Learn why globalists trade deals are NOT about free trade.
In a related article we also note that the DHS is caught busing in illegal Somalis from Mexican border. The U.S. is bringing in 100,000 Muslims (coming from Somalia and other African nations) every year through legal channels such as the United Nations refugee program and various visa programs. Also see Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. seeks to unlock secret U.N. refugee program into U.S. as well as Coming to America: Conservative Christian Identification Act.
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PUSH FOR BAD TRADE DEAL
from Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com)
These globalists trade deals are not about free trade—they’re about creating globalist legal mandates in favor of insider corporations that overrule national sovereignty. That’s the reason the text to the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) is over 800 pages long and locked up tighter than a drum. Breitbart covered Sen. Rand Paul’s comments about the secret text:
Rand Paul—an opponent of the secretive Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Pacific Rim trade deal Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—went inside the secret room inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning to read the TPP text and told Breitbart News exclusively afterwards that he believes President Barack Obama should make it public now.
The deal’s text is kept in a room behind double doors that each have signs: “No Public Or Media Beyond This Point.” “It’s done like you’re going in to read a classified briefing though it’s not actually ‘classified.’ It’s called ‘confidential,’” Paul and his legal staff spent about 45 minutes in the room reading the deal’s text.
When asked for some of the details that are inside the TPP agreement, Paul said he’s not allowed to tell us that. But he did say the secret trade deal that his Kentucky colleague, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wants to rush through the Senate is about 800 pages long. He added he plans to seek additional information from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office—including a briefing from them—and suspects thatthe text he read isn’t even the final version of the deal.[I’m sure that is true].
You can’t possibly read and digest the detailed legal wording of 800 pages in 45 minutes. The devil is in the details, and you can bet (like the PATRIOT Act or Obamacare) we find out how damaging the fine print is after it passes.
Despite some Democratic opposition, the TPP fast track authority finally passed the Senate yesterday, and moves on to the House. I think this is a “won’t take ‘no’ for an answer” type of legislation for the globalists. The IB Times covers the terrible “horse trading” that went on by Sen. Majority Leader (“sellout”) Mitch McConnell:
Senate Democrats reached a deal with Republicans Wednesday to move forward on U.S. President Barack Obama’s fast-track trade agenda, one day after pro-trade Senators stalled the bill by blocking debate, according to Politico and Roll Call. In exchange for their support on a vote for the fast-track trade authority, Democrats will get separate votes on two related bills on currency manipulation and duty-free status to U.S. imports of goods from certain sub-Saharan African countries.
“We have to take some of these votes separately or we kill the underlying legislation,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., according to Politico. “It’s reasonable and I look forward to our colleagues from across the aisle joining with us.” McConnell worked with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on the deal, which Reid called “fair,” according to Roll Call. [Yes, fair for the establishment but not fair to American sovereignty.]
Paul said he thinks the “secretive” process hurts the “cause” of TPA and TPP advocates, and is calling on the Obama administration to publicly release the deal’s details before future votes on the matter in the U.S. Senate. “You’d think they have something to hide.”
Exactly and they do! Rand Paul should complain more forthrightly about it, but he’s too busy trying to be accommodating. I’m glad the secrecy hurts the process and I hope it makes it a lot more unpopular. Obviously they have a lot to hide by keeping it secret.
Paul, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, stands alongside most of the rest of the field in opposition to Obamatrade. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina compared the secretive process to Obamacare’s passage in the early days of this president’s administration. Dr. Ben Carson also called for more transparency, as did Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is concerned with the deal’s impacts on American workers.
On the other side, Sens. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are in favor of the deal—even though it’s unclear if either has, like Paul now has, visited the secret room to read the text. Both could. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry are also in favor of the deal, but wouldn’t be allowed through the doors to read it.
Sen. Ted Cruz did have one amendment to offer which is needed. He’s rightly concerned that the TPP will overturn all our restrictions on illegal immigration, and allow free movement of workers within the TPP partnership, exactly as happened in Europe. As Howard Richman said,
Good luck on the RINOs and Dems backing Cruz's amendment. Worse yet, the Republicans supported no public debate and transparency concerning the treaty. This treaty they voted for was not read by most of the Senate Republicans, who voted for the fast track authority provided the White House.
In brief, they can also say they did not know the free flow of workers between the 12 member countries was in the treaty, although Senator Sessions fairly warned them there was a backdoor provision in the treaty for illegal immigrants/workers to continue pouring in bypassing Congress' authority over immigration.
The Senate Republicans just voted for their demise and ultimately the end of the Republican Party, because many more of the Treaty related new arrivals will be voting Dem than Republican. Obviously, the international bankers are now running the show and control the nation's capitol via free trade/treaties that override U.S. Rule of Law.
