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Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2015, 05:47 AM Jun 2015

Should US Congress pass the TPA or fast track?

Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2015, 06:23 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm just curious how the DU feels about the TPA or fast track at this point. Feel free to reply as well as voting.

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Should US Congress pass the TPA or fast track? (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP

hey steve cali Jun 2015 #1

I just got up Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #2

Lots of page views Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #3

Give it time. Weekends - sleepin time. jwirr Jun 2015 #4

Yes, Congress should grant President Obama Trade Promotion Authority. tritsofme Jun 2015 #5

Per the latest Pew poll, anti-TPP skews older, more conservative, Republican, and non-Hispanic, ucrdem Jun 2015 #6

Except free trade isn't really free TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #8

Hell no, and here are just a few of the reasons why. hifiguy Jun 2015 #7

cali

(114,904 posts)

1. hey steve

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 06:12 AM

Jun 2015

Your op is a little confusing. There is no such thing as tpp fast track. Trade Promotion Authority is fast track. TPP is the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. Passing TPA would enable passage of the TPP.

Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts)

2. I just got up

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 06:20 AM

Jun 2015

Still waiting on the coffee pot to finish. Fixed.

Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts)

3. Lots of page views

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jun 2015

Votes not so much. Must be lurkers.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

4. Give it time. Weekends - sleepin time.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:53 PM

Jun 2015

tritsofme

(17,379 posts)

5. Yes, Congress should grant President Obama Trade Promotion Authority.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 02:20 PM

Jun 2015

He does not deserve to be the only president in 40 years to be denied an up or down vote on trade agreements that he negotiates.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)

6. Per the latest Pew poll, anti-TPP skews older, more conservative, Republican, and non-Hispanic,

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 03:48 PM

Jun 2015

the last overwhelmingly, and most Americans now believe "free trade is good for the nation," a change from just four years ago. From the May 27 Pew Research report:

By a margin of 58 percent to 33 percent, Americans believe that free trade is good for the nation. Such sentiment is particularly strong among Hispanics (71 percent) and 18-to-29 year olds (69 percent). Support for the principle of free trade is broadly shared across gender, race, age, income, education, and party divisions.

http://www.people-press.org/2015/05/27/free-trade-agreements-seen-as-good-for-u-s-but-concerns-persist/

More about the TPP here: TPP At-a-Glance

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)

8. Except free trade isn't really free

Reply to ucrdem (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 05:53 PM

Jun 2015

nor is it fair. The FT in NAFTA and CAFTA and a number of trade agreements are the antithesis of "free" trade. They are trade regulations, including clauses to protect the profits of multi-billion dollar corporations. Since when does regulated = free?

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. Hell no, and here are just a few of the reasons why.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 04:06 PM

Jun 2015

Follow the link in my post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026794955

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