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In reply to the discussion: How can a person who fights for the TPP be considered a friend of the 99%? [View all]MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)"I know that every other time I've sworn that I won't pull up the football at the last moment a free trade agreement will create jobs, I've pulled it up at the last moment the agreement has destroyed jobs, millions of 'em in total. But this time I really mean it! No, really!"
Who is it that's forcing the US to engage in secret negotiations? Please share, I'd love to know who the nasty bastards are that are holding a gun to our heads. As Elizabeth Warren pointed out in the link I provided, even the Bush administration was less secretive about "free" trade agreements than the Obama administration. Wow, huh?
"I dont think about where NAFTA hasnt lived up."
- Penny Pritzker, U.S. Commerce Secretary
We were promised that NAFTA would result in a net creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead, it destroyed 750,000 or so jobs. If you think that kind of @#$% from Ms. Pritzker means that the Obama administration is thoughtfully battling for the TPP because they want the 99% to stop our free fall... well, let's agree to disagree.