15 _ Link
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05-27-15 (^^^)
"Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t." ~ Dave Johnson -- Bill Moyers, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-27-15 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESS, DEMOCRATS (AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
GOP/TEA) IN THE U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES “DO SIGN” FAST TRACK; 06-23-15
><>
This approval of Fast Track Trade Authority has rendered the fate of TPP to a simple an up or down vote in the U.S. Congress. There is “no ability to modify it” and just a few seconds of congressional “floor time” to remonstrate against provisions of the agreement.
*AL_ Terri Sewell D-7;
*CA_ Ami Bera D-7; *CA_ Jim Costa D-16; *CA_ Sam Farr D-20; *CA_ Scott Peters D-52; *CA_ Susan Davis D-53;
*CO_ Jared Polis D-2;
*CT_ Jim Himes D-4;
*FL_ Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-23;
*IL_ Mike Quigley D-5;
*MD_ John Delaney D-6; *MD_ John Delaney D-6;
*NE_ Brad Ashford D-2;
*NY_ Greg Meeks D-5; *NY_ Kathleen Rice D-4;
*OR_ Earl Blumenauer D-3; *OR_ Kurt Schrader D-5;
*OR_ Suzanne Bonamici D-1;
*TN_ Jim Cooper D-5;
*TX_ Beto O'Rourke D-16; *TX_ Eddie Bernice Johnson D-30; *TX_ Henry Cuellar D-28; *TX_ Ruben Hinojosa D-15;
*VA_ Don Beyer D-8; *VA_ Gerry Connolly D-11;
*WA_ Derek Kilmer D-6; *WA_ Rick Larsen D-2; *WA_ Suzan DelBene D-1;
*WI_ Ron Kind D-3; Google Spreadsheets, (06-23-15) _ Link/URL*^*< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ktcfD84eXmYfqvYar4n2QKcS6YmEcl5w_spaWGEvEF8/edit > ####(01-2016)*E16*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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This approval of Fast Track Trade Authority has rendered the fate of TPP to a simple an up or down vote in the U.S. Congress. There is “no ability to modify it” and just a few seconds of congressional “floor time” to remonstrate against provisions of the agreement.
*AL_ Terri Sewell D-7;
*CA_ Ami Bera D-7; *CA_ Jim Costa D-16; *CA_ Sam Farr D-20; *CA_ Scott Peters D-52; *CA_ Susan Davis D-53;
*CO_ Jared Polis D-2;
*CT_ Jim Himes D-4;
*FL_ Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-23;
*IL_ Mike Quigley D-5;
*MD_ John Delaney D-6; *MD_ John Delaney D-6;
*NE_ Brad Ashford D-2;
*NY_ Greg Meeks D-5; *NY_ Kathleen Rice D-4;
*OR_ Earl Blumenauer D-3; *OR_ Kurt Schrader D-5;
*OR_ Suzanne Bonamici D-1;
*TN_ Jim Cooper D-5;
*TX_ Beto O'Rourke D-16; *TX_ Eddie Bernice Johnson D-30; *TX_ Henry Cuellar D-28; *TX_ Ruben Hinojosa D-15;
*VA_ Don Beyer D-8; *VA_ Gerry Connolly D-11;
*WA_ Derek Kilmer D-6; *WA_ Rick Larsen D-2; *WA_ Suzan DelBene D-1;
*WI_ Ron Kind D-3; Google Spreadsheets, (06-23-15) _ Link/URL*^*< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ktcfD84eXmYfqvYar4n2QKcS6YmEcl5w_spaWGEvEF8/edit > ####(01-2016)*E16*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESS, DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. HOUSE of
REPRESENTATIVES GET READY TO SIGN FAST TRACK; 06-09-15
(^^^)
"The 19 Democrats in the TPP Hall of Shame" ~ Richard Long -- Campaign for America's Future, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-09-15 _ Link/URL
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"The 19 Democrats in the TPP Hall of Shame" ~ Richard Long -- Campaign for America's Future, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-09-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESS, REPUBLICANS & DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES; LIST: 2014 ELECTIONS, and Vote Totals
(^^^)
“2014 National House Popular Vote Tracker” ~ Google Spreadsheet, 11-14 _ Link/URL*^*< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z0o0kwvAuRJDH3jquAZ_jryhhTGEEkp0jqp2inLDivU/edit > ####(07-2015)*E16*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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“2014 National House Popular Vote Tracker” ~ Google Spreadsheet, 11-14 _ Link/URL*^*< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z0o0kwvAuRJDH3jquAZ_jryhhTGEEkp0jqp2inLDivU/edit > ####(07-2015)*E16*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESS, SENATE REPUBLICANS (48) & DEMOCRATS
(14) PASS FAST TRACK TO FREE TRADE FAILURE;
RED STATE Listed U.S. SENATE FAST TRACKERS, 05-23-15
{Fast Track Trade Authority was approved with miniscule “retraining provisions” for displaced worker. TPP Fast Track approving Senators know American jobs will be lost forever, as all previous free-trade sovereignty-raid deals have proven over and over.}
><>
SENATE YEAs = 62 on FAST TRACK: It means no Congressional debate and no disclosure of Secret TPP’s provisions, before Congress approves the free trade U.S. sovereignty raid for corporations managed by Forbes 400 Kings.
*AK_ Murkowski (R-AK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AK_ Sullivan (R-AK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AR_ Boozman (R-AR)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AR_ Cotton (R-AR)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AZ_ Flake (R-AZ)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AZ_ McCain (R-AZ)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*CA_ Feinstein (D-CA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*CO_ Bennet (D-CO)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*CO_ Gardner (R-CO)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*DE_ Carper (D-DE)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*DE_ Coons (D-DE)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*FL_ Nelson (D-FL)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*FL_ Rubio (R-FL)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*GA_ Isakson (R-GA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*GA_ Perdue (R-GA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IA_ Cassidy (R-LA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IA_ Grassley (R-IA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ID_ Crapo (R-ID)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ID_ Risch (R-ID)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IL_ Kirk (R-IL)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IN_ Coats (R-IN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IS_ Ernst (R-IA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KS_ Moran (R-KS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KS_ Roberts (R-KS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KY_ McConnell (R-KY)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*LA_ Vitter (R-LA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MD_ Cardin (D-MD)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*MO_ Blunt (R-MO)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MO_ McCaskill (D-MO)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*MS_ Cochran (R-MS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MS_ Wicker (R-MS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MT_ Daines (R-MT)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NC_ Burr (R-NC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NC_ Tillis (R-NC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ND_ Heitkamp (D-ND)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*ND_ Hoeven (R-ND)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NE_ Fischer (R-NE)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NE_ Sasse (R-NE)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NH_ Ayotte (R-NH)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NH_ Shaheen (D-NH)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*NV_ Heller (R-NV)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OH_ Portman (R-OH)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OK_ Inhofe (R-OK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OK_ Lankford (R-OK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OR_ Wyden (D-OR)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*PA_ Toomey (R-PA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SC_ Graham (R-SC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SC_ Scott (R-SC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SD_ Rounds (R-SD)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SD_ Thune (R-SD)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TN_ Alexander (R-TN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TN_ Corker (R-TN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TX_ Cornyn (R-TX)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TX_ Cruz (R-TX)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*UT_ Hatch (R-UT)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*VA_ Kaine (D-VA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*VA_ Warner (D-VA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WA_ Cantwell (D-WA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WA_ Murray (D-WA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WI_ Johnson (R-WI)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*WV_ Capito (R-WV)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*WY_ Barrasso (R-WY)_ #ObamaTrade-R (^^^)
"How Your U.S. Senator Voted on Fast-Tracking ObamaTrade" ~ goldwaterconservative -- Red State, 05-23-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.redstate.com/diary/freedomrepublican/2015/05/23/u-s-senator-voted-fast-tracking-obamatrade/
>_^_ INITIAL FAILURE OF FAST TRACK; 52/60 vote fails cloture; 05-12-15
Democrats blocked and Republicans approved (Richard Nixon's) "Fast Track" trade authority to cue an up or down vote in the U.S. Senate, with no discussion about TTP's impact on the American economy or the $18 trillion trade deficit (which is $35,000 in debt for every American). (^^^)
"Senate Vote 176 - Blocks Debate on Presidential Trade Authority" ~ The New York Times, Politics, {Subscribe}, 05-12-15 _ Link/URL
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RED STATE Listed U.S. SENATE FAST TRACKERS, 05-23-15
{Fast Track Trade Authority was approved with miniscule “retraining provisions” for displaced worker. TPP Fast Track approving Senators know American jobs will be lost forever, as all previous free-trade sovereignty-raid deals have proven over and over.}
><>
SENATE YEAs = 62 on FAST TRACK: It means no Congressional debate and no disclosure of Secret TPP’s provisions, before Congress approves the free trade U.S. sovereignty raid for corporations managed by Forbes 400 Kings.
