Tag: TPP
Here We Stand, At The Twilight’s Last Gleaming: ‘All Private Property Rights In The U.S. To Be Strategically Usurped’
‘With infinite patience and weighing the public consciousness (or lack of such) to inculcate their programs, and here we have it again, in Montana, paving the way for what will happen with the nation. Eminent […]
While Hillary Was Secretary of State, Foreign Corporations in Favor of TPP Paid Bill over a Million Dollars
‘The Trans-Pacific Partnership has divided the Democratic Party, with most Democrats in Congress and activists in the country opposing the agreement as party elites such as Barack Obama are supporting it. One major Democrat who […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government. — Article IV, Section 4, US Constitution A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and…
Fast Tracking Democracy to Hell: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is a Rotten Deal
‘Free traders in Congress formally proposed last week that lawmakers relax, put their feet up and neglect the rigor of legislative review for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade scheme. The TPP is a secret deal […]
Secret Trade Pact would Allow Foreign Corporations to Sue U.S. for Damaging Investment ‘Expectations’
‘A new free trade agreement being pushed by the Obama administration could allow foreign corporations to challenge American laws and regulations before international tribunals. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (pdf) (TPP), being negotiated between the U.S. and […]
Secret Trade Pact would Allow Foreign Corporations to Sue U.S. for Damaging Investment ‘Expectations’
‘A new free trade agreement being pushed by the Obama administration could allow foreign corporations to challenge American laws and regulations before international tribunals. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (pdf) (TPP), being negotiated between the U.S. and […]
Jim Hightower: Obama’s Terrible Trade Pact Is a Scam That Must Be Stopped
‘Their weapon is a scheme hidden inside a scam. Called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the scam is their claim that TPP is nothing but another free trade deal — albeit a whopper of a deal — […]
Lawmakers Say TPP Meetings Classified To Keep Americans in the Dark
‘Lawmakers in Congress who remain wary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement are raising further objections this week to the degree of secrecy surrounding briefings on the deal, with some arguing that the main […]
Four Ways The White House Has Gone Full Doublespeak on Fast Track and the TPP
‘Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Orrin Hatch are now in a stand-off over a bill that would put secretive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on the Fast Track to passage through Congress. […]
Robert Reich: This Very Bad Deal Will Make Wall Street Richer and Bust the Rest of America
The truth about the Trans Pacific Partnership. ‘Suppose that by enacting a particular law we’d increase the U.S.Gross Domestic Product. But almost all that growth would go to the richest 1percent. The rest of us […]
Global economy continues to wither as West Coast ports remain shut down
Has the world’s economy officially tanked? One radio talk show host thinks so, and he has some data to back it up. ‘In a blog post on his website, Dave Hodges — host of The […]
Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?
Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. Under the TPP and TTIP, however, publicly-owned banks on both sides of the oceans might wind up getting sued for unfair competition because they…
Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?
Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. International private competitors have responded by pushing for regulations limiting the advantages of the public banking model, but public banking advocates are pushing…