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eridani

(51,907 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2015, 09:15 PM Mar 2015

Overpass Light Brigade against Fast Track

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Overpass Light Brigade against Fast Track (Original Post) eridani Mar 2015 OP

Great analysis of yesterday's City Council Vote: OrwellwasRight Mar 2015 #1

Another good one eridani Apr 2015 #2

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)

1. Great analysis of yesterday's City Council Vote:

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 09:30 PM

Mar 2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-sorscher/seattle-city-council-vote_b_6981186.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%2BNotifications

Lesson 1: It's not, "For trade" or "Against trade".
Seattle is arguably the most trade-dependent city, in the country's most trade dependent state. The City Council is in favor of trade (video at the 1:09:30 mark). Everyone I know is in favor of trade. The problems are in the other 24 chapters in the TPP.

We're also in favor of banks, education, health care, transportation and energy. We have perfectly good public dialogue about these other issues. In the same way, it should be natural to talk about good trade policies and bad trade policies.

Click on link to find 6 other lessons . . .

eridani

(51,907 posts)

2. Another good one

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 06:07 AM

Apr 2015

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