It's longer than the Obamacare bill. Congress wants to pass it so they can find out what's in it. Yet you think someone without access should have it memorized by now.
Posted on 11/11/2015 12:26:56 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
During last night's Republican presidential debate, the Wall Street Journal's Gerard Baker made a critical mistake: He tried to pin Donald Trump down on policy specifics. In this case, it was about trade policy, a subject about which Trump evidently knows very little.
Baker asked the billionaire "which particular parts" of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal he objected to. If he were familiar with the deal, Trump could have raised any of several issues. Instead, he continued with the same word salad about China that he has been issuing forth since long before the TPP had been negotiated and published.
"If you look at how China and India and almost everyone takes advantage of the Untied States - China in particular, because they are so good, it's the number one abuser of this country. If you look at the way they take advantage, it's through currency manipulation. It's not even discussed in the almost 6,000 page agreemen...If [TPP] is approved, it will just be more bad trade deals, more loss of jobs for our country. We are losing jobs like no one's ever lost jobs before. I want to bring jobs back into this country."
It took a clear-headed Rand Paul to bring some reality back into the conversation.
"Hey, Gerard?" Paul interjected. "We might want to point out that China's not part of this deal." The crowed roared with laughter as Trump shrunk before their eyes. (Never mind the fact that Trump had just accused India of currency manipulation - perhaps making him the first person to do so at least in the last decade.)...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I just hope to God there's enough of us...
What is Globalism??? Globalism is the North American Union...I'm extremely sorry to hear you support that...That's where everyone South of Texas and North of the Soo Locks is an American...Or a Canadian...Or a Mexican...
Amnesty??? That's where amnesty covers over 400,000,000 new American citizens...
And we won't have to worry about Trump, or Cruz...We won't even have to worry about Hillary...We'll be led by Jose' something or other...
I wonder what Scott Walker’s position on TPP is?
Oh, that’s right - it doesn’t matter, because Walker quit when the going got tough, and spit on Trump on his way out.
And now, his pouty-faced minions are trolling websites, dumping on Trump. At least one of them is.
Now I get where you are coming from...Your going to make a bundle of money if we can eliminate our borders and sovereignty...Right???
Sorry bubba...
No sale.
Your whine and cheese is ready..whenever you are.
No, I didn't read the article nor will I.
He does explain why he is against the Bill, it attacks U.S. sovereignty.
The bill has only been able to be looked at by anyone in Congress by going down to a basement room. It just came out for all to see, all 6000 pages. Most of them, even those who had a small chance to look at it don’t know all that is in it yet.
As even the Wall Street Journal moderator pointed out, China is in the details. Then there was word today that John Kerry has added China in some way to the TPP. I’m waiting to see what that looks like.
All of that aside:
I don’t support, and I never will support any bill over 3 pages long. A 6000 page bill is a monstrosity, and Trump pointed that out. He was right on target.
All bills should be single-focused and short.
What facts did you post?
NADA!
It's longer than the Obamacare bill. Congress wants to pass it so they can find out what's in it. Yet you think someone without access should have it memorized by now.
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