*AK_ Murkowski (R-AK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AK_ Sullivan (R-AK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AR_ Boozman (R-AR)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AR_ Cotton (R-AR)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AZ_ Flake (R-AZ)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*AZ_ McCain (R-AZ)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*CA_ Feinstein (D-CA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*CO_ Bennet (D-CO)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*CO_ Gardner (R-CO)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*DE_ Carper (D-DE)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*DE_ Coons (D-DE)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*FL_ Nelson (D-FL)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*FL_ Rubio (R-FL)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*GA_ Isakson (R-GA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*GA_ Perdue (R-GA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IA_ Cassidy (R-LA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IA_ Grassley (R-IA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ID_ Crapo (R-ID)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ID_ Risch (R-ID)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IL_ Kirk (R-IL)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IN_ Coats (R-IN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*IS_ Ernst (R-IA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KS_ Moran (R-KS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KS_ Roberts (R-KS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*KY_ McConnell (R-KY)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*LA_ Vitter (R-LA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MD_ Cardin (D-MD)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*MO_ Blunt (R-MO)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MO_ McCaskill (D-MO)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*MS_ Cochran (R-MS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MS_ Wicker (R-MS)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*MT_ Daines (R-MT)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NC_ Burr (R-NC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NC_ Tillis (R-NC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*ND_ Heitkamp (D-ND)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*ND_ Hoeven (R-ND)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NE_ Fischer (R-NE)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NE_ Sasse (R-NE)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NH_ Ayotte (R-NH)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*NH_ Shaheen (D-NH)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*NV_ Heller (R-NV)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OH_ Portman (R-OH)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OK_ Inhofe (R-OK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OK_ Lankford (R-OK)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*OR_ Wyden (D-OR)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*PA_ Toomey (R-PA)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SC_ Graham (R-SC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SC_ Scott (R-SC)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SD_ Rounds (R-SD)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*SD_ Thune (R-SD)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TN_ Alexander (R-TN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TN_ Corker (R-TN)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TX_ Cornyn (R-TX)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*TX_ Cruz (R-TX)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*UT_ Hatch (R-UT)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*VA_ Kaine (D-VA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*VA_ Warner (D-VA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WA_ Cantwell (D-WA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WA_ Murray (D-WA)_ #BlueDog Wall Street DINO
*WI_ Johnson (R-WI)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*WV_ Capito (R-WV)_ #ObamaTrade-R
*WY_ Barrasso (R-WY)_ #ObamaTrade-R (^^^)
"How Your U.S. Senator Voted on Fast-Tracking ObamaTrade" ~ goldwaterconservative -- Red State, 05-23-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.redstate.com/diary/freedomrepublican/2015/05/23/u-s-senator-voted-fast-tracking-obamatrade/
>_^_ INITIAL FAILURE OF FAST TRACK; 52/60 vote fails cloture; 05-12-15
Democrats blocked and Republicans approved (Richard Nixon's) "Fast Track" trade authority to cue an up or down vote in the U.S. Senate, with no discussion about TTP's impact on the American economy or the $18 trillion trade deficit (which is $35,000 in debt for every American). (^^^)
"Senate Vote 176 - Blocks Debate on Presidential Trade Authority" ~ The New York Times, Politics, {Subscribe}, 05-12-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESSMAN WITH GUTS, ALAN GRAYSON & THOM
HARTMAN – The Big Picture, MAKE SAUSAGE OUT OF TPP.
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CALL U.S. Yr U.S. Senator & weigh in 202-225-3121 /Tuesday 06-23-15 Vote
><>
"Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District), joins Thom Hartmann. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to give President Obama the power to force the TPP through Congress without any real debate. Will anyone stop them?" (^^^)
"Rep Alan Grayson - America…Undermined by the TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 06-18-15, Video, 10:12 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9qlk2bctM
(^^^) "BUSTED! What corporations are hiding about TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 03-31-15, YT, 8:29 _ Link/URL
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CALL U.S. Yr U.S. Senator & weigh in 202-225-3121 /Tuesday 06-23-15 Vote
><>
"Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District), joins Thom Hartmann. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to give President Obama the power to force the TPP through Congress without any real debate. Will anyone stop them?" (^^^)
"Rep Alan Grayson - America…Undermined by the TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 06-18-15, Video, 10:12 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9qlk2bctM
(^^^) "BUSTED! What corporations are hiding about TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 03-31-15, YT, 8:29 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESSMAN WITH GUTS, ALAN GRAYSON (D-*FL), AN
OUTSPOKEN POPULIST, LASHES OUT.
(^^^)
"No to ‘Fast Track,’ No to Trade Treachery" ~ Alan Grayson, {Subscribe}, 04-29-15, YT, 9:00 _ Link/URL
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"No to ‘Fast Track,’ No to Trade Treachery" ~ Alan Grayson, {Subscribe}, 04-29-15, YT, 9:00 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN RIGHT
ON FREE TRADE SINCE NAFTA; AND OBAMA IS COMPLETELY WRONG!
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"according to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-*VT). Like Sanders, former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-*MD) also called it a "bad trade deal," while former Sen. Jim Webb (D-*VA) has serious concerns about negotiations surrounding TPP and is against the fast-track option." (^^^)
"Why Obama is 'absolutely wrong' on TPP and Warren is right" ~ H.A. Goodman, contributor -- The Hill, {Subscribe}, 05-13-15 _ Link/URL
< http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/241829-why-obama-is-absolutely-wrong-on-tpp-and-warren-is-right (^^^)
"PSI Special Report: TISA versus Public Services" ~ Public Services International, {Subscribe}, 04-28-14 _ Link/URL
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"according to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-*VT). Like Sanders, former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-*MD) also called it a "bad trade deal," while former Sen. Jim Webb (D-*VA) has serious concerns about negotiations surrounding TPP and is against the fast-track option." (^^^)
"Why Obama is 'absolutely wrong' on TPP and Warren is right" ~ H.A. Goodman, contributor -- The Hill, {Subscribe}, 05-13-15 _ Link/URL
< http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/241829-why-obama-is-absolutely-wrong-on-tpp-and-warren-is-right (^^^)
"PSI Special Report: TISA versus Public Services" ~ Public Services International, {Subscribe}, 04-28-14 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! & ECONOMIST IN THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION, JOSEPH STIGLITZ discusses the ramifications of TPP; Overturning the Constitution, 10-27-15
(^^^)
"Joseph Stiglitz: Under TPP, Polluters Could Sue U.S. for Setting Carbon Emissions Limits" ~ DemocracyNow!, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 10-27-15 _ Link*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/27/joseph_stiglitz_under_tpp_polluters_could > ####(10-2015)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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"Joseph Stiglitz: Under TPP, Polluters Could Sue U.S. for Setting Carbon Emissions Limits" ~ DemocracyNow!, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 10-27-15 _ Link*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/27/joseph_stiglitz_under_tpp_polluters_could > ####(10-2015)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! & PUBLIC CITIZEN’s
LORRIE WALLACH VENT CONCERNS.
