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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
Showing Original Post only (View all)More Reasons to Tell Our President "No TPP" and "No Fast Track" [View all]
We are being told by fellow Democrats (?) to blindly trust the President on this issue, but Sen Sanders is telling us to take actions.
3. Wages, benefits, and collective bargaining will be threatened.
NAFTA, CAFTA, PNTR with China, and other free trade agreements have helped drive down the wages and benefits of American workers and have eroded collective bargaining rights.
The TPP will make the race to the bottom worse because it forces American workers to compete with desperate workers in Vietnam where the minimum wage is just 56 cents an hour.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
The TPP will allow corporations to challenge any law that would adversely impact their future profits. Pending claims worth over $14 billion have been filed based on similar language in other trade agreements. Most of these claims deal with challenges to environmental laws in a number of countries. The TPP will make matters even worse by giving corporations the right to sue any of the nations that sign onto the TPP. These lawsuits would be heard in international tribunals bypassing domestic courts.
NAFTA, CAFTA, PNTR with China, and other free trade agreements have helped drive down the wages and benefits of American workers and have eroded collective bargaining rights.
The TPP will make the race to the bottom worse because it forces American workers to compete with desperate workers in Vietnam where the minimum wage is just 56 cents an hour.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
The TPP will allow corporations to challenge any law that would adversely impact their future profits. Pending claims worth over $14 billion have been filed based on similar language in other trade agreements. Most of these claims deal with challenges to environmental laws in a number of countries. The TPP will make matters even worse by giving corporations the right to sue any of the nations that sign onto the TPP. These lawsuits would be heard in international tribunals bypassing domestic courts.
This information came from Sen Sanders. Support Sen Sanders opposition of the TTP here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/stop-the-tpp
Also if you haven't seen it, here's a video re. the TPP:
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The best way to do that is to not buy their stuff. Boycotts work, starve the beast, take away
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#12
Exactly, focus on one at a time. Boycotts are probably the most effective means
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#19
Precisely because boycotts speak the one language these corporate behemoths understand...
elzenmahn
Jan 2015
#20
Absolutely. What I think should be done is speech not allowed on DU. Corporations have always
jwirr
Jan 2015
#16
NAFTA "forced" American workers to compete with Mexican workers, but the sky has not fallen.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#14
If I understand the TPP correctly the corporations that have businesses in Vietnam would then
jwirr
Jan 2015
#18
Are you supporting the TPP? Are you trying to convince us that it won't be so bad?
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#22
I trust the President so of course I support him, I can see some positions opposing a free trade
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#32
This is way more than merely a "free trade agreement". What the President is asking is for us to
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#33
No, the other wing does not support those things, silly to say so.....but it makes for better copy.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#34
You claim the "other" wing doesn't support those issues but the facts indicate otherwise.
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#35
"Populist Reform" should encourage debate, not suppress it, and contextual abuse is what should not
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#41
Your condescending use of "lollipops" could perhaps be appropriate if you were referring to the
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#39
The jobless rate in America today is no worse than the historical average...."lost jobs" are as impossible
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#45
Are you claiming that no jobs were lost by moving manufacturing overseas? nm
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#47
Please. What jobs were gained by America, .i.e. meat exports, heavy equipment, aircraft, etc., what was
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#48
Since you continue to provide your argument via questions, we have to guess at your actual
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#50
And another side-step. I am not using questions to avoid stating my point. In fact
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#56
Yes, perhaps, "jackshit" does have a technical economic science definition...meaning to ignore jobs
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#54
"#8. Wall Street would benefit at the expense of everyone else. Under TPP, governments would be ....
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#21
It's worse than ignorance. Ignorance can be treated with education. But many Americans
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#31
worse than ignorance. If the president told them to give all their money to Jamie
Doctor_J
Jan 2015
#40
The kicker: "#10 The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal."
Faryn Balyncd
Jan 2015
#27