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In reply to the discussion: Weekly Address: Fighting for Trade Deals that Put American Workers First [View all]Skittles
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cal04
Apr 2015
OP
I call BS. If corporations can hire H1 B workers for 1/3 or 1/2 my salary then they will.
peacebird
Apr 2015
#1
How is the issue with companies using H1 B workers related to a trade deal though?
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#5
It is not related much. Just a chance to vent against Obama for the perceived errors of past Presidents?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#34
Your numbers are a bunch of crap. We have never even had 47 million manufacturing jobs in this
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#142
No, the recovery has gone to those who hold stocks. The recovery has so far mostly shown up in the
okaawhatever
Apr 2015
#144
Then why be here? If you cannot trust this President enough to wait to read the final
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#8
You mean Democrats who work voter protection with every election and exhort other
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#21
"Why are you here, again?", is an excellent question......seeking and accepting only perfection in Obama?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#41
And what has Obama done to convince your over 7 years of Democratic Presidency that he does not care? Was it the ACA?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#56
You must be joking --This isn't "Obama Underground", it's "Democratic Underground".
whathehell
Apr 2015
#61
Especially when so many of the Democrats in Congress are fighting him on this issue.
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#33
Obama's Corporate masters? You made me laugh! The Consumer Protection Bureau made corporations laugh hard also!
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#43
I just asked her if she were trying to "shame" you because you're in the UK. I don't see them
Cha
Apr 2015
#159
That's nice. I'm eligible for Dual citizenship myself, and I know the "rules" for most dual citizens
whathehell
Apr 2015
#123
What does that have to do with the OP? Are you trying to shame Fred because he's from the UK?
Cha
Apr 2015
#158
Cha, are you so arrogant as to lecture a foreign country about their domestic policies?
whathehell
Apr 2015
#161
I don't think he's being "arrogant".. there are plenty of posters here who bash Pres Obama
Cha
Apr 2015
#162
Sorry, I forgot to include.. plenty of "posters here from other countries" who bash President Obama
Cha
Apr 2015
#165
Of course not! What has he DONE for 7 years to earn TRUST? Obviously nothing, right?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#36
That's a wrong-headed sentiment... I disagree with Pres. Obama on this issue but support him on most
groundloop
Apr 2015
#108
I trust this President enough to hold off dismissing the TPP until it's final and I get a chance to
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#4
the republicons are uncharacteristically silent and the Chamber of Commerce loves it
corkhead
Apr 2015
#12
Have you considered reading the TPP before forming an opinion on it? I may go against the TPP,
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#7
They can only read the current bill, which can be changed at the very last moment.
Divernan
Apr 2015
#42
Okay--here's the problem with your claim---it's not a bill. It's a trade agreement right now.
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#97
Exactly. Very similar to the 6 nation Iran nuclear agreement, if not procedurally identical.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#99
Obama understands it....and despite all the shrill crying otherwise Obama at the table is good.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#110
Because it's not finalized. And trade agreements rest with the Executive. nt
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#91
Would have to be to just the Fast Track legislation because he is without power to amend a trade agreement.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#104
Yes, if they allowed it. Liz Warren read it but said she isn't allowed to talk about it
whathehell
Apr 2015
#120
It's been available to every member of Congress for a while now---Grayson read it last year.
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#124
Right, and Grayson is being gagged too -- Why is it "classified" if it's truly a trade deal?
whathehell
Apr 2015
#125
Because currency manipulation, counterfeiting, and drug supply are national
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#128
It's called representative democracy. Take it up with the Founders, who vested this
msanthrope
Apr 2015
#131
It's predicted to be a near zero-sum game in nearly all signatory countries
Art_from_Ark
Apr 2015
#14
Real FACTS and real EXPERTS and the ACTUAL document? What are you, a liberal??
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#44
Psst, you missed the 'rich get richer, poor get poorer' part of his comment.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#81
Didn't miss it, I just do not believe in judging all the positions of a person by (mis)judging one.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#83
You mean the new poster thinking in error - because China is not part of the TPP?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#45
Good question: "Big business was involved in drafting this, but why not AFL-CIO"?
whathehell
Apr 2015
#136
Yes...that's the main income for ex-Presidents. It's not like they go out and get a job. n/t
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#32
Kind of like a divorce...he wants to continue in the manner has become accustomed. And that ain't
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#57
anybody that claims that workers on either of Pacific are anything other than an afterthought
KG
Apr 2015
#25
Your reporters you "happen" to be "close to" - are from Fox? Same meme Fox often spews.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#48
The right wing media had a hayday with it though, remember? Funny how someone brought it up.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#85
Again.. mahalo JTFrog.. this time for calling out RW sources that duers are only too happy to post
Cha
Apr 2015
#166
The thing is, when Obama speaks, speaks, not jabbers, and destroys all the propaganda and disinformation...again....it hurts.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#75
Fred, a trade agreement like the TPP is coming to Europe which is much closer to you
whathehell
Apr 2015
#119
Oh wow.. that was a butt ugly rwanker talking point.. and fucking racist to boot! Thank JTfrog for
Cha
Apr 2015
#163
Your Concern, new poster, is noted....very, very concerned about Obama's entire "legacy" because of a trade deal, are we?
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
#89
I admit it gives me pause. Why I still hold a lick of trust is beyond me.
raouldukelives
Apr 2015
#117
http://www.exboyfriendrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/you-lie.png
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#146
I'm Ready For Oligarchy - Are You? - Support Obama On TPP - The 1% Need Even More Wealth
cantbeserious
Apr 2015
#151