Exposethettp.com; Tradewatch.org
(^^^)
"’A Corporate Trojan Horse’: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws”
~ DemocracyNow!, {Podcast Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 10-04-13, Video, 14:00 min. _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/4/a_corporate_trojan_horse_obama_pushes > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Exposethettp.com; Tradewatch.org
(^^^)
"’A Corporate Trojan Horse’: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws”
~ DemocracyNow!, {Podcast Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 10-04-13, Video, 14:00 min. _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/4/a_corporate_trojan_horse_obama_pushes > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! “PROGRESSIVE” OBAMA IS HELPING
CORPORATIONS AVOID REGULATIONS; 06-06-13
(^^^)
"Breaking ’08 Pledge, Leaked Trade Doc Shows Obama Wants to Help Corporations Avoid Regulations"
~ Juan Gonzalez - Democracy Now!, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-06-13, Video, 13:00 _ Link URL*^*<
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/14/breaking_08_pledge_leaked_trade_doc
>_^_ Democracy Now News, Entire Free Podcast, 06-06-13
1.) Patriot Act Section 215, Surveillance of U.S. Citizens, Verizon; Corporate Domestic & Foreign Spying; Thomas Drake
2.) T.P.P. Trans-Pacific Partnership “Top Secret Trade Agreement” to be signed by the U.S. Senate in 2013 (Corporate Control of Government)
3.) Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers remembered on the 50 year anniversary of his death
(^^^)
“Democracy Now”
~ Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez - Democracy Now!, {Podcast Subscriber Supported}, 06-06-13, Video, 59:00 _ Link URL
< http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2013/6/6
>_^_ DemocracyNow | Home | Stations | Past Shows | Topics | Blog |
____|Get Involved | Events | Espanol |About | _ Link/URL < http://www.democracynow.org/
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"Breaking ’08 Pledge, Leaked Trade Doc Shows Obama Wants to Help Corporations Avoid Regulations"
~ Juan Gonzalez - Democracy Now!, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-06-13, Video, 13:00 _ Link URL*^*<
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/14/breaking_08_pledge_leaked_trade_doc
>_^_ Democracy Now News, Entire Free Podcast, 06-06-13
1.) Patriot Act Section 215, Surveillance of U.S. Citizens, Verizon; Corporate Domestic & Foreign Spying; Thomas Drake
2.) T.P.P. Trans-Pacific Partnership “Top Secret Trade Agreement” to be signed by the U.S. Senate in 2013 (Corporate Control of Government)
3.) Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers remembered on the 50 year anniversary of his death
(^^^)
“Democracy Now”
~ Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez - Democracy Now!, {Podcast Subscriber Supported}, 06-06-13, Video, 59:00 _ Link URL
< http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2013/6/6
>_^_ DemocracyNow | Home | Stations | Past Shows | Topics | Blog |
____|Get Involved | Events | Espanol |About | _ Link/URL < http://www.democracynow.org/
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! MEASURES TPP BEDFELLOWS, OBAMA
& McCONNELL, 09-06-14
(^^^)
"Obama & McConnell Pledge Cooperation; Will Fast-Tracking Secretive TPP Trade Deal Top Their Agenda?"
~ Amy Goodman & Juan González - Democracy Now!, with Lori Wallach, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 09-06-14, Video _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/6/obama_mcconnell_pledge_cooperation_will_fast
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! OUTS FAST TRACK TRADE AUTHORITY,
03-19-15
(^^^)
"Obama Seeks Fast Track for TPP, Trade Deal that Could Thwart 'Almost Any Progressive Policy or Goal'" ~ Democracy Now, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 03-19-15 _ Link*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/19/obama_seeks_fast_track_for_tpp > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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"Obama Seeks Fast Track for TPP, Trade Deal that Could Thwart 'Almost Any Progressive Policy or Goal'" ~ Democracy Now, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 03-19-15 _ Link*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/19/obama_seeks_fast_track_for_tpp > ####(01-2016)*JL###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067DEMOCRACY NOW! REVEALS TPP’s LIMITED ACCESS TO
LIFE SAVING DRUGS; Health Care, Cancer, Women’s Rights, 10-06-15
(^^^)
“Breast Cancer Patient Arrested For Protesting” ~ Democracy Now, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 10-06-15 _ Link*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/6/breast_cancer_patient_arrested_for_protesting > ####(10-2015)*TPP###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067FLUSH THE TPP, A WATCHDOG, OUTS 605 CORPORATE
ADVISORS.
“Below is a list of 605 corporate advisers who have been allowed access to the TPP text, while the public and members of congress have been kept in the dark.”
(^^^)
“TPP Corporate Insiders”
~ Flush The TPP, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, (2016) _ Link/URL
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“Below is a list of 605 corporate advisers who have been allowed access to the TPP text, while the public and members of congress have been kept in the dark.”
(^^^)
“TPP Corporate Insiders”
~ Flush The TPP, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, (2016) _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067PUBLIC CITIZEN WATCHDOG, LORI WALLACH, SPEAKS
AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH POWER GRAB BY OBAMA;
"Fast Track’s dramatic shift in the balance of powers between branches of government ...to seize Congress’ (U.S. House & Senate) constitutional prerogatives, ‘diplomatically legislate’ non-trade policy, and internationally preempt state policy, has made it increasingly controversial." (^^^)
"The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority" ~ Lori Wallach -- Public Citizen, {Subscribe}, 04-2013 _ Link/URL
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"Fast Track’s dramatic shift in the balance of powers between branches of government ...to seize Congress’ (U.S. House & Senate) constitutional prerogatives, ‘diplomatically legislate’ non-trade policy, and internationally preempt state policy, has made it increasingly controversial." (^^^)
"The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority" ~ Lori Wallach -- Public Citizen, {Subscribe}, 04-2013 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067TECH DIRT’S MIKE MASNICK WEIGHS IN ON TPP.
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[Since N.A.F.T.A. - North American Free Trade Agreement, $10 Trillion in debt was taken on to the U.S. Treasury (in what Steel Workers President, Leo Gerard, describes as) “the U.S. State Department’s Geopolitical Agenda.”]
"a columnist flat out calling the TPP an ugly secretive 'corporatist power grab' that pretty much all countries should avoid."
"the dangers of the TPP agreement, how it's nothing more than the USTR (U.S. Trade Representatives) teaming up with giant legacy companies to create a secretive massive corporatist, crony capitalist attack on the public, on innovation and on the economy."
"The (William Pesek, Bloomberg) article goes on to mock the USTR's arguments that it knows what it's doing better than the public and that you peons shouldn't worry about the TPP at all. Pesek points out that the secrecy in all of this from the Obama administration is more along the lines of what you'd expect from a 'closed Communist Party state'"
"from the put-it-out-of-it's-misery dept"
(^^^)
"When Even Bloomberg Is Saying The TPP Is A Dangerous 'Corporatist Power Grab' That Everyone Should Avoid..." ~ Mike Masnick - Tech Dirt, {Subscriber Supported}, 12-20-13 _ Link/URL
< http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131219/23292325642/when-even-bloomberg-is-saying-tpp-is-dangerous-corporatist-power-grab-that-everyone-should-avoid.shtml > ####(10-2015)*CW###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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[Since N.A.F.T.A. - North American Free Trade Agreement, $10 Trillion in debt was taken on to the U.S. Treasury (in what Steel Workers President, Leo Gerard, describes as) “the U.S. State Department’s Geopolitical Agenda.”]
"a columnist flat out calling the TPP an ugly secretive 'corporatist power grab' that pretty much all countries should avoid."
"the dangers of the TPP agreement, how it's nothing more than the USTR (U.S. Trade Representatives) teaming up with giant legacy companies to create a secretive massive corporatist, crony capitalist attack on the public, on innovation and on the economy."
