Someone say something good about the Cruz TPA deal. Seems like a deal breaker
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I will.
Sen. Cruz voted for fast track because (1) he wants it for himself in 2017; (2) Texas benefits greatly from trade with the Pacific Rim; and (3) he’s a disciple of Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek.
However, he sets Obama up. That is, as for the final trade agreement, he votes against it- because in his final reading of the agreement, he finds clauses that impact America’s sovereignty. He leads the fight against it and torpedoes it. He’s a tea party hero again! And he tells disappointed Texans that now that Fast Track is in place, they will be better served if he renegotiates on their behalf in 2017..
How to do I know this? Sorry, it’s a SECRET- you would have to sign non-disclosure agreements. -:)
Also, it would be very smart politics.
Sounds good to me. Sounds like Cruz.
Hi, Vin!
I do get the point about the almighty dollar and the hand over fist trade advantages for Big Business, the Chamber of Commerce and the Trickle Down To Me Please organization, but for the time being, no one much trusts Big Business and COC, who have stars in their eyes for global interests and progressive thinking.
I say that as an aside to this present vision of Jeff Sessions with his hair on fire over this cram-it-down-fast monster, whom I trust explicitly (mainly because he is not running for president) and the fog surrounding it that’s thick with rumors of executive power grabs and more end runs around a very dubious characters in the House and the Senate.
Even those voting on this hopefully imperiled monster today are unsure of what the vote will bring about, and are themselves hearing rolling reports of conflicting rules, conflicting language, conflicting interests and of heaven or hell as the outcome.
If it’s all pure as the driven snow, we could apologize later, but right now Jeff Sessions is a really proven and decent barometer of truth over fiction.
Politically speaking, I get the distinct feeling we are all bought and paid for already, so I will back the guy for whom Big Business pays the least interest and the lowest sum. :) (That’s a joke. Kinda’.)
Probably that will still be Cruz, is my guess at the moment.
Thanks, Vin.