Message to TPP Elites: "Secret Government is Un-American"...by Jim Hightower [View all]
Jim Hightower
April 20, 2015
So, someone hands you a beer, but instead of it being a recognizable brand, it's in a totally blacked-out can with nothing but the letters "TPP" printed on it.
"You're really gonna like this," says the smiling stranger who handed it to you.
But you naturally hesitate and ask: "Well, who made it? What's in it?"
Now the guy's smile is forced as he says, "Sorry, pal, but those are trade secrets. Trust me though -- there's nothing bad in it..Just drink it up...and enjoy the buzz that it's gonna give you."
Would you swallow that?...Neither would I, but here comes Barack Obama, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Speaker John Boehner, and every corporate lobbyist in Washington insisting that We the People should quickly chug-a-lug their strange brew called TPP
(the Trans-Pacific Partnership) -- without knowing what's in it.
"It's just a free trade agreement," they say, with lying eyes and forced smiles.
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http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8600#.VTl_gRY5mTM
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