Op-ed:
More Problems in the Form of
the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on CPR Worldwide Media
cprworldwidemedia.net
Point blank...our beloved America is in trouble...big trouble...as
scandal after scandal concerning this administration rock us to our very
core. And on top of the ever-growing list of scandals we have insult
after insult being lobbed at Israel...America's closest ally NOT only in
the Middle East but in the world. And the latest is Obama's recently
telling a meeting of American Jewish leaders that he will NOT meet with
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until after a nuclear agreement with
Iran is reached, and we know why. Why...because Barack HUSSEIN Obama
fears such a meeting would have Netanyahu rightfully and in public
calling to task his failed Middle-East policies thus jeopardizing his
sell-out and capitulation to his fellow islamists in Iran.
But the
insult of all insults is Uncle Joe 'Bite-Me' Biden last week attending a
reception in recognition of Israel’s Independence Day and having the
unmitigated gall to say that,
“No president has ever done more to
protect Israel’s security than President Barack Obama.” Does 'Uncle Joe'
really think we're all as stupid and gullible as he is...I mean really.
And if the Obama administration's recent actions and words against
America's closest ally was NOT bad enough...and if Hillary's many scandals do NOT add even more insult to injury...now coming to light is that
'We the People' and our beloved country were screwed yet again by this
man's policies and politics...and true to form the media is trying its
best to make sure it's all kept hush-hushed.
And, sadly, it's a screwing being aided by a Republican-controlled
Congress...most specifically the Senate Finance Committee...too afraid
of the race card being used against them to dare cross Obama or NOT give him what he wants.
So
to that affect on April 16, 2015, Congress, working through the Ways
& Means Committee, gave this most traitorous of all presidents
authority to unilaterally affect...to 'fast track'
*...international
trade agreements that would allow foreign corporations to sue the U.S.
government for actions that undermine their investment 'expectations'...as in their 'expected' but NOT proven future profits.
Known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
** Obama will have...once
this is passed...the full authority to move forward with final
negotiations on agreements that could lead to a major...and I mean
major...increase in the number of foreign workers coming into the U.S. and that in turn would allow for a corresponding possible loss of U.S.
sovereignty...possibly giving Obama, the U.N., or a
combination of both, complete control over U.S. immigration policy.
As if we do NOT have enough trouble with immigration as it is...as if
our economy and jobs numbers are NOT dismal enough...and now there is
but 90 'fast tracked' days for Congress to either approve or reject in
full this monstrosity...and know it will most assuredly pass as this
Congress has proven time and again that they do NOT have the courage nor the fortitude to stand strong
against Obama.
Remember, the TPP is akin to the other very 'questionable'
free trade agreements that were put into place...agreements like NAFTA
(the North American Free Trade Agreement where 700,000 American jobs
were lost); KFTA (Korean Free Trade Agreement where 70,000 jobs were
lost), and the PNTR with China (Permanent Normalized Trade Agreement
where 2.7 million American jobs were lost)...all being agreements that
forced American workers to compete with and then lose to low-wage workers world
wide.
And while it appears that the TPP is being touted to Congress as a
plan to strengthen U.S. economic presence in Asia, and with its for now
deliberate excluding China in this agreement, Obama is trying to make
the case that this deal would allow the U.S. an excuse to intervene in trade
disputes in the oil-rich South China Sea. But the ugly truth is that
the TPPs financial deregulation measures would actually allow giant,
multinational corporations...including oil mega-giants...to bypass our
country’s legal system thus negating any positives this deal might have once
had.
But NOT to be forgotten is that the TPP is NOT a treaty per se, meaning a
final 'yea' vote by Congress would result in agreements that could NOT
be amended, filibustered, or 'adjusted' by U.S. legislation. And with it
having NO expiration date this makes the TPP virtually impossible to be
either repealed or altered in any way without a consensus of all the
countries that agreed to it. In turn, simply put, this would allow the
TPP to easily become international law allowing American jobs and
production capacity to easily flow over towards other countries, while giving
Obama free reign to change our current immigration laws in regards to
employment as they are laid down in the agreements.