"The (William Pesek, Bloomberg) article goes on to mock the USTR's arguments that it knows what it's doing better than the public and that you peons shouldn't worry about the TPP at all. Pesek points out that the secrecy in all of this from the Obama administration is more along the lines of what you'd expect from a 'closed Communist Party state'"
"from the put-it-out-of-it's-misery dept"
(^^^)
"When Even Bloomberg Is Saying The TPP Is A Dangerous 'Corporatist Power Grab' That Everyone Should Avoid..." ~ Mike Masnick - Tech Dirt, {Subscriber Supported}, 12-20-13 _ Link/URL
< http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131219/23292325642/when-even-bloomberg-is-saying-tpp-is-dangerous-corporatist-power-grab-that-everyone-should-avoid.shtml > ####(10-2015)*CW###*CopyPasteShare↑CreativeCommonsEDU B|
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067THOM HARTMANN, of The Big Picture, FRAMES WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THE US FROM TPP; and it’ not a pretty picture! Greece, Banks, US National Debt, Trade Imbalance,
Austerity, TPP, Class Warfare, Corp Bank Wall Street
><>
"Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade/American Jobs Alliance, joins Thom. I think a lot of people are familiar with the TPP in terms of its similarity to other trade deals like NAFTA, but most people aren't thinking about it in terms of the Greek crisis. Talk about that - how will the TPP turn us into Greece?" (^^^)
"How the TPP Will Turn Us Into Greece" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 07-08-15, YT, 6:15 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3TjOGCMsw
(^^^) "How the TPP Will Turn Us Into Greece" ~ Thom Hartmann, {Subscribe}, 07-08-15 _ Link/URL
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"Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade/American Jobs Alliance, joins Thom. I think a lot of people are familiar with the TPP in terms of its similarity to other trade deals like NAFTA, but most people aren't thinking about it in terms of the Greek crisis. Talk about that - how will the TPP turn us into Greece?" (^^^)
"How the TPP Will Turn Us Into Greece" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 07-08-15, YT, 6:15 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3TjOGCMsw
(^^^) "How the TPP Will Turn Us Into Greece" ~ Thom Hartmann, {Subscribe}, 07-08-15 _ Link/URL
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MAJORITY U.S. SENATE’S MOVE TO FAST TRACK OBAMA’S TRADE AUTHORITY
"An Undemocratic Path to Unfair 'Trade"" (^^^)
"Fast Track" ~ Public Citizen, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 06-24-15 _ Link/URL
< https://www.citizen.org/fast-track
(^^^) "Despite Fast Track Vote, Americans Know Trade Deals Fail Miserably, Will Oppose Trans-Pacific Partnership" (pdf) ~ Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen, {Subscribe}, 06-23-15 _ Link
< http://www.citizen.org/documents/statement-weissman-fast-track-senate-vote.pdf
(^^^) "TPP = Corporate Power Tool of the 1%" ~ PublicCitizen, {Subscribe}, 05-07-12, YT, 3:05 _ Link/URL
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"An Undemocratic Path to Unfair 'Trade"" (^^^)
"Fast Track" ~ Public Citizen, {Subscriber Supported Journalism}, 06-24-15 _ Link/URL
< https://www.citizen.org/fast-track
(^^^) "Despite Fast Track Vote, Americans Know Trade Deals Fail Miserably, Will Oppose Trans-Pacific Partnership" (pdf) ~ Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen, {Subscribe}, 06-23-15 _ Link
< http://www.citizen.org/documents/statement-weissman-fast-track-senate-vote.pdf
(^^^) "TPP = Corporate Power Tool of the 1%" ~ PublicCitizen, {Subscribe}, 05-07-12, YT, 3:05 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-067WIKILEAKS, WHO’s FOUNDER IS CONFINED TO ASYLEM IN
THE EQUADORIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON, BLEW THE LID ON PART OF TOP SECRET TPP EARLY
ON; 11-13-13
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TPP is the end of sharing anything on the internet. It surrenders your social media membership passwords to corporate employers.
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"This is the confidential draft treaty chapter from the Intellectual Property group of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks between the United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Singapore, Peru, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei Darussalam. The treaty is being negotiated in secret by delegations from each of the 12 countries..." (^^^)
"Secret TPP treaty: Advanced Intellectual Property chapter for all 12 nations with negotiating positions" ~ WikiLeaks release, {Subscribe}, 11-13-13 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tpp/static/pdf/Wikileaks-secret-TPP-treaty-IP-chapter.pdf
>_^_ THE TPP DEVIL IS IN THE TOP SECRET DETAILS WE WERE NOT TO SEE
A pivotal TPP chapter (1/26) was exposed by Wikileaks, on 11-13-13.
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"Advanced Intellectual Property Chapter for All 12 Nations with Negotiating Positions (August 30 2013 consolidated bracketed negotiating text)"
"13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter."
"release of the text comes ahead of ...Negotiators summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19th to 24th November 2013."
"most controversial chapter ...wide-ranging effects on MEDICINES, PUBLISHERS, INTERNET SERVICES, CIVIL LIBERTIES and biological PATENTS."
"forerunner to …secret US-EU pact TTIP …Obama initiated 01-13" covering 20% of World Trade
“Download the full secret TPP treaty IP chapter as a PDF here” 26/26 Chapters covering 40% of World Trade, but w/only 2 Chapters on trade (^^^) "Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)" ~ Wikileaks (U.S. Partners ~ McClatchy, Public Citizen, Knowledge Ecology International), {Subscriber Supported}, 11-13-13 _ Link/URL
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TPP is the end of sharing anything on the internet. It surrenders your social media membership passwords to corporate employers.
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"This is the confidential draft treaty chapter from the Intellectual Property group of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks between the United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Singapore, Peru, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei Darussalam. The treaty is being negotiated in secret by delegations from each of the 12 countries..." (^^^)
"Secret TPP treaty: Advanced Intellectual Property chapter for all 12 nations with negotiating positions" ~ WikiLeaks release, {Subscribe}, 11-13-13 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tpp/static/pdf/Wikileaks-secret-TPP-treaty-IP-chapter.pdf
>_^_ THE TPP DEVIL IS IN THE TOP SECRET DETAILS WE WERE NOT TO SEE
A pivotal TPP chapter (1/26) was exposed by Wikileaks, on 11-13-13.
><>
"Advanced Intellectual Property Chapter for All 12 Nations with Negotiating Positions (August 30 2013 consolidated bracketed negotiating text)"
"13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter."
"release of the text comes ahead of ...Negotiators summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19th to 24th November 2013."
"most controversial chapter ...wide-ranging effects on MEDICINES, PUBLISHERS, INTERNET SERVICES, CIVIL LIBERTIES and biological PATENTS."
"forerunner to …secret US-EU pact TTIP …Obama initiated 01-13" covering 20% of World Trade
“Download the full secret TPP treaty IP chapter as a PDF here” 26/26 Chapters covering 40% of World Trade, but w/only 2 Chapters on trade (^^^) "Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)" ~ Wikileaks (U.S. Partners ~ McClatchy, Public Citizen, Knowledge Ecology International), {Subscriber Supported}, 11-13-13 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068A UNION PRESIDENT, LARRY COHEN, Communication
Workers of America, talks with Bill Press about Obama and Senator Elizabeth
Warren’s (D-*MA) disagreement on the TPP.
(^^^)
“Obama and Elizabeth Warren Trade Blows on TPP” ~ freespeechtv, {Subscribe}, 04-22-15, YT, 10:25 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068BLOOMBERG POLITICS DID SOME FACT CHECKING, SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN (D-*MA) IS RIGHT! TPP
WILL UNDERMINE U.S. FINANCIAL REGULATIONS.
"Elizabeth Warren has warned leery Democrats that a fast-track trade bill could undo U.S. laws such as the Dodd-Frank banking regulations later. A number of constitutional scholars and other legal experts say she’s right." (^^^)
"Why Obama Is Wrong and Warren Is Right on Trade Bill Quarrel" ~ Bloomberg Politics -- Fact Check, {Subscribe}, 05-15-15 _ Link/URL
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"Why Obama Is Wrong and Warren Is Right on Trade Bill Quarrel" ~ Bloomberg Politics -- Fact Check, {Subscribe}, 05-15-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESS CONTACT INFORMATION THAT CITIXENS CAN USE
TO WEIGH IN WITH ELECTED REPRESENATIVES
(^^^) (2.) U.S.
GOVERNMENT
(Social Media Contacts, US House District Maps, Congress’ Voting Record)
(Facebook, Twitter, etc; CLICK ACCESS BOX (bookmark)
(^^^) (2A.) U.S. SENATE: Social Media (Click Box Access 100 Senators) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/Senate
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES: Social Media (Click Box) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/House
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. GOVERNMENT: National Atlas (House District Maps) _ Link
< http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#vi
(^^^) (2C.) “THOMAS” (U.S. House & Senate Voting Records, Bills, etc)
~ US Government - Library of Congress _ BB Link/URL
< http://thomas.loc.gov/home/state-legislatures.html
(^^^) (2D.) “VOTE USA“ (Select Your State: How to Register to Vote) _ Link
< https://vote.usa.gov/
References:
< https://ballotpedia.org/114th_United_States_Congress
Call U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman: _ 202-224-3121 _
U.S. House (type your zip code) < house.gov/representatives/find
U.S. Senate < senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
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(Social Media Contacts, US House District Maps, Congress’ Voting Record)
(Facebook, Twitter, etc; CLICK ACCESS BOX (bookmark)
(^^^) (2A.) U.S. SENATE: Social Media (Click Box Access 100 Senators) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/Senate
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES: Social Media (Click Box) _ Link
< http://govsm.com/w/House
(^^^) (2B.) U.S. GOVERNMENT: National Atlas (House District Maps) _ Link
< http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#vi
(^^^) (2C.) “THOMAS” (U.S. House & Senate Voting Records, Bills, etc)
~ US Government - Library of Congress _ BB Link/URL
< http://thomas.loc.gov/home/state-legislatures.html
(^^^) (2D.) “VOTE USA“ (Select Your State: How to Register to Vote) _ Link
< https://vote.usa.gov/
References:
< https://ballotpedia.org/114th_United_States_Congress
Call U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman: _ 202-224-3121 _
U.S. House (type your zip code) < house.gov/representatives/find
U.S. Senate < senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESSMAN ALAN GRAYSON (D-*FL) SAYS TPP IS A
“GIVEAWAY TO MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS!”
