TPP Job Claims Earn 4 Pinocchios!
01/30/2015 / Celeste Drake
U.S. workers should beware of promises that the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will create jobs. When evaluating the recent Obama administration claim that the TPP will create 650,000 jobs, the Washington Post’s Fact Checker gave it the lowest possible rating of Four Pinocchios—aka “Whopper.” Fact Checker editor Glenn Kessler wrote:
Be wary whenever a politician claims a policy will yield bountiful jobs. In this case, the correct number is zero, not 650,000, according to the very study used to calculate this number. Administration officials earn Four Pinocchios for their fishy math.
We agree. After asking the administration for more than four years for information on expected jobs gains from the TPP—by industry and geography—we have still not received any information. Given the job performance of prior so-called “free trade agreements” (FTAs) such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (nearly 700,000 jobs lost) and the U.S.-Korea FTA (60,000 jobs lost), we view any promises about trade and job with extreme skepticism. And so should we all.
Source:
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/TPP-Job-Claims-Earn-4-Pinocchios
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And as long as we're handing out meaningless prizes, I'm going to give this post five Pinocchios. Congrats.
I'm surprised the vote was that close!
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And I suspect that should HRC attain the Democratic nomination for 2016, you will find women openly questioning whether you are, or maybe even calling, sexist.
Here's some friendly DU-love advice:
When more than a few people that, on a daily basis experience an "ism", and/or, recognize the prevalence of an "ism", begin questioning whether you are an "ist" ... even the ignorant, but caring person, pauses to self-reflect.
But I expect this will fall on deaf ears and no such action on your part will be taken because you are self-convinced that there is no way you are that "ist" ... despite, the numerous examples that are pointed out to you.
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