Posted on 06/11/2015 5:08:44 PM PDT by jazusamo
Constitutional conservatives don't like it. Trade unions abhor it. Obama critics hate it. Environmentalists despise it.
Outside the Beltway bubble, a broad coalition of voters from the left, right and center opposes the mega-trade deal getting rammed through Congress this week by the Republican establishment on behalf of the White House. Here's why.
The Obama administration, House GOP leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have sold out American sovereignty. Their so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission will have sweeping authority over trade, immigration, environmental, labor and commerce regulations.
As alert watchdogs U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest and U.S. Rep Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., warn: "By adopting fast-track, Congress would be formally authorizing the President to finalize the creation of this Pacific Union and will have surrendered its legislative prerogatives. Before a word, line, paragraph, or page of this plan is made public, Congress will have agreed to give up its treaty powers. ... In effect, one of the most sweeping international agreements seen in years will be given less legislative scrutiny and process than a Post Office reform bill."
The Obama administration, House GOP leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have sold out legislative transparency. Boehner smugly asserts that so-called Trade Promotion Authority puts Congress in charge and promotes "more openness" on trade talks. Nonsense. Under the Boehner/Obama plan, Congress gives up its ability to amend any trade deals under fast track, severely limits the ability to debate and lowers the vote threshold in the Senate from 61 to 51. The 11 international parties negotiating with Obama on TPP refuse to sign their dotted lines until Congress agrees to pre-agree to behemoth global trade pacts — sight unseen.
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Just for grins mind answering the question?
Right after you post your Five Year Plan for American manufacturing.
Increase tariffs, reduce income taxes to zero, stop all immigration for 20 years and a NSRT. Now your turn.
“Saving jobs” is BS when some bozo comes along and claims the Founding Fathers intended tariffs for that purpose, and cites the Center for American Progress in support. Frankly, if I was in your shoes I’d be embarrassed...”
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The Founding Fathers intended tariffs to protect American industry. That is why they continued for so long. It works. Hamilton wrote extensively about it. Have you ever heard of Pat Buchanan? He says the same thing? Have you ever heard of Phyllis Schlafly? She says the same thing. I’m not embarrassed to be with them. I would be embarrassed to be joined at the hip with Obama.
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“You stooges”? Out comes the name calling when you are left with nothing else. I knew it was coming. Always does.
Mods, whoevers in charge here, please remove my post #18. Thanks!
I sent an abuse ticket up, for post removal.
Man I like what Trump is saying. But he would have to “FIRE” so many republocrats, he’d have a new hit TV reality show on Capitol Hill.
I don’t owe the GOP loyalty. Hell when we had Bush in the White House and the Senate and the House, THEY STILL DIDN’T BUILD THE WALL!!!
So n the midst of GOP leadership swearing that SON OF NAFTA will be good....I say SON OF PEROT would be better ...and if he wants to start a third party.....I say ...it about damn time.
-PJ
“A stooge is someone who, when scrambling on Google to support his argument, posts something from an organization that should stand against everything he stands for. As for Buchanan, he himself admits Reagan was a free-trader. He probably knows, seeing that he probably wrote Reagan’s speeches on the subject.’
I get most of my info about free trade from Pat Buchanan.
And a fool is someone like you who can’t overcome his compulsive snotty impulses.
Did you completely ignore the article, or just don't care if they are willing to sell the Republic?
Congress gives up its ability to amend any trade deals under fast track, severely limits the ability to debate and lowers the vote threshold in the Senate from 61 to 51. The 11 international parties negotiating with Obama on TPP refuse to sign their dotted lines until Congress agrees to pre-agree to behemoth global trade pacts — sight unseen.
The majority of conservatives are not wrong, the majority of liberals are not right.
In the words of Congressman Joe Wilson, You Lie.
Darn right I’m snotty toward protectionists who can’t make their own arguments in a conservative vein . . . even Buchanan can.
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