(^^^)
"Rep. Alan Grayson: ‘88 seconds to Debate the TPP’?" ~ Acronym TV, {Subscribe}, 12-03-14, YT, 12:08 _ Link/URL
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"Rep. Alan Grayson: ‘88 seconds to Debate the TPP’?" ~ Acronym TV, {Subscribe}, 12-03-14, YT, 12:08 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESSMAN WITH GUTS, ALAN GRAYSON (D-*FL), AN
OUTSPOKEN POPULIST, LASHES OUT AT THE TPP SOVEREIGNTY SURRENDER THAT WOULD TURN
THE FOUNDERS OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.
(^^^)
"Alan Grayson On Trans-Pacific Partnership: Obama Secrecy Hides Assault On Democratic Government'" ~ Zach Carter -- The Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-18-15, Video, 02:29 _ Link/URL
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"Alan Grayson On Trans-Pacific Partnership: Obama Secrecy Hides Assault On Democratic Government'" ~ Zach Carter -- The Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-18-15, Video, 02:29 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESSWOMAN, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN ASKS FOR
POTUS CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON’S POSITION OF TPP.
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appears on 'Moyers & Company' on Sept. 5, 2014." (^^^)
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Clinton needs to state her position on Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ Reuters, via Raw Story, {Subscriber Supported}, 04-09-15 _ Link/URL
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"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appears on 'Moyers & Company' on Sept. 5, 2014." (^^^)
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Clinton needs to state her position on Trans-Pacific Partnership" ~ Reuters, via Raw Story, {Subscriber Supported}, 04-09-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESSWOMAN, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN TELLS
MSNBC’S RACHEL MADDOW THAT TPP IS RIGGED!
(^^^)
"Rachel Maddow: Elizabeth Warren says 'Secret TPP Trade Deal' is RIGGED!" ~ PlanetEarth Trimtab, {Subscribe}, 04-23-15, YT, 7:59 _ Link/URL
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"Rachel Maddow: Elizabeth Warren says 'Secret TPP Trade Deal' is RIGGED!" ~ PlanetEarth Trimtab, {Subscribe}, 04-23-15, YT, 7:59 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068CONGRESSWOMAN, SENATOR ELIZAETH WARREN (D-*MA)
& SHERROD BROWN (D-*OH) speak out against TPP to POTUS 44 Barack Obama,
Penny Pritzker’s Prize, “The Fast-Tracker!”
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"'We respectfully suggest,' (reads a letter from Sens. Warren and Sherrod Brown to President Obama) 'that characterizing the assessments of labor unions, journalists, members of Congress, and others who disagree with your approach to transparency on trade issues as 'dishonest' is both untrue and unlikely to serve the best interests of the American people.'" (^^^)
"Elizabeth Warren Tells Obama To Put Up Or Shut Up On Trade" ~ Zach Carter -- Huffington Post, {Subscribe}, 04-25-15 _ Link/URL
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"'We respectfully suggest,' (reads a letter from Sens. Warren and Sherrod Brown to President Obama) 'that characterizing the assessments of labor unions, journalists, members of Congress, and others who disagree with your approach to transparency on trade issues as 'dishonest' is both untrue and unlikely to serve the best interests of the American people.'" (^^^)
"Elizabeth Warren Tells Obama To Put Up Or Shut Up On Trade" ~ Zach Carter -- Huffington Post, {Subscribe}, 04-25-15 _ Link/URL
< http://commondreams.org/news/2015/04/25/elizabeth-warren-tells-obama-put-or-shut-trade
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068GERMAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST TPP AND TTIP WHICH IS
NEXT IN OBAMATRADE FANTACY FOOTBALL.
Obama, TPP; Germany, Protest, TTIP (Euro Zone/Next)
"TTIP critics fear that it would lead to worse safeguards in Europe, bringing down standards for consumer safety, food and health or labor rights down to those in America." (^^^)
"'The Biggest Protest This Country Has Seen In Years' - Quarter Million Germans Protest Obama 'Free Trade' Deal" ~ Tyler Durden -- Zero Hedge, {Subscribe}, 10-10-15 _ Link/URL
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Obama, TPP; Germany, Protest, TTIP (Euro Zone/Next)
"TTIP critics fear that it would lead to worse safeguards in Europe, bringing down standards for consumer safety, food and health or labor rights down to those in America." (^^^)
"'The Biggest Protest This Country Has Seen In Years' - Quarter Million Germans Protest Obama 'Free Trade' Deal" ~ Tyler Durden -- Zero Hedge, {Subscribe}, 10-10-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068JOSEPH STIGLITZ, A REAGAN ECONOMIST, FINDS NOTHING
GOOD TO SAY ABOUT TPP.
First Speaker {2:50} (^^^)
"Stop TPP with Joseph Stiglitz" ~ FanSmiles, {Subscribe}, 03-02-15, YT, 1:30:16 _ Link/URL
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First Speaker {2:50} (^^^)
"Stop TPP with Joseph Stiglitz" ~ FanSmiles, {Subscribe}, 03-02-15, YT, 1:30:16 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068LORI WALLACH AND TODD TUCKER OF PUBLIC CITIZEN
MULL THE AUDACITY OF 600 CORPORATIONS WRITING A TPP TRADE DEAL THAT ERASES
GAINS OF THE PAST FEW CENTURIES (INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION).
(^^^)
"RE: Public Interest Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Investment Text” ~ FR: Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker, Public Citizens Global Trade Watch, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-13-12 _ Link/URL
< http://www.citizen.org/documents/Leaked-TPP-Investment-Analysis.pdf
>_^_ CITIZENS TRADE CAMPAIGN “leaked” this 26 Chapter Trade Document & made it available to the public (Link Found Below) (^^^) Trade DOCUMENT Exposed, Adobe PDF_Download _ Link/URL
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"RE: Public Interest Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Investment Text” ~ FR: Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker, Public Citizens Global Trade Watch, {Subscriber Supported}, 06-13-12 _ Link/URL
< http://www.citizen.org/documents/Leaked-TPP-Investment-Analysis.pdf
>_^_ CITIZENS TRADE CAMPAIGN “leaked” this 26 Chapter Trade Document & made it available to the public (Link Found Below) (^^^) Trade DOCUMENT Exposed, Adobe PDF_Download _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068RING OF FIRE RADIO BLASTS OBAMA AND COMCAST MEDIA
WHO BOTH MUST BE BENEFITTING FROM TPP BECAUSE AMERICA SURE IS NOT!
(^^^)
"Comcast Killed The Ed Show For Talking About TPP" ~ Farron Cousins -- Ring of Fire, {Subscribe}, 07-27-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/comcast-killed-the-ed-show-for-talking-about-tpp/
(^^^) "Obama Will Win on TPP — We’re Screwed" ~ Ring of Fire Radio, {Subscribe}, 06-24-15, YT, 8:43 _ Link/URL
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"Comcast Killed The Ed Show For Talking About TPP" ~ Farron Cousins -- Ring of Fire, {Subscribe}, 07-27-15 _ Link/URL
< http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/comcast-killed-the-ed-show-for-talking-about-tpp/
(^^^) "Obama Will Win on TPP — We’re Screwed" ~ Ring of Fire Radio, {Subscribe}, 06-24-15, YT, 8:43 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068RT’S THOM HARTMANN & RING OF FIRE’S MIKE
PAPANTONIO TAKE WIKILEAKS RELEASED CHAPTER OF TPP APART.
