One Million Anti-TPP Petitions Delivered to Congress

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35038-one-million-anti-tpp-petitions-delivered-to-congress

As representatives of the TPP countries meet in New Zealand to officially sign the trade deal, its prospects of going into effect remain uncertain at best. The pact does not enjoy majority support in Congress, and changes that some members are demanding are strongly opposed by other TPP nations. No U.S. presidential candidate polling over five percent in any state supports the deal. At a press conference today, speakers addressed the failings of the TPP, and the political environment surrounding the deal.

“The American people have been left out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership from the beginning and the results show. From an ISDS process that allows foreign corporations to overrule our domestic rule of law, to unenforceable labor and environmental protections, to no protections against currency manipulation, this deal helps the corporate class while selling out working Americans and their families. The American people deserve a better future that empowers our middle class and domestic economy; that protects people and our planet,” said Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02).

“The TPP agreement is toxic, and the American people are not buying it,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “Working people are determined to end the era of corporate trade deals that lower our wages and kill our jobs. To all those on the ballot in 2016, we have a simple message: either you’re with us or against us.”

Debbie Sease, Senior Lobbying and Advocacy Director, Sierra Club, had the following to say at the event, “Signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership puts our economy and our climate on the line. Congress should reject the toxic trade deal and build a new model of trade that puts the health and safety of people before the profits of big polluters.”

[daleanime]

1. K&R.....

[awoke_in_2003]

2. And they won't matter a damn

because over half of congress will profit from its passage

[jillan]

3. If we can't make them listen to us now - maybe they'll hear us in November.

[Hydra]

4. Nope, all we can hope is that it doesn't get pushed through this year

And that the next President will have no taste for it.

Huh...that could be why the WH is panicking at this point.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. If he doesn't get it passed

He may not get the big speaking fees that Cliinton has enjoyed.

[Hydra]

6. Nah, he's set for life, possibly adopted by the Bush family like the Clintons

But this is an important thing to get through if they can- as important as privatizing SSI would have been had Shrub managed to get that through. We can expect a big push for it, and we'll need to push back.