The following is presented as a counter to Obama ad-Dajjal's moronic defense of the TPP:
“The TPP, along with the WTO [World Trade Organization] and NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement], is the most brazen corporate power grab in American history,” Ralph Nader told me when I reached him by phone in Washington, D.C. “It allows corporations to bypass our three branches of government to impose enforceable sanctions by secret tribunals. These tribunals can declare our labor, consumer and environmental protections [to be] unlawful, non-tariff barriers subject to fines for noncompliance. The TPP establishes a transnational, autocratic system of enforceable governance in defiance of our domestic laws.”
You can read the rest, including Chris Hedge's assessment, @
http://www.alternet.org/economy/chris-hedges-tpp-most-brazen-corporate-power-grab-american-history
TPP signals the end of the republic and the brutal imposition of a market state. The realization that our nation is being openly destroyed by "our" own elected and appointed officials is mind boggling. It is just a matter of time until our social safety net is completely removed.
Then what?
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