[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Stop the TPP: Don't let this Democrat side with corporate lobbyists]

[agnes at mcn.org]

Friends,
Please send this to family and friends in Oregon. Tell them the trade deal
has no place for amendments and is anti-democratic,negotiations were held
in secret. The effects of the Trans pacific partnership Trade deal is
total corporate rule. Please read reasons below.
Thanks,
Agnes
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Subject: Stop the TPP: Don’t let this Democrat side with corporate
lobbyists
From:    "Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America"
<info at democracyforamerica.com>
Date:    Wed, February 18, 2015 12:51 pm
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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      Agnes --

   We've just learned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- the trade deal,
   negotiated in secret, that many are calling "NAFTA on steroids" -- may
   have an important new Democratic ally.

   Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is reportedly working with Republicans like Paul
   Ryan and Orrin Hatch to pass the TPP. Their goal: to grease the wheels to
   get the TPP through Congress without proper review or a chance to make any
   changes to the deal itself.

   As soon as next week, it appears that Senators Wyden and Hatch may
   introduce legislation giving the White House "fast track authority" that
   would limit Congressional power to review and fix the TPP.

   What Senator Wyden doesn't know is that we just got back polling, which
   we'll release on Thursday, that shows Oregonians don't want the TPP or
   fast track authority.

   In addition, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other progressive leaders have
   come out strongly against TPP and fast track. If Senator Wyden helps
   Republicans and a few Democrats succeed in giving the president this fast
   track authority, it will become much more difficult to stop the TPP.
   That's why we need to let Senator Wyden know we don't want him to cut this
   deal.

   [1]Sign DFA's petition before it's too late: Tell Sen. Ron Wyden to stand
   with Elizabeth Warren now and drop his potential legislation that would
   give the White House fast track authority on the Trans-Pacific
   Partnership.

   Corporate lobbyists are trying to jam this bad deal through Congress
   because they know that the American people won't like what's in it. So
   far, we know that the TPP will:

     * Make it easier to move jobs overseas and slash wages here at home
       (which is why many unions oppose it);
     * Roll back important environmental protections (which is why the Sierra
       Club opposes it);
     * Undermine Net Neutrality (which is why the Electronic Frontier
       Foundation opposes it);
     * Reverse regulations on tax giveaways to Wall Street banks (which is
       why Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders oppose it)

   Perhaps the worst thing about this secretly negotiated trade deal is that
   it actually allows multi-national corporations to sue the U.S. Government
   in special international tribunals to overturn ANY law Congress might pass
   that these corporations don't like. That's right, ANY regulation America
   passes could be overturned by an international tribunal.

   As the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden is in a
   key position. He can join corporations and Republicans to undermine
   opposition to the TPP. Or he can side with Elizabeth Warren and
   progressives from across America and drop his intention to give the White
   House fast track authority.

   [2]That's where you come in. Sign this DFA petition and tell Ron Wyden:
   Don't give the president fast track authority for the TPP.

   Thank you for taking a stand against this terrible deal, along with
   Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and the labor and environmental
   communities.

   - Charles

   Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director
   Democracy for America

   P.S. On Thursday, DFA will release new polling that shows Senator Wyden's
   constituents in Oregon don't want the TPP and don't want fast-track
   authority. Check your inbox on Thursday for more details.

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