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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHelp me decipher the rhetoric of Sen Cantwell's response to my questions re. Fast Tracking the TPP.
Excerpts from Sen Cantwell's letter:
>I wonder what expand market access is code for.
>This sounds good but could be just rhetoric. Need some specifics.
>Now this doesnt sound good at all. This says that since we know that meeting the challenges of the global economy we will need to expand our educational and job training to prepare our workers that will be displaced by trade (code for put out of work) . So I read this to say that although trade agreements are good for Washington businesses they might not be so great for workers, who apparently will need job training. Job training paid for by the taxpayers to enable the "displaced" workers to get in line with the other unemployed.
>This is a bunch of rhetoric that sounds good enough but leaves out that fast-tracking eliminates debate and amendments and public input. While efficient, it isnt very democratic or Democratic.
> Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)?? Is legislation introduced by these two truly bi-partisian?
> The good Senator says she will keep my thoughts in mind should she have the opportunity to blah, blah, blah. If the good Senator knew my thoughts, she wouldnt keep them in her mind.
>I read this rhetoric to say that trade agreements will help Washington industries. I dont hear that it will help Washington workers, unless she is using the trickle down card. Meaning that whats good for the industry is good for the workers and environment.
>I am skipping the remainder of the letter as she just repeats how she is a strong supporter of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program which uses taxpayer dollars to train people unemployed by the wonderful trade agreements. Trained but not given work.
>I see the bottom line is that trade agreements (globalization) will help businesses and screw the working class. To help mitigate the damage the lower classes will pitch in tax dollars to train those put out of work. I hate to break it to the good Senator, but McDonalds isnt hiring.
>Oh yeah, she forgot all about discussing the TPP. I understand, it's a minor thing.
>If I got off track about, please set me straight.
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)I understand that only about four chapters of the TPP are actually about trade.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Sounds like the kind of stuff most of us get from our Reps in reply...but then...I stopped bothering with them.
It sounds like at least she TRIED to give her "position" and there's enough there to counter...but...I don't believe they listen anymore ....unless you had more than the rest of us could afford to donate.
But...she did put the "Talking Points Out There." More than the rest of us get in our Southern US States when we contact our Reps where we get a three paragraph of TP's geared to telling us to "STFU."
So..
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Samantha
(9,314 posts)so it can easily be used to respond to many inquiries.
Sam
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)what ?. what job can you get now to replace the one congress let get moved overseas, what job can retrain yourself for that cant get moved overseas. how do you pay back a student loan like that, at 55, working for minimum wage.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Mass
(27,315 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Sparky 1
(400 posts)Cantwell voted YES on CAFTA, even though many of us wrote her and begged her not to. She'll vote YES on TPP too, no matter what we say.
My dang (new) rep is also being wishy-washy about this. I campaigned for her and will not again unless she votes NO.
Have you heard from Patty Murray on this?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Sparky 1
(400 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Patty Murray requires minimum damage to my nose but Cantwell has put a lot of strain on it.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)as this "free trade" bullshit seems to be ingrained in our state's success, economically. It's a real shame, as I do like them both (Patty, especially, spoken with her several times about vet's issues) but neither woman appears to be prepared to upset the fruit basket, where the TPP is concerned, and act like it's the party line to enact it.
Write to both of them, try and talk it over, if possible, so they learn that many of us, their constituents, are not pleased with their stance.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)I do respond to their votes on issues that concern me. They'll be hearing from me on TPP.