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TPP is not irreversible - it's just that by reversing it, consumers will again suffer the hardships associated to non-free trade, just as they currently suffer
by yummyfajitas 11y ago
TPP is not irreversible - it's just that by reversing it, consumers will again suffer the hardships associated to non-free trade, just as they currently suffer them now.
Lots of laws are "irreversible" in that regard. For example, Obamacare is irreversible because if we reverse it, the people currently receiving wealth transfers will suffer in the exact same way they suffered prior to Obamacare. Does this mean Obamacare is a "one-way transfer of power" and somehow anti-democratic?
- nmrm2 11y ago> TPP is not irreversible I hypothesize that for many signatory nations, it is de facto irreversible. > just as they currently suffer them now. Obviously I don't have the text, but it would be surprising if TPP contained no punitive clauses for openly flaunting the agreement. > Does this mean Obamacare is a "one-way transfer of power" and somehow anti-democratic? No. The "transfer of power" bit is the part that TPP and AFA don't have in common. It is the combination of a law that would be overly costly to change together with a transfer of sovereign power that makes TPP anti-democratic. Either one without the other is fine.
- yummyfajitas 11y agoObviously I don't have the text, but it would be surprising if TPP contained no punitive clauses for openly flaunting the agreement. Punitive clauses are unenforceable insofar as they extend beyond "if you tariff us we'll tariff you back". Obamacare transfers sovereign power to various unelected agencies (e.g. HHS) as well. I guess you now agree that Obamacare is an anti-democratic measure?