>_^_ Wikileaks released a TPP Chapter (1 of 26) covering “Intellectual Property …for all 12 nations with negotiating positions”
POTUS Obama Is Quiet On T.P.P.; U.S. is pushing the toughest regulations
“If instituted, the TPP’s [Intellectual Property] regime would trampled over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons. If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you’re ill now or might be one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.“ ~ Julian Assange, Wikileaks – Asylum in Ecuadorian Embassy, London, UK
“It puts the rights of profit-driven businesses over the rights of human beings, and the governments we form to protect ourselves.” (^^^)
“TPP – Wikileaks has released another bombshell” ~ Thom Hartmann – Radio M-F 2-5 pm/am C.T. Streaming Wcpt 820 Chicago & Mike Papantonio - Ring of Fire Radio Sunday 5-8 pm C.T.; The Big Picture RT, {Both Shows Podcast Subscriber Supported}, 11-14-13, YT, 10:50 _ Link/URL
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>_^_ Wikileaks released a TPP Chapter (1 of 26) covering “Intellectual Property …for all 12 nations with negotiating positions”
POTUS Obama Is Quiet On T.P.P.; U.S. is pushing the toughest regulations
“If instituted, the TPP’s [Intellectual Property] regime would trampled over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons. If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if you’re ill now or might be one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs.“ ~ Julian Assange, Wikileaks – Asylum in Ecuadorian Embassy, London, UK
“It puts the rights of profit-driven businesses over the rights of human beings, and the governments we form to protect ourselves.” (^^^)
“TPP – Wikileaks has released another bombshell” ~ Thom Hartmann – Radio M-F 2-5 pm/am C.T. Streaming Wcpt 820 Chicago & Mike Papantonio - Ring of Fire Radio Sunday 5-8 pm C.T.; The Big Picture RT, {Both Shows Podcast Subscriber Supported}, 11-14-13, YT, 10:50 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068THOM HARTMANN EXPOSES THE DISASTER KNOWN AS THE
TPP.
6,000 Pages, Surrender of Sovereignty, Corporate Tribunals
TPP “Kept secret for more than six years”
“Largest change in domestic law you we will see in the second half of the Obama Administration.”
Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, Vietnam
(^^^)
"Full Show 11/9/15: Exposing the Disastrous TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {PC/Phone Podcast Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 11-09-15, YT, 57:18 _ Link/Link
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6,000 Pages, Surrender of Sovereignty, Corporate Tribunals
TPP “Kept secret for more than six years”
“Largest change in domestic law you we will see in the second half of the Obama Administration.”
Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, Vietnam
(^^^)
"Full Show 11/9/15: Exposing the Disastrous TPP" ~ The Big Picture RT, {PC/Phone Podcast Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 11-09-15, YT, 57:18 _ Link/Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-068THOM HARTMANN, of The Big Picture, NOTES HOW FREE
TRADE AND TRICKLE DOWN VOO-DOO REAGANOMICS KILLED THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS.
(^^^)
"How “Free Trade” Killed Our Middle Class - Now Below 50%" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 12-14-15, YT, 5:24 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAA8xmC9HbU&feature=share
>_^_ Full Show 11/11/15: How Reaganomics Killed America’s Middle Class ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 11-11-15, YT, 56:30 _ Link/URL
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"How “Free Trade” Killed Our Middle Class - Now Below 50%" ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 12-14-15, YT, 5:24 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAA8xmC9HbU&feature=share
>_^_ Full Show 11/11/15: How Reaganomics Killed America’s Middle Class ~ The Big Picture RT, {Subscribe}, 11-11-15, YT, 56:30 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069ALEX JONES OF INOWARS WEIGS IN ON OBAMATRADE
“Conservative Opposition” Views of TPP, Corruption & Corporatism
"Alex welcomes Infowars Nightly News reporters Lee Ann McAdoo and David Knight to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) documents leaked by Wikileaks which will affect a range of issues, including internet freedom, medicine, patents and civil liberties" (^^^)
"Infowars Blows The Lid Off TPP Agreement" ~ The Alex Jones Channel, 11-13-13, YT, 45:49 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzUGiYeZA4
(^^^)
"In Depth Analysis: Bilderberg 2015 - The Alex Jones Show - 06/10/2015" ~ The Alex Jones Channel, {Subscribe}, 06-10-15, YT, 2hr _ Link/URL
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“Conservative Opposition” Views of TPP, Corruption & Corporatism
"Alex welcomes Infowars Nightly News reporters Lee Ann McAdoo and David Knight to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) documents leaked by Wikileaks which will affect a range of issues, including internet freedom, medicine, patents and civil liberties" (^^^)
"Infowars Blows The Lid Off TPP Agreement" ~ The Alex Jones Channel, 11-13-13, YT, 45:49 _ Link/URL
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzUGiYeZA4
(^^^)
"In Depth Analysis: Bilderberg 2015 - The Alex Jones Show - 06/10/2015" ~ The Alex Jones Channel, {Subscribe}, 06-10-15, YT, 2hr _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069CHRIS MATTHEWS, OF COMCAST’S MSNBC, RISKS HIS JOB
TO SLAM TPP AS HOUSE REP. PETER DEFASIO RIPS POTUS OBAMA AND OBAMATRADE.
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Democrats need disclosure, not Fast Track and promises, like NAFTA.
“Basically the president tried to both guilt people and impugn their integrity, and I don’t think it was a very effective tactic.” ~ Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) (^^^)
"House Democrats reject trade deal in major blow to Obama agenda" ~ Halimah Abdullah, Hardball w/Chris Matthews -- MSNBC, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-12-15, Video 12:30 _ Link/URL
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Democrats need disclosure, not Fast Track and promises, like NAFTA.
“Basically the president tried to both guilt people and impugn their integrity, and I don’t think it was a very effective tactic.” ~ Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) (^^^)
"House Democrats reject trade deal in major blow to Obama agenda" ~ Halimah Abdullah, Hardball w/Chris Matthews -- MSNBC, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-12-15, Video 12:30 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE EARLY DEFECTORS.
Senators Patty Murray (D-*WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-*CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-*NH), Tim Kaine (D-*VA) (^^^)
"4 Senate Dems could help hand Obama fast track" ~ Doug Palmer -- Politico, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-03-15 _ Link/URL
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Senators Patty Murray (D-*WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-*CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-*NH), Tim Kaine (D-*VA) (^^^)
"4 Senate Dems could help hand Obama fast track" ~ Doug Palmer -- Politico, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-03-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAD
A MONENT OF SANITY; IT FADED FOR SOME.
Secrecy, Opposition, U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-*OR), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-*CA), Pelosi Amendment, Environmental Safeguards
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CALL U.S. Yr U.S. Senator & weigh in 202-225-3121 /Tuesday 06-23-15 Vote (^^^)
"Democrats Rebel To Block Obama's Trade Deals" ~ Michael McAuliff & Laura Barron-Lopez -- Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-12-15, Video, 13:47 _ Link/URL
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A MONENT OF SANITY; IT FADED FOR SOME.
Secrecy, Opposition, U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-*OR), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-*CA), Pelosi Amendment, Environmental Safeguards
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CALL U.S. Yr U.S. Senator & weigh in 202-225-3121 /Tuesday 06-23-15 Vote (^^^)
"Democrats Rebel To Block Obama's Trade Deals" ~ Michael McAuliff & Laura Barron-Lopez -- Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-12-15, Video, 13:47 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069ED SCHULTS & STEELWORKER’S UNION PRESIDENT,
LEO GERARD, CAN’T STAND THIS TOP SECRET, (WAY BEYOND) TRADE DEAL EITHER.
Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Trade, Union Labor, Middle Class
“The trade deficit since N.A.F.T.A. is in excess of $7 Trillion” "President Obama Seeks Trade Promotion Authority" to pass TPP Trade.
"Closed door, classified meetings about the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership raises questions about transparency from the Obama Administration. Ed Schultz and Leo Gerard discuss." (^^^)
"Why the TPP will have a devastating impact on unions" ~ Ed Schultz -- The Ed Schultz Show -- MSNBC, w/Leo Gerard, {Subscribe}, 03-18-15, Video, 03:11 _ Link/URL
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Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Trade, Union Labor, Middle Class
“The trade deficit since N.A.F.T.A. is in excess of $7 Trillion” "President Obama Seeks Trade Promotion Authority" to pass TPP Trade.
