Herm @ 23/1/2017 12:55

I'm talking about Igor's Executive Order thing.

Ah ok. (Not implying that I am by any means smarter than you by responding to this haha) Then your comments were spot on. An executive order isn't like a bill that needs to be signed--it's basically an directive from the president that has the force of law, so it doesn't need to go through Congress.

You can be smarter than me econimically, mathematically and politically if you want. The rest I keep lol.

LOL mathematically... if only you knew.

Herm you're European so by default you have a leg up on all of those.

A good ELI5 on the TPP:
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3nl4sz/eli5_the_transpacific_partnership_deal/cvp5gid/

"Tl;dr the TPP puts local industries at risk, threatens jobs, attacks your privacy, and you may be looking at paying more for important medications (either directly or through your government). It's being sold as lower prices and better standards across the board, but lower prices are meaningless by themselves - purchasing power is what you really want - and there is no guarantee that standards need to be raised instead of lowered."

It's basically a circlejerk for large corporations to fuck everyone.

Speaking of Europe:

@Merc: This sounds pretty one sided and probably a big oversimplification on a complex issue, though I'm sure there are valid points there. I don't think it's a black/white thing i.e. yes it's good or no it's bad

It does kinda suck that it seems to be like an all or nothing type deal

Igor @ 23/1/2017 12:32

@Merc: This sounds pretty one sided and probably a big oversimplification on a complex issue, though I'm sure there are valid points there. I don't think it's a black/white thing i.e. yes it's good or no it's bad It does kinda suck that it seems to be like an all or nothing type deal

It should be 1000 different deals, instead of one colossal one.

I remember reading about tens of ridiculous things included in the TPP.

More importantly, how many more executive orders does Trump need to sign before he gets to Executive Order 66?

Herm @ 23/1/2017 12:53

More importantly, how many more executive orders does Trump need to sign before he gets to Executive Order 66?

65?

Maddie S. @ 23/1/2017 14:22

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193 I doubt this is going to make it out of committee, but this would be a disaster.

holy shit

Maddie S. @ 23/1/2017 15:24

Speaking of Europe:

this is so great

The way I hear the TPP explained by an economist who sounded really smart.

The TPP would cost each American like $7.50 over the next 5 years TOTAL

From year 5 to year 30 it would gain each American $1,000 in value over those 25 years.

So the way i took it is, its KIND OF a shitty deal in the very short term but an AMAZING deal in the long term.