Comments on: John Key & National ram through TPPA minus any real scrutiny

By: Jackp

Jackp — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:46:36 +0000

In reply to Helena. Key is part of that group you mentioned. He came from no where to become Prime Minister, puts New Zealand in the highest debt in the history of the country (5 billion went offshore last year to pay the interest only), sells our assets, opens the borders, outsources our trains and ships shutting down our manufacturing, borrow money for roads going nowhere, and now allows foreign U.S. conglomerates to take over our sovereignty. He is part of those you have mentioned and he is protected by main stream media. Britex, Donald Trump as POTUS, and let's hope Key and his neoliberals go the same way as Hiltery Clinton.

By: Helena

Helena — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:55:34 +0000

In reply to Frank Macskasy. Trump wins. Clinton Foundation emails blow elite out of the water who exit stage left thru Nazi Antarctica base to their Black Ops site on Mars courtesy of free flights from US Secret Space Programme or maybe Solar Wardens; TPPA amended by Chinese who already own US; and NZ continues on pretending the world just is what we see.

By: Frank Macskasy

Frank Macskasy — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 19:49:13 +0000

In reply to Nick.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if either of them (Trump or Clinton) tinker with the draft, then re-present the TPPA to Congress as an improved trade deal;

“There. It’s all fixed,” said Trump-Clinton, to his/her gobsmacked supporters.

If the TAB is taking bets, I’ll put a hundred bucks on it.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 03:55:29 +0000

Relax. The TPPA has zero chance in the present climate in the States. Trump is all about trade barriers and Hillary has to start mending fences.

No, you can all celebrate as we usher in a new age where we are forced to sign up for the CTPEE. (Chinese Trans-Pacific Economic Empire).

That’ll certainly give the corporations and the banks and our economic independence one in the eye!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 07:34:35 +0000

Typically National interprets lack of submissions as evidence that most people are happy with the deal.
Self delusions abound with this government.

By: Strypey

Strypey — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:47:55 +0000

Before anyone accuses CountryBoy of some kind of “anti-semitic conspiracy theory” for pointing out the role of the banks in all this (this strawman was used a lot during Occupy to shout down structural critiques of the banking system), just consider what we’ve learned about the way the multinational banks funnel capital into fossil fuel projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline (see the Yes! magazine article by Bill McKibben). Regardless of the ethnicity (or religion) of any person involved in the banking industry, the banks are the beating heart of the ecocidal industrial system. Changing the way investment works (eg peer-to-peer lending, savings pools, crowdfunding) is as important as changing the way international trade works (eg restoring local sovereignty, moving structural barriers to economic relocalization).

By: LOSTRELIC

LOSTRELIC — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:26:02 +0000

The timeline is designed purely to send a message to Washington that….. the New Zealand government is begging, pleading, and out-right whimpering to be f***ed up the arse by U.S. corporations. “Please! We have land, we have sheep! Take it all, we’ll suppress the population for you! Please! Please! Touch me! Colonize me! PLEASE!”

(Sorry for the metaphor, but the situation is sickening.)

By: Kim dandy

Kim dandy — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 03:39:58 +0000

Thanks Jane for the information update.
As someone who has never voted National, this ramming through of the TPP makes my blood boil – especially when THEY KNOW the majority of New Zealanders oppose it. As suggested in other blogs, yes it is very dictorial behaviour – the whole process has been as such.
With a Trump or Clinton presidency looming, I cannot foresee any good coming from the US in the near future. My only hope is New Zealanders ( ignore all the bribes ) see JK and his cronies for what they are and vote them out in 2017. I know it won’t solve the problem, but it will certainly help.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 01:12:17 +0000

In reply to Helena. Oh for goodness sake. How did this cabal of ludicrous conspiracy theorists get their hooks into this blogsite? I challenge anyone to read Helena's link without rolling your eyes and waving your hands ineffectually in the air.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:10:44 +0000

In reply to jane kelsey. Thanks for the updates - you are greatly appreciated Jane.