THEN WHY DOES THE LEFT-WING OF HIS PARTY NOT WANT IT?!
Why DO Obama, Boehner, Reid, McConnell and Pelosi WANT it? The union rank and file prevailed upon most Democrats. Simple as that.
Post #52- 2nd, you have to remember that the Democrats have been bleeding white voters since Obola’s reign. You don’t think this is a ploy to win them back? Setting up the Stupid GOP so Democrat Congressional candidates can run with this?
The Left wing will eventually vote for it after wringing some concessions from the Reps. They will vote for TAA (TPA was already passed by the House) and portray themselves as the defenders of American workers. Let’s see what happens next week.
Because they know it hurts wage earners, specifically middle class workers and unionized workers, they are tax payers and are also in need of some sort of protection from the government.
WE NEVER GET FREE TRADE!
We get limited access to crappy third World markets and they get wide open access to our market.
We can barely sell an American made product in Central America, but allot more formerly American made products are assembled in Mexico and shipped right back over the border. Mexico has gotten 16X’s the jobs from the NAFTA than the US has gotten.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3299718/posts
We also have a multi billion dollar trade deficit Close to half a trillion dollars this year) with the countries we are negotiating this agreement with. What is the likelihood that we will have a smaller one with ANY of them after this is passed? Zero? Less than zero?
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0014.html
Besides, the long and short of it is the fact that Obama wants it. That is reason enough NOT to give it to him. He is a lame duck, treat him as such. He hasn’t earned the right to pass legislation. PERIOD!
We can wait until January 2017. There is no need to rush. Another trade agreement selling out the American workforce isn’t the most pressing need in this country.
We have a Constitutional process for the adoption of treaty agreements with other countries. This sure as Hell isn’t it.
This piece of crap got crushed last week and he and IT should get crushed again this week. As with Obama himself, good riddance to bad rubbish!
Duh!
Because it's a free trade pact, and the union thugs are protectionist morons!