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[–] thcinc 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's all being done behind closed doors in secret with the backing of the biggest corporations and a lot of lobbying. The only parts the public have seen have been leaked via wikileaks, so even if you wanted to know all the possible problems you're not able to read it. What has been revealed so far is that it allows corporations these so called "multinationals" to have legal grounds to sue nations that dont conform to their interests.

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[–] wearethemusicmakers [S] 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

All legislation is developed behind closed doors. And why shouldn't companies be able to sue governments. I really don't get all the hysteria.

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[–] thcinc 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

well my reply conformed to your request to be within 2-4 sentences, so of course a short answer leaves a lot unanswered questions. Ill pick one point to elaborate on to hopefully get you interested in researching any questions you might have. In regards to corporations/companies being able to sue governments, the terms of the policy allow not any company but only "multinationals" (companies in many countries, so only the big players) to sue governments for any losses in "expected future profits".

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[–] tchouk 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Your question and the answers in this thread seem to be very disingenuous. You most likely are a TPP supporter trying to manipulate people to your point of view instead of outright saying why you support it.

To address your first point: legislation is very much open to public debate before anyone votes on anything and bills become law. Granted, the actual drafts are created in private, but these drafts are made publicly available when the time comes to discuss them in Congress.

This is clearly not the case with this trade agreement.

Just as clearly, the consequences of this agreement will be no less important than some of the laws passed by government.

This by itself is reason enough to be vehemently against this treaty.

However, it goes deeper than that because the treaty obviously favors large corporations. By itself, outside of context, this is not a bad thing. But you are an idiot if you don't consider context, and the context is that the current economic situation in the US is already very heavily imbalanced and the imbalance 100% favors large corporations and their owners to the detriment of the working "middle class" person.

More of the same is 100% not going to improve this imbalance. Trying more of the same to to improve this imbalance -- and I believe it does have to be improved -- is the very definition of insanity.

So either the people backing this treaty are insane or they are interested in further screwing the economic balance from the middle class in favor of corporate interests. Logically, it follows that most of the "common" people will be against this.

Since you yourself seem to be a proponent of the treaty, you are probably one of four things: 1. Not a middle class common person -- this means you wouldn't really understand our opposition in the first place 2. You are insane -- which means you should probably get help instead of posting here 3. You are a masochist and want the economic imbalance to screw you over -- See above 4. You are being payed to shill -- in which case I'm sorry you have to earn your living doing this