WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange knows more about the contents of the TPP than most members of Congress and is doing much more to inform the American public than any of our so-called representatives with the lone exception of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). He has no restrictions other than his politically-motivated confinement to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on his freedom to disclose the truth to the world and he is sounding the alarm.
Assange
described it in a “Democracy Now” interview as being “not formally classified
but being treated as if it is classified in terms of how the information is
being managed.” He says, “It is very well-guarded from the press and the
majority of people and even from Congressman, but 600 U.S. companies are part
of the process and have been given access to various parts of the TPP.”
He
continues, “It’s the largest ever international economic treaty that has ever
been negotiated. Very, considerably larger than NAFTA, it is mostly not about
trade. Only five of the twenty-nine chapters are about traditional trade. The
others are about regulating the Internet. Internet service providers have to
collect information; they have to hand it over to companies under certain
circumstances. It’s about regulating labor, what labor conditions can be
applied, regulating whether you can favor a local industry, regulating the
hospital health care system, privatization of hospitals.”
“Essentially
every aspect of the modern economy,” says Assange, “even banking services, are
in the TPP. So that is erecting and embedding a new, ultra-modern neo-liberal
structure in U.S. law and in the laws of the other countries that are
participating.”
Assange
notes that because it is in a treaty form, it is “very hard to overturn,”
requiring agreement of the other nations involved. He gives examples of how
this will most certainly be abused if it’s approved and points out that the
enhanced ability to sue and intimidate governments only applies to the large,
multinational corporations. Corporations owned and operated solely within the
United States are at a disadvantage in that regard to the unconstitutional
advantages provide to the multinationals.
He
addresses the chilling effect of intimidation and the wide ranging impact it
will have as a result of threatened lawsuits, from the prospect of the legal
expenses alone.
This
treaty is the antithesis of what America is built upon. It’s no surprise that
the global Marxist Obama is its greatest champion. What is surprising is that
Republicans are his most vocal and ardent cheerleaders.
There’s
a stench rising from the McConnell / Boehner Congress. That’s what treason
smells like.
Rick Wells is a conservative writer
who recognizes that our nation, our Constitution and our traditions are under a
full scale assault from multiple threats.
Comments
The US government is the greatest threat to
our economy. If TPP passes, we’re sunk.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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