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In reply to the discussion: Fast-Track Treason and the Coming Corporate Coup: Calling Out TPP Traitors [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)From what we know now, the TPP is selling the lower classes down the river. I can show you if you need to see. If you have any evidence otherwise, plez share. I think you are flying on blind FAITH.
And you do a great disservice to honest discussion when you mis-characterize those with which you disagree. No one accused him of "Gutting Social Security", but many were concerned when he put SS cuts on the table. As for the XL Pipeline, he waited a long, long time before coming out against it and he still hasn't taken any action. When he appointed Thomas Wheeler the Left was rightly upset. Mr. Wheeler is close with the industry that would profit from a decision against net neutrality. And in fact, the first proposal by the committee had Mr. Wheeler and the two Republicons agreeing on a plan to control the internet. Outcries from the Left seem to convince the President to back off.
What's funny is that when the President takes a stand against the lower classes or hints that he is, and the Left applies pressure and the President backs off, the New Democrats claim we should have had blind FAITH all along. In a representative form of government, the governed have an obligation to monitor and make sure that the representatives are truly representing them. I only wish the Left could have convinced the President to stop the domestic spying and roll back the Patriot Act.