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And this is the reason why I despise corporate dems- they're liars and they'll stab you in the back every time, and yeah, the whiff of corruption is strong with Feinstein. Next up, I'll bet is Nancy Pelosi.
The rhetoric for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is hitting new levels of absurdity. Though all available evidence including leaked portions shows the TPP is a massive give away to corporate interests, the agreement is being framed by Democratic advocates as some sort of bizarre achievement for working people.
First the White House called the TPP the most progressive trade agreement in history and now Senator Dianne Feinstein has claimed that TPP is not for Corporate America.
Instead, Feinstein offered that small businesses will be the real beneficiaries and that critics of the measure should more closely examine the proposed agreement.
I want to straighten one thing out, and that is that most people think this is a bill for corporate america, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on ABCs This Week. In California, 95 percent of the trade is carried out by companies and business of less than 500 people.
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http://firedoglake.com/2015/05/18/senator-feinstein-says-tpp-is-not-for-corporate-america-critics-should-take-a-good-look/
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Or something...
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)It is always bizarro day in America!
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)or Lloyd Blankfein.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)My only question is why Dems vote for her
gordianot
(15,238 posts)Guess someone made a really good offer she could not refuse.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)the other California senator.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)and how are small business owners going to do this?
what an idiot
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)Feinstein was always more a corporate democrat anyhow. Rather than merely giving us a platitude like "it isn't for corporations" maybe she could take the planks of the agreement and explain how it is for regular Americans.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Left coast liberal
(1,138 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)and workers will he better off if the companies do well. She needs to give it up and move on.
cali
(114,904 posts)duh.
It's extraordinary that you'd actually spew that bullshit line.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)And wr could be worse off, if companies fail.
cali
(114,904 posts)very, very few.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)except for paid trolls and people just awakening from a 35 year nap.
cali
(114,904 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)how much they get taxed. If tax rates are high enough, those SOBs can make twice as much, as long as the vast majority of us are doing OK. Those who aren't OK - and aren't just griping because someone makes 700 times what they do - should get help from the extra taxes we collect.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)So what's next? Let's give trickle down another 30 years to work?
delrem
(9,688 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,838 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)MIC.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)The poster person for corruption, yay!
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Liars suck.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)But, I guess it's more fun to believe the evil corporations did it.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)That small business you incorporated?
Forget it.
CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)She's married to a long-time One Percenter (Richard Blum).
His latest contribution to America: As a majority shareholder in the commercial real estate firm CBRE, that company
is trying to shut down post offices all over the country, as part of an endgame to dismantle the USPS (first Postmaster: Benjamin Franklin) and hand over the business to FedEx, UPS and similar distinguished employers.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... where it had majority support but got filibustered and defeated by the Republicans?
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Feinstein-assault-weapons-ban-defeated-4443319.php
Was she legitimately trying to get that bill to pass? Or just putting on a show then for us to make it sound like she cared about this issue, especially in light of her personal experience with the announcing the news of the murder of Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone in City Hall then, you'd think she would really have wanted that bill to pass!
But then check what happened about the same time when Democrats voted down Jeff Merkley's filibuster reform rules at the same time, and look who on the Democratic side stood in the way of fixing the filibuster rules so that a bill like this could have passed!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/18/1202879/-Dianne-Feinstein-whines-about-filibuster-rules-she-voted-for
Feinstein is a tool... And she tries to appear like she's working for us, but then turns around and stabs us in the back!
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)Yuck.
And all the TPP apologists say, "Oh, take a look at the draft!" Right. Ummm... How? NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO READ THE GODDAMNED THING! Or make copies, or take notes.
The Nazis originated "The Big Lie," the Republicans perfected it and polished it to a blinding sheen, and now the Democraps are saying, "Ooooo! SHINY! I WANT me one a them!"
Words cannot express how disgusted and ashamed I am of Obama for supporting this bag of buzzard barf. Some "legacy," Barry.
raindaddy
(1,370 posts)DIANNE FEINSTEIN!
Anyone who has followed Feinstein's political career knows exactly what I'm talking about. Her endorsement actually makes the TPP even more suspect.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Did I miss something? Is the TPP available for everyone to see now? No more going into a secure room, no camera, no phone, no taking notes, reading it while a guard watches?
One of the main problems with the damned thing is that nobody has been allowed to know what's in it! If we can all examine it closely, can anyone supply the link? Thanks.
Autumn
(45,096 posts)more than anything else I have heard. Seriously that these people like her really believe we will fall for this bull shit amazes me.
cali
(114,904 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)I'm sure some high percentage of Americans have an income, but the bulk of the income is going to the 1%.
Whenever a politician says something benefits "small business" you can bet your last dollar that the bulk of the benefits will go to large corporations.
If you want us to believe that the TPP isn't for Corporations, insert language that phases out all benefits derived from the TPP for companies, foreign and domestic, by the time the companies reach 1000 employees. And that includes all companies held under a corporate umbrella - no splitting into divisions of 999 employees.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)whether it's small business or a large business, it's still corporate and the TPP is good for them, not so good for those employed by them.
aspirant
(3,533 posts)$700 Million in Medicare cuts?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Joe Sixpack and Jane Box-Chardonnay. So who else CAN it be for?
Lies, lies, lies, yeah.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Does anyone know?
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Yes, that was .
daredtowork
(3,732 posts)Here is how he is enriching himself off of undermining the postal system:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/inspector-general-goes-postal/Content?oid=4269263
A couple of years ago I read something similar about what he was doing as a regent of the University of California. (He was in charge of finances, but at the same time he was massively invested in "for profit" college schemes and I'm sure he wanted to give them some cred by integrating them into the UC system).
I can't remember where I read this, but hasn't there been recent questions about Feinstein's own direct investments and her influence on the committees she's on?
And she's such a hypocrite on privacy and whistleblowing she makes me sick. She's an over-privileged stooge of the 1%, a fake Democrat, and she can't be voted out of office fast enough for me.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Cali you hit the nail on the head. They are corporate lackeys and liars.
SheHMZ
(4 posts)I'm posting this info where people will most likely read it:
I recently called Feinstein's S.F. office today and not only did she turn around and vote for Fastrack, but her office informed me she's ALSO voting FOR The TPP!!!
CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)War profiteer and all-around lying piece of shit.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Now I get it.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)which was pointed out to Peter's staff yesterday during the sit in.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said Wednesday that she doesnt support a measure authored by two Republicans and former Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus that would provide President Obama with ramped up powers to help smooth the passage of trade deals.
Pelosi made clear on Wednesday night that she isnt opposed to the concept of TPA, also known as fast-track authority, but she cant support a bill introduced by Baucus, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
Direct link to The Hill article
I am not even bothering with the link to Reporting San Diego.
chev52
(71 posts)She (and Obama), should tell us a little about what's in it.