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Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« on: June 03, 2015, 12:32:24 AM »
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/05/28/julian_assange_on_tpp_only_5_of_29_sections_are_about_traditional_trade_essentially_every_aspect_of_a_modern_economy.html

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JULIAN ASSANGE, WIKILEAKS: First of all, it is the largest ever international economic treaty that has ever been negotiated, very considerably larger than NAFTA. It is mostly not about trade, only 5 of the 29 Chapters are about traditional trade.

The others are about regulating the internet, and what information internet service providers have to collect, they have to hand it over to companies under certain circumstances, the regulation of labor conditions, regulating the way you can favor local industry, regulating the hospital, health care system, privatization of hospitals, so essentially every aspect of a modern economy, even banking services are in the TPP.
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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2015, 08:10:20 AM »
But most folks will not bother to find out what's in it even after it's passed.

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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2015, 03:48:01 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on June 03, 2015, 08:10:20 AM
But most folks will not bother be allowed to find out what's in it even after it's passed.

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Fixed.
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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2015, 06:11:20 PM »
.And the republicans handed the power over to obama to get this deal done.
Still think we can vote our way to freedom?
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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2015, 06:31:36 PM »
The law? Or the agreement they are still working on


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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2015, 10:14:32 PM »
I hear WikiLeaks is crowdsourcing a reward to anybody who gets them a copy of the treaty as it is being discussed.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-02/americas-biggest-secret-wikileaks-raising-100000-reward-leaks-tpp

I'll kick in a buck or two, but only if  I can be guaranteed that NSA will know I did so.

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Re: Assange on TPP: it's not about trade
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2015, 02:03:43 AM »
We'll have to pass it to see what's in it.
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