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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sen Sanders Says No to TPP – Why Do Conservative Dems Say Yes? - Part 1 [View all]
Why are some Democrats willing to look the other way?
1. TPP will allow corporations to outsource even more jobs overseas.
2. U.S. sovereignty will be undermined by giving corporations the right to challenge our laws before international tribunals.
3. Wages, benefits, and collective bargaining will be threatened.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
5. Food Safety Standards will be threatened.
6. Buy America laws could come to an end.
7. Prescription drug prices will increase, access to life saving drugs will decrease, and the profits of drug companies will go up.
8. Wall Street would benefit at the expense of everyone else.
9. The TPP would reward authoritarian regimes like Vietnam that systematically violate human rights.
10. The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal.
2. U.S. sovereignty will be undermined by giving corporations the right to challenge our laws before international tribunals.
3. Wages, benefits, and collective bargaining will be threatened.
4. Our ability to protect the environment will be undermined.
5. Food Safety Standards will be threatened.
6. Buy America laws could come to an end.
7. Prescription drug prices will increase, access to life saving drugs will decrease, and the profits of drug companies will go up.
8. Wall Street would benefit at the expense of everyone else.
9. The TPP would reward authoritarian regimes like Vietnam that systematically violate human rights.
10. The TPP has no expiration date, making it virtually impossible to repeal.
This information came from Sen Sanders. Support Sen Sanders opposition of the TTP here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/stop-the-tpp
Please contact your Senators and tell them to side with Sen Sanders and vote no on the TTP.
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Sen Sanders Says No to TPP – Why Do Conservative Dems Say Yes? - Part 1 [View all]
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
OP
Because "Conservative Dem" is an oxymoron. If you know what I mean, and I think you do. n/t
djean111
Jan 2015
#1
Yes I do know what you mean. Democratic principles are not conservative principles. nm
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#7
I am starting to think that "principles" are very few and far between, in politics.
djean111
Jan 2015
#8
Oh, I can certainly see that. It is clear to me that, while campaigning is, in our fucked-up
djean111
Jan 2015
#15
A conservative dem is a republican. Just like there is no such thing as a Liberal republican.
Autumn
Jan 2015
#2
Correct. That's why they come up with all these names for democrats who act like something else.
TheNutcracker
Jan 2015
#10
Because the two Parties are very different. Our tent is very big and we let just about
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#4
I often wondered why we don't do that. But actual Dems would find it very hard to pretend
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#5
They SHOULD ignore this thread. This forum is supposed to be a "safe haven" for DU's left.
merrily
Jan 2015
#13
There are no conservative Democrats - just Republicans gaming weak Democrats...
whereisjustice
Jan 2015
#9