How many got paid better working for a small local corporation, considering benefits? Corporations sux to high heaven, small ones are even worse.

So how do you propose to deal with China? Do you think the TPP might improve things, realizing that our glory days are over?

TPP improves things for the 1% and screws everyone else.

Fuck the 1% and their TPP.

ISDS has fuckall to do with tariffs.

Thanks to an ISDS provision in a past trade agreement, a mining company didn’t have to go to a Canadian court to challenge the permit decision – they went right to a special ISDS panel of corporate lawyers. Last month, the international panel ruled in favor of the mining company, and the decision cannot be challenged in Canadian courts.

Now the Canadian taxpayers may be on the hook for up to $300 million in “damages” to the mining company – all because their government had the gall to stand up for its environment and the economic livelihood of its local fishermen.

ISDS isn’t a one-time, hypothetical problem – we’ve seen it in past trade agreements. Just in the past few years:

• A French company sued Egypt after Egypt raised its minimum wage.
• A Swedish company sued Germany because Germany wanted to phase out nuclear power for safety reasons.
• A Dutch company sued the Czech Republic because the Czech Republic didn't bail out a bank that the Dutch company partially owned.
• Philip Morris is using ISDS right now to try to stop countries like Australia and Uruguay from implementing new rules that are intended to cut smoking rates – because the new laws might eat into the tobacco giant’s profits.

Now what in bleeding hell does any of this have to do with selling wheat, apples or planes? If any of your Republican opposition were smart, they’d run against you on this issue and win. Lucky for you they probably aren’t.

agreements with the ISDS in it, as they have from 1959. Why? Because all those countries want to attract foreign investment, create jobs, and increase tax revenue.

The particulars are particularly shitty for TPP. The only people who favor it are whoring for corporations.

"people blame NAFTA for things caused by other factors."

or Facebook UK that only paid $4000 in taxes last year in the UK. You probably paid more tax.

And exactly how many jobs have been created that haven't been outsourced overseas. No provision to keep any created jobs from being outsourced.

wielding enormous political power? The grave problem of inordinate wealth and power in the hands of the few is a world wide phenomena. This tiny economic elite not only want to solidify their power but they want to dramatically lower the standard of living (ie destroy social safety nets) as well as dismantle environmental, health and work safety regulations in North America and Europe.

...does that mean, People are Corporations, too?

So therefore, individual citizens should qualify for all of the benefits of membership of this elite class of corporate 'mercans.

Right?!

Each of us should incorporate. I have some things I do to earn money. It is not that difficult to incorporate through the State of Delaware. I just do not know because I have not looked what the requirements are.

But wouldn't that be a hoot if people did just start to incorporate and then our rights could not be trampled by this piece of trash. We then would not be considered an individual doormat.

Sam

and stop outsourcing.

FAIL

The only way to level the playing field is through tariffs. That is the only thing we control.

gave away the right to change it in the TPA.

Especially Banks.