And did I mention that the TPP is being conducted under a cloak of
secrecy...par for the Obama regime of course...with members of Congress
who have seen the deal NOT allowed to disclose what’s in it and with the
rest of Congress having little information on the specifics they are
voting on yet they are voting on it anyway...shades of the ObamaCare
vote come back to haunt and we know well how that worked out for us now don't we.
And with the media helping to spread Obama's lie that the TPP will
increase trade and generate new jobs for Americans, the fact is that
NOTHING could be farther from the truth as the TPP actually...like the other
above mentioned free trade agreements...favors foreign workers over
higher paid American workers because it directly allows for even more
outsourcing of jobs than there currently is by its undercutting of
worker rights; its dismantling of Americans labor laws along with
environmental, health (TPP will make prescription generic drugs more expensive and less available), food safety, and financial laws (like the 'Buy
American' laws that require the federal government to buy goods and
services that are made in America or mostly made in this country); plus it
brings American job growth and much needed export growth to a virtual
stand still: and this is extremely critical...the TPP allows foreign
corporations to challenge our laws in international tribunals instead of
in our court system...and we all know how international tribunals tend
to be decidedly anti-American in their decisions.
So while Congress can still say 'nay' to the entire deal when the final vote
is taken I would NOT count on it as they have gone back on all their
promises made to 'We the People' to date...remember they just confirmed
Loretta Lynch (Eric Holder in a skirt)...making the dangers TPP poses to
America second in their eyes to Obama's wishes.
Sad isn't it and sadder still is that Congress is now 'red.'
But there is an unexpected surprise here as even some Democrats are
having problems with the TPP, most specifically with its labor standards
specifications, along with the extent to which said standards will be
enforceable. Remember, Democrats and organized labor want the TPP to
force compliance with the International Labor Organization standards,
which apparently will NOT be the case. So if TPP adopts weak or
unenforceable labor requirements, American jobs and production would
funnel over towards other countries in the trade pact more quickly than
expected, and that will NOT sit well with the American voting public.
And both the Republicans and the Democrats know that for this agreement
to work that the TPP must address the currency issue itself, meaning the
U.S. dollar must remain strong comparative wise to the currencies of
the other TPP countries or there will be even more incentives for major
American companies to move offshore...as in to countries NOT part of the
TPP...where the government will use competitive devaluation as a tool
that will NOT be in our favor. And this issue has NOT been addressed at
all by anyone.
So the bottom line with the TPP is this...the Trans-Pacific Partnership
as it now stands is a bad idea for this country NOT because the basic
concept of free trade is in and of itself such a terrible idea, but
because Barack HUSSEIN Obama in his capacity as president had the chance
to protect the American worker from the harm...as in the loss of jobs...he
knew would come from this agreement. And that along with the
fact that he completely turned his back on the chance to work with the
majority of Republicans who support congressional action regarding more
spending on worker training and infrastructure programs that help to
ensure economic growth here at home by tying it to the TPP...just proves
that as always what's good for America will always NOT be good for
Obama or for his anti-America agenda.
And with Mr. 'I Will Fundamentally Transform America' that truth is plain for all to see.
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* Once this fast-track is enacted, only the Senate Finance Committee or
House Ways & Means Committee can derail it by reverting it back to a
60-vote requirement before the final vote by negatively reporting out
the implementing language of TPP. But that resolution would NOT be
'privileged' meaning House Speaker John Boehner or Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell could simply decline to bring it for a floor vote, thus
keeping the 'fast track' in place. And sadly, both are in favor of TPP being
the good little RINOS that they are.
** The TPP nations are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan,
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S., and Vietnam.
We decent Americans are bombarded with lies, libeled, and
subjected to petty (and, increasingly, not so petty) tyrannies by
government flunkies. At every turn, liberals and their suck-ups in the
media and academia seek to delegitimize our interests, concerns, and
opinions. They want us to submit, to take the easy way out, to just go
along. Our fate, they decree, is cultural and political dhimmitude. 
