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In reply to the discussion: Obama to US Workers: "Thanks for supporting me. Here's a bag of shit for you. Enjoy." [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)97. You're attacking a poster,
and it's all ad hominem, nobody can prove the TPP is being purposely created to hurt us.
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Obama to US Workers: "Thanks for supporting me. Here's a bag of shit for you. Enjoy." [View all]
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
OP
Sure it's recyclable, that is if you include heating your doorstep by being flammable. n/t
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#45
Waiting for someone to post that hey, why do we want to have good jobs in the US, don't
djean111
Apr 2015
#2
yes, i've been thinking we're going to see the new "okies" moving abroad for jobs,
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#58
If the rest of the world has good jobs, we have good jobs as someone to trade with is there
treestar
Apr 2015
#88
So you are accepting the loss of jobs and lowering of wages in the US as a GOOD thing?
djean111
Apr 2015
#93
I believe the Chinese and the Indians will stay poor, we will get poorer, and the corporations
djean111
Apr 2015
#135
Yes, you are exactly the same as GE and Walmart. That's quite the invalid comparison there.
djean111
Apr 2015
#152
I doubt he believes anything so stupid. It's just a narrative he's trying to sell.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#288
"The rest of the world has good jobs"? You really need to see some more of the world.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#134
China and India do not need better paying jobs than Americans, just jobs like all nations...the cost of living is a fraction of America's, and
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#142
Yes, the people who beat that particular fucking lying drum leave out the part where the
djean111
Apr 2015
#4
I doubt said poster has any idea when the commercial revolution started in western culture.
Rex
Apr 2015
#161
For one thing, import tariffs, fees for the privilege of selling to the American consumer.
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#194
Yes. A privilege. If they are not interested in the U.S. market then fuck'em. Some other business
GoneFishin
Apr 2015
#203
He doesn't have a clue...going on about the Chinese and they will not be a part of this.
Rex
Apr 2015
#126
Exactly..it's good to help, but NOT at the expense of your own citizens -- Every country is
whathehell
Apr 2015
#154
similar story here: got seriously ill, that was all she wrote. keep your head up and don't
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#167
The problem is that it's corporations pushing this and they are promising better wages and
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#139
I want businesses to share their profits. They won't do that voluntarily. I don't want
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#157
I think you are out of the loop. If by "they" you mean corporations, they have zero allegiance to
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#241
You say "us" as if we will benefit from selling to foreign countries after we let them have our jobs
cui bono
Apr 2015
#265
To the Greatest Page. The Unvarnished Truth of our Corporate-Corrupted Government.
woo me with science
Apr 2015
#5
Oh, BS. Propaganda, much? Just more Obama bashing. Millions of jobs to Asia. Please tell me what
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#6
Stiglitz is probably right about this but he isn't talking about outsourcing.
Unvanguard
Apr 2015
#77
It's not "just more OBAMA bashing." He has looked out for Wall Street and big corporations
Dustlawyer
Apr 2015
#17
You can offer no proof that TPP is bad for most Americans. I don't buy into the hype and have
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#24
what you say you want is irrelevant to what's happening & you yourself have posted no
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#62
And you haven't posted facts. Just misinformation. I just replied to your other post. Here is
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#101
Exactly and the way to do that is force those countries to have higher standards which
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#103
we *are* being left behind, because cheap labor always offers bigger profits to capital.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#172
Again, you complained that someone called you a conservative but read your own posts.
cui bono
Apr 2015
#267
Obama bashing gets lots and lots of recs from lurkers...of course such BS ODS threads are abundant.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#38
If you don't understand why NAFTA was and still is VERY VERY VERY BAD for U.S. Workers..
2banon
Apr 2015
#49
not a goddamn thing there that benefits workers, just corporations. What a joke
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#114
You used the word "blind".....no one else is, not Obama not me. Obama bashing...for attention...is
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#130
Of course the ones bashing Obama need to deflect the "trust" issue. It is kryptonite to the bashing.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#140
Imputing evil intent to Obama used to be just the job of Republicans and Fox, remember those times?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#132
us corporations & us money is all over china & has been for ages. US & foreign capital
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#64
China's aggression is built from an infrastructure financed by US technology, money, jobs
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#51
lol - I have over a dozen collected over 30 years in high tech. TPP is the worst
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#68
"...Most exports of electronic and information products are assembled not by Chinese-
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#297
"Absurd" is what gets attention these days, you might have noticed. Like the entire OP distortion.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#79
Big middle finger...to logic and reason...hair on fire must be fun, I guess....
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#53
Just wait until the Internet of things gets finished with us. Then what? nt
littlemissmartypants
Apr 2015
#16
You have brought up an interesting topic that few people have tolerance to discuss
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#25
Much. Notice the conflating of 'Fast track' with 'rush'. Shows a lack of understanding of the term.
randome
Apr 2015
#71
It's the same crew who insists NSA surveillence makes us safer, torture is patriotic, Wall Street
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#61
I don't think you were wrong about that. Just wrong in thinking the TPP supporters are liberals.
cui bono
Apr 2015
#271
Stepford Democrats. Genetically modified by Monsanto using squid genes, squirting blue ink
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#83
Neither China nor India are among the countries participating in the negotiations.
cheapdate
Apr 2015
#84
It extends corporate opportunites to new nations like Vietnam to China/India who we
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#96
People have short memories. Bush tried this also. I do think you are correct, every President has to
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#85
Actually, it is. You said above you "don't think" Obama would do something that's bad...
cui bono
Apr 2015
#272
Obama does not give a rat's ass about the middle-class. He gave up six years ago.
WillTwain
Apr 2015
#236
Goldman and JP Morgan say, "don't worry, just pass it. we'll fix it later..."
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#102
Right. Then Geithner sacrificed homeowners to ''foam the runway'' for the banks.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#175
It's not conversation as much as ''two minutes of my life I'll never get back.''
Octafish
Apr 2015
#218
Thousands of families living in their cars and homeless...gee it is as if you just ignore
Rex
Apr 2015
#190
False choice. Tax payers will pay for generations as banks repaid loans with other loans
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#243
yep, things like "global trade" are good for a "global foundation" aren't they? Maybe we need
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#136
Phil Gramm is directly responsibility for the Enronization of the American economy.
Enthusiast
Apr 2015
#290
kind of like the clintons in that respect; it's sad to think that's the real extent of their
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#300
We can't just disagree with Obama on a policy. We have to believe that he's out to screw Americans.
pampango
Apr 2015
#199
TPP is really the same mentality/morality as Reps repealing the inheritance tax
stuffmatters
Apr 2015
#208
Once the magical words "national security" were uttered with respect to the TPP,
Buns_of_Fire
Apr 2015
#315
The Democrats keep saying they want America to be leaders in math and science and yet
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#228
and to think I was considering going into bioengeneering. I think I will stick with
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#231
You would think that the Republicans love it so much that they're willing to support Obama on it
dflprincess
Apr 2015
#240
Define "screw the country" - a giant transfer of wealth from middle class to super rich
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#325