TPP dead in the water.

[Kev3188]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/a-big-win-for-big-labor/395699/
 

 

 

[WorldTraveler]

and Obama is weaker because of it.

Republicans and Dems came together on giving Obama more power to bypass what has been a historic role of Congress and the labor element only added to it.

Trade agreements ARE NOT the domain of the executive branch.

Good for making sure that doesn't change.

Offshoring jobs and then leaving the government to pick up the pieces doesn't fly.

 

[delldude]

More than that, whats so secret you have to go into a room escorted?
 
That's how one sells off your sovereignty piece by piece.

 

[southwind]

Yep, no one president has divided this country more, nor done more to make America weaker than the one sitting in the WH right now!

 

[ChockJockey]

Yep, no one president has divided this country more, nor done more to make America weaker than the one sitting in the WH right now!

 
Abraham Lincoln.  His 1860 Presidential victory was a catalyst to the formation of the Confederate States of America; 11 U.S. states ended up seceding under his watch and many hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the resulting war for reunification.

 

[delldude]

 
Abraham Lincoln.  His 1860 Presidential victory was a catalyst to the formation of the Confederate States of America; 11 U.S. states ended up seceding under his watch and many hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed in the resulting war for reunification.

 
Southern Democrats a biitch, eh?

 

[Kev3188]

Another interesting read here:
 
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18055/tpp_obama_secret

 

[xUT]

You mean a demorat is not looking out for our best interests? 

 

[SparrowHawk]

You mean a demorat is not looking out for our best interests? 

 
Perish the thought!
 
The role of the federal government is to provide a safe environment where its citizens can free act in their own best interests.