Quote from: Solar on June 13, 2015, 02:33:43 PM
Excellent point Key! Do they know something about the economy 99.999% of the world is not privy to?

Oh my!   That never occurred to me.   

Very scary thought!

Quote from: Solar on June 13, 2015, 02:33:43 PM
Excellent point Key! Do they know something about the economy 99.999% of the world is not privy to?

Think Greece!  We may be headed for the same situation and if so, they don't want the panic.  Look at all the speculation concerning the banks and predictions made by that guy who predicted the last fall.  It is something that has them all scared. 

Hey, people, let's not start acting like liberals believing any rhetoric out there expressed to us by the main stream media.

The claim that the text of the trade agreement bill, and associated amendments such as TPA is being withheld from public view simply is not true.  Anyone can simply go to the Library of Congress site, and look up the status, text, actions, amendments, etc. of any active piece of legislation.

For instance, the main bill, the Trade Act of 2015, is H.R. 1314. You can read ALL about it in its full glory here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1314

Click on any of the tabs for the information you want, be it the full text of the bill in its current status, full text of previous versions, the text and status of any and/or all proposed amendments, etc.

And try to remember, the media is NOT our friend when it comes to understanding what the gents a dot-gov have planned for us.

Quote from: Solar on June 13, 2015, 02:33:43 PM
Excellent point Key! Do they know something about the economy 99.999% of the world is not privy to?

I've heard of insider trading... but damn!!!!!

Did either one read it?

Quote from: The Boo Man... on June 13, 2015, 10:22:26 PM
Did either one read it?

Cruz did and I side with his views.

Historically, since FDR virtually every president has had fast track authority. What fast track provides is simply if a free trade agreement is negotiated, that Congress will vote on it up or down without amendments and history has demonstrated for the last 80 years that the only way to get free trade agreements adopted is to have fast track. That if there is no fast track, free trade agreements do not end up being negotiated.

TPA is what the Senate voted on recently. I voted in favor of fast track because I support free trade. I think free trade benefits America. It creates jobs — opening markets to our farmers, to our ranchers, to our manufacturers, improves economic growth. In Texas alone, roughly 3 million jobs depend on international trade.

And if you support free trade, the only way history has shown free trade agreements get negotiated is through fast track.

Now there is a second issue which has caused a great deal of confusion and that is TPP...it is one specific trade deal that is being negotiated. It is separate from TPA. Congress has not voted on TPP, and there's a great deal of concern about TPP.

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/06/12/cruz-support-for-the-tpa-doesnt-mean-approval-for-the-trade-agreement/

Quote from: taxed on June 13, 2015, 09:25:21 PM
I've heard of insider trading... but damn!!!!!

Makes ya wonder, don't it?