Posted on 06/10/2015 5:04:26 PM PDT by Isara
A misguided (or misleading) opposition really has no idea what it’s talking about.
The current debate over Trade Promotion Authority proves, once again, that the classic description of the anti-globalization movement—as “largely the well-intentioned but ill-informed being led around by the ill-intentioned and well informed”—still holds true. Despite the tireless efforts of trade policy experts to explain why TPA and the U.S. trade agreements it’s intended to facilitate are, while imperfect, not a secret corporatist plot to usurp the U.S. Constitution and install global government, myths and half-truths continue to infect traditional and social media outlets.
Because these myths—originating with the same old anti-trade bedfellows that have been with us for decades—have duped a lot of good folks who are otherwise predisposed to support liberty and free markets (including some in Congress), and because the House of Representatives is poised to vote on TPA in the coming days, here is one last debunking of the top nine myths about TPA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and U.S. free-trade agreements (FTAs) more broadly.
To save some time, you can skip to your favorite myth by clicking on the links below.
Myth 1: TPA and U.S. FTAs are unconstitutional and undemocratic!
Myth 8: FTAs (and free trade generally) benefit large corporations at the expense of working people!
There are legitimate (although not horrifying!) concerns about the contents of the final TPP deal, but it’s certainly not a harbinger of an economic or constitutional apocalypse. The American public should scrutinize the final agreement closely, but that won’t happen until TPA becomes law. For supporters of free markets, there’s no legitimate reason why it shouldn’t.
Let me make that simpler for you.
I believe Scott Lincicome is an absolute fool that pretends to tell us what is in a TPP that is being kept completely secret.
His analysis is worthless, flawed, and an outright lie.
I don’t believe a word he writes.
The pro TPAs are lying regarding point 4 . There’s a huge difference between 51 votes needed to pass and 67. If it turns out to contain elements that make it more of a treaty than a simple trade agreement, fast track makes it much harder to stop. That’s why Obama is pushing so hard.
Free Market: An economic model in which, as a business, you spent 12% of your gross revenue on legal and regulatory compliance while your overseas competitors pump toxic waste into the local water supply and have 12 year olds working 15 hours a day for a fraction of what your labor costs are.
Hope this helps out.
There we have it.
The author was TRADE ADVISOR TO JOHN MCCAIN.
I knew I smelled another worthless RINO.
That was awesome.
Yeah.... The opposition (Me) has no idea what we are talking about.
You know why?
We are not allowed to read it.
Next time you go to buy a car, just give the salesman a 5k deposit and sign the contract without any other details. Just trust him to work something good out for you.
this article is a pack of lies.
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if TPA, trade Promotion authority passes (aka fast tract).
what the happens in Congress...
after various time for committees and such,
both houses of Congress MUST vote on the floor,
with a simple majority needed in both houses
to pass TPP
Obama’s destroy America deal will be good business for Lincicome’s employer, White & Case, and all the other silk stocking Washington DC law firms specializing in “international trade” and “immigration practice”, bringing to our shores all those highly talented L1 visa holders from countries that are our sworn economic enemies. Leave it to the traitorous lawyer bastards.
Until this one, I notice you have received no replies. That is because there can be no reply. It is being kept secret. This author has no way of knowing what's in that bill.
That means the entire article is built on sand.
the payoff for Obama is that he gets
authority over globull warming and carbon dioxide.
what about that don’t people get?
Giving that trade authority to this president is like drinking Clorox from a bottle labeled 7-UP.
the payoff for Obama is that he gets
authority over globull warming and carbon dioxide.
http://therightscoop.com/obama-admits-that-trade-bill-will-allow-him-to-push-climate-change/
And immigration, and a whole lot of other important stuff.
Do we even know the countries that are going to sign onto to this partnership ?
If those things are true, why not debate it in Congress instead of rushing it through?
There must be an internet search engine out there that works.
So you don’t know. Okay. Thanks for that.
Too bad that the parts of TPP that have been leaked say otherwise.
That’s correct, the GOP-E disingenuous premise on this thing is that Congress would actually have some say in TPP, when we all know that 1) King Barry could care less what Congress thinks, and 2) Hatch retooled the TPA bill to require 60 votes to disapprove of TPP, which is nigh near impossible to achieve.
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