"Closed door, classified meetings about the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership raises questions about transparency from the Obama Administration. Ed Schultz and Leo Gerard discuss." (^^^)
"Why the TPP will have a devastating impact on unions" ~ Ed Schultz -- The Ed Schultz Show -- MSNBC, w/Leo Gerard, {Subscribe}, 03-18-15, Video, 03:11 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069RED STATEMENTS NOTES THAT WIKILEAKS HAS EXPOSED
OBAMA’S PHONY TRADE DEAL THAT MOSTLY DEALS WITH SURRENDERING SOVEREIGNTY TO
FORBES 400 KING’S STOREFRONT CORPORATIONS.
"TPP trade bill. It contains 29 chapters but only 5 pertain to trade." (^^^)
"Wikileaks Exposes Obama’s Phony Trade Bill…Only 5 of 29 Chapters About Trade" ~ Steven Ahle -- Red Statements, {Subscribe}, 06-01-15 _ Link/URL
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"TPP trade bill. It contains 29 chapters but only 5 pertain to trade." (^^^)
"Wikileaks Exposes Obama’s Phony Trade Bill…Only 5 of 29 Chapters About Trade" ~ Steven Ahle -- Red Statements, {Subscribe}, 06-01-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-069TECH DIRT MEETS TPP AND DOUGH RAY ME!
(^^^)
“Son of ACTA (But Worse): Meet TTP, The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement”
~ Mike Masnick – Techdirt, {Subscriber Supported}, 01-06-11 _ Link/URL
< http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110105/02301112524/son-acta-worse-meet-tpp-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement.shtml
>_^_ TTP - Trans-Pacific Partnership, Free (but subsidized)Trade/Treasury Raid Agreement in perpetuity overturning all conflicting US Laws in a single pact to benefit the rich; “from the exporting-protectionism dept”
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“US Proposals For Secret TPP ‘Son of ACTA’ Treaty Leaked; Full Of Awful Ideas”
~ Mike Masnick - TechDirt {Subscriber Supported}, 03-11-11 _ Link/URL
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“Son of ACTA (But Worse): Meet TTP, The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement”
~ Mike Masnick – Techdirt, {Subscriber Supported}, 01-06-11 _ Link/URL
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>_^_ TTP - Trans-Pacific Partnership, Free (but subsidized)Trade/Treasury Raid Agreement in perpetuity overturning all conflicting US Laws in a single pact to benefit the rich; “from the exporting-protectionism dept”
(^^^)
“US Proposals For Secret TPP ‘Son of ACTA’ Treaty Leaked; Full Of Awful Ideas”
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-070OCCUPY FOLLOWS THE MONEY AND DEMONSTRATES HOW MANY
OF THE U.S. HOUSE MEMBERS WERE PAID OFF TO PASS FAST TRACK.
“TPA passed with a mere 219-211 vote with only 218 needed to pass.” (^^^)
"$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here's Who Took the Cash" ~ Paola Casale – Op-Ed News, via Occupy, {Subscribe}, 06-23-15 _ Link
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“TPA passed with a mere 219-211 vote with only 218 needed to pass.” (^^^)
"$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here's Who Took the Cash" ~ Paola Casale – Op-Ed News, via Occupy, {Subscribe}, 06-23-15 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-070OPEN SECRETS FOLLOWS THE MONEY TRAIL TO THE DOOR
OF THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A LOBBYING FRONT GROUP FOR FORBES 400 KINGS
AND THEIR CORPORATIONS.
(^^^)
"Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal Has Mighty Lobbying Power on Its Side" ~ Clark Mindock -- Open Secrets, {Subscribe}, 04-09-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-070SOVEREIGNTY WATCHDOG, ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY,
URGES COMMUNITIES TO CREATE TPP FREE ZONES.
"Don't let the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) take away our democratic rights as individuals and as a community!" (^^^)
"Create a "TPP-Free Zone" where you live" ~ Alliance For Democracy, _ Link/URL
< http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/tppfreezones.shtml
(^^^) "Ruth Caplan, We Will Not Obey-Create TPP-Free Zones Now" ~ AllianceforDemocracy, 09-12-13, YT, 28:12 _ Link/URL
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"Don't let the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) take away our democratic rights as individuals and as a community!" (^^^)
"Create a "TPP-Free Zone" where you live" ~ Alliance For Democracy, _ Link/URL
< http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/tppfreezones.shtml
(^^^) "Ruth Caplan, We Will Not Obey-Create TPP-Free Zones Now" ~ AllianceforDemocracy, 09-12-13, YT, 28:12 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-070TECH DIRT WALLOWS IN THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT TPP.
"a columnist flat out calling the TPP an ugly secretive 'corporatist power grab' that pretty much all countries should avoid."
"the dangers of the TPP agreement, how it's nothing more than the USTR (U.S. Trade Representatives) teaming up with giant legacy companies to create a secretive massive corporatist, crony capitalist attack on the public, on innovation and on the economy."
"The (William Pesek, Bloomberg) article goes on to mock the USTR's arguments that it knows what it's doing better than the public and that you peons shouldn't worry about the TPP at all. Pesek points out that the secrecy in all of this from the Obama administration is more along the lines of what you'd expect from a 'closed Communist Party state'"
"from the put-it-out-of-it's-misery dept" (^^^)
"When Even Bloomberg Is Saying The TPP Is A Dangerous 'Corporatist Power Grab' That Everyone Should Avoid..." ~ Mike Masnick - Tech Dirt, {Subscribe}, 12-20-13 _ Link/URL
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"a columnist flat out calling the TPP an ugly secretive 'corporatist power grab' that pretty much all countries should avoid."
"the dangers of the TPP agreement, how it's nothing more than the USTR (U.S. Trade Representatives) teaming up with giant legacy companies to create a secretive massive corporatist, crony capitalist attack on the public, on innovation and on the economy."
"The (William Pesek, Bloomberg) article goes on to mock the USTR's arguments that it knows what it's doing better than the public and that you peons shouldn't worry about the TPP at all. Pesek points out that the secrecy in all of this from the Obama administration is more along the lines of what you'd expect from a 'closed Communist Party state'"
"from the put-it-out-of-it's-misery dept" (^^^)
"When Even Bloomberg Is Saying The TPP Is A Dangerous 'Corporatist Power Grab' That Everyone Should Avoid..." ~ Mike Masnick - Tech Dirt, {Subscribe}, 12-20-13 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-099ANONYMOUS HATES OBAMATRADE.
(^^^)
"Anonymous Weighs in on TPP..." ~ thomhartmann, {Subscribe}, 07-20-15, YT, 3:51 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-099DEMOCRATS SPEAK OUT AGAINST TPP
TISA, TPP, TTIP; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-*VT), former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-*MD), former Sen. Jim Webb (D-*VA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-*MA);
It is a corporate Coup d’état for Forbes 400 Kings; (^^^)
"Wikileaks Drops Another Damning Trove Of Secret Trade Deal Documents" ~ Michael McAuliff – The Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
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It is a corporate Coup d’état for Forbes 400 Kings; (^^^)
"Wikileaks Drops Another Damning Trove Of Secret Trade Deal Documents" ~ Michael McAuliff – The Huffington Post, {Subscriber Supported Investigative Journalism}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-100ECONOMIST ROBERT REICH HATES TPP AND THINKS
AMERICANS WILL STOP IT.
"In an era of staggering inequality, free trade turns out not to be good for everybody." (^^^)
"Robert Reich on the Real Reason the Corporate-Friendly TPP Is Nearly Dead" ~ Robert Reich -- Blog, via AlterNet, {Subscribe}, 06-15-15 _ Link/URL
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"In an era of staggering inequality, free trade turns out not to be good for everybody." (^^^)
"Robert Reich on the Real Reason the Corporate-Friendly TPP Is Nearly Dead" ~ Robert Reich -- Blog, via AlterNet, {Subscribe}, 06-15-15 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-100ECONOMISTS STIGLITZ & REICH EXPAND ON THE
EFFECTS OF THE CORPORATE SOVEREIGNTY GRAB AND TRADE FAÇADE, CALLED TPP.
(^^^)
"The Great Divide with Joseph Stiglitz and Robert Reich" ~ Univ. of Cal. Television (UCTV), {Subscribe}, 05-22-15, YT, 57:24 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-100REUTERS NOTES OBAMA’S NEW TRANSPARENCY IN
PAYBACKS, AS HIS MAIN ILLINOIS BACKER, PENNY PRITZKER, BECOMES COMMERCE
SECRETARY.
The TPP corporate written “Trade Deal” is being negotiated by multi- millionaire U.S. Trade Representative, Mike Froman, who has a (tax haven) Caribbean bank account. He was previously an assistant to the POTUS 44, Barack Obama. Multi-Billionaire and Chicagoan Penny Pritzker of the Hyatt Hotel fortune was “confirmed” as U.S. Commerce Secretary. Pritzker recruited big money millionaire and billionaire donors to back *IL Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy after serving a mere 1.5 years. (^^^) “Obama rounds out economic team with commerce, trade picks” ~ Jeff Mason & Doug Palmer -- Reuters, WKZO, {Subscribe}, 05-02-13 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-101BILL PRESS DISCUSSES STRATEGY TO STOP TPP AND CONGRESSIONAL
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS Letter to Obama on TPP.
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STRATEGY NOTES from 06-14-12 Bill Press Radio Show THREE WAYS TO FIGHT BACK INCLUDE:
(1.) “Dracula Strategy” - Drag the Obama Administrations U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and T.P.P. Trade “Baby” into the sunshine and expose the big secret of overturning US Laws and installing international Corporations Tribunals as our lords and masters;
(2.) Write a letter to your Congressman protesting the stealth, secrecy and lack of public input;
(3.) Sign on to “National Letter To The White House” 69 US Congressmen from the Democratic Progressive Caucus wrote President Obama a letter voicing concerns about TPP. It limits “Buy American” government procurement procedures (thus undermining the economic recovery as well as creating a greater trade imbalance);
The Democratic Progressive Caucus Letter _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.kslaw.com/library/publication/CongressionalLetter050312.pdf
>_^_ US Congress Progressive Caucus ”Budget4All” Contact _ Link/URL
< http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/
(4) Bill Press, a White House Press Corps Member, will ask President Obama’s Press Secretary, Jay Carney, (at White House Morning Briefing), to bring this trade agreement to the attention of the American people.
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(1.) “Dracula Strategy” - Drag the Obama Administrations U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and T.P.P. Trade “Baby” into the sunshine and expose the big secret of overturning US Laws and installing international Corporations Tribunals as our lords and masters;
(2.) Write a letter to your Congressman protesting the stealth, secrecy and lack of public input;
(3.) Sign on to “National Letter To The White House” 69 US Congressmen from the Democratic Progressive Caucus wrote President Obama a letter voicing concerns about TPP. It limits “Buy American” government procurement procedures (thus undermining the economic recovery as well as creating a greater trade imbalance);
The Democratic Progressive Caucus Letter _ Link/URL*^*< http://www.kslaw.com/library/publication/CongressionalLetter050312.pdf
>_^_ US Congress Progressive Caucus ”Budget4All” Contact _ Link/URL
< http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/
(4) Bill Press, a White House Press Corps Member, will ask President Obama’s Press Secretary, Jay Carney, (at White House Morning Briefing), to bring this trade agreement to the attention of the American people.
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-101ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH STARTS A
PETITION TO STOP TPP AND TTIP.
(^^^)
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-101FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE DIDN’T WIN, THIS TIME!
Organizations, Stop Fast Track, Contact Congress, Petition, Free Trade Bill, Corporate Trade Bill, Obama Trade Bill, Republican Trade Bill, Job Loss (^^^)
"Congress: Don't betray democracy! No "Fast Track" for the TPP!"
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"Congress: Don't betray democracy! No "Fast Track" for the TPP!"
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-101MOTHERBOARD IS OVERLOADED WITH NOTES ON THE TPP
HORRORSHOW.
"State-owned enterprises would be obligated to 'act on the basis of commercial considerations'" (^^^)
"New Leak Confirms the Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Is a Horrorshow" ~ Jordan Pearson -- Motherboard, {Subscriber Supported}, 07-29-15 _ Link
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-101WIKILEAKS SPRINGS THE TOP SECURE TRADE IN SERVICES
AGREEMENT, AND OFFERS 17 LEAKED DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC VIEWING on HTML or PDF.
"This is a secret draft of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Annex on Air Transport Services, including negotiating positions. TiSA is currently under negotiation between the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries." (^^^)
"Trade in Services Agreement" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/
>_^_ TISA -- Trade In Services Agreement
"negotiations which cover the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & Israel -- which together comprise two-thirds of global GDP."
(^^^) "Trade in Services Agreement - Press release" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/press.html
>_^_ "Seventeen separate secret documents were released today including working papers and nine critical annexes on sensitive sectors such as financial services, postal services, maritime, domestic regulation, telecommunications, professional services, and labour migration."
(^^^) "Public Services International Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/public-services-statement.html
(^^^) "Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) network Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ Wikileaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/owinfs-statement.html
>_^_ Communications Workers of America
"Once again wikileaks reveals what we cannot learn from our own government, a government that defaults to prefer giant trade deals that effect generations of Americans shrouded in secrecy until they are virtually adopted."
(^^^) "Communications Workers of America Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
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"This is a secret draft of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Annex on Air Transport Services, including negotiating positions. TiSA is currently under negotiation between the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries." (^^^)
"Trade in Services Agreement" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/
>_^_ TISA -- Trade In Services Agreement
"negotiations which cover the United States, the European Union and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan & Israel -- which together comprise two-thirds of global GDP."
(^^^) "Trade in Services Agreement - Press release" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/press.html
>_^_ "Seventeen separate secret documents were released today including working papers and nine critical annexes on sensitive sectors such as financial services, postal services, maritime, domestic regulation, telecommunications, professional services, and labour migration."
(^^^) "Public Services International Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ WikiLeaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/public-services-statement.html
(^^^) "Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) network Statement on WikiLeaks TiSA publication" ~ Wikileaks, {Subscribe}, 06-03-15 _ Link/URL
< https://wikileaks.org/tisa/owinfs-statement.html
>_^_ Communications Workers of America
"Once again wikileaks reveals what we cannot learn from our own government, a government that defaults to prefer giant trade deals that effect generations of Americans shrouded in secrecy until they are virtually adopted."
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-151OUR WORLD IS NOT FOR SALE WEIGHS IN ON TiSA, WHICH
COVERS 66% OF WORLD TRADE.
"Eliminating government's role in the delivery of services, getting rid of regulations, and allowing transnational corporations free rein sounds like the platform of a libertarian political party, a radical agenda that should be debated in public and that voters should have a say over at the ballot box. Instead, the Really Good Friends of Services have imposed unprecedented levels of secrecy on their negotiations, suppressing the public's ability to discuss the serious issues at stake." (^^^)
"OWINFS and PSI release their second report on Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)" ~ Our World Is Not For Sale, {Subscribe}, 09-30-14 _ Link/URL
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"Eliminating government's role in the delivery of services, getting rid of regulations, and allowing transnational corporations free rein sounds like the platform of a libertarian political party, a radical agenda that should be debated in public and that voters should have a say over at the ballot box. Instead, the Really Good Friends of Services have imposed unprecedented levels of secrecy on their negotiations, suppressing the public's ability to discuss the serious issues at stake." (^^^)
"OWINFS and PSI release their second report on Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)" ~ Our World Is Not For Sale, {Subscribe}, 09-30-14 _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-151WIKIPEDIA BREAKS DOWN TTIP, TRANSATLANTIC TRADE
AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.
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United States & European Union (EU) Free-Trade Agreement.
"The U. S. and European Union together represent 60% of global GDP"
(^^^)
"Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership" ~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscribe} _ Link/URL*^*< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership
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United States & European Union (EU) Free-Trade Agreement.
"The U. S. and European Union together represent 60% of global GDP"
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"Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership" ~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscribe} _ Link/URL*^*< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership
>_^_ Trade Adjustment Assistance funding is effective acknowledgement and prediction that American jobs will be lost in free-trade deals for the benefit of profit-charter capitalist Multinational Corporations run by Forbes 400 Kings. TAA provides funds for re-training trade displaced workers for other jobs (^^^) "Trade Adjustment Assistance" ~ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, {Subscribe} _ Link/URL
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-181WIKIPEDIA ANTI-COUNTERFEITING PROVISION
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“Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement”
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“Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement”
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Economics-Jobs-Labor-191MICHAEL DOUGLAS SPOTS THE WARP IN THE TRADE TIME
AND SPACE CONTINUUM.
Trans-Pacific Partnership, Free-Trade,
Treasury-Raid, Corporate Con Job, Cultural Limbo Contest, Multinational
Corporations
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"Let’s Do The Trade Warp Again"
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