The Conservative Party rejects both the process and certain key provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, aka ObamaTrade. The secrecy and heavy-handed manner in which this monstrosity is being pushed by Obama and the GOP leadership should give all Americans pause.
We also wonder what in God’s name has happened to the Republican Party. They repeatedly promised to repeal ObamaCare but funded it once they got re-elected. They swore to the heavens to stop Executive Amnesty but also funded that at their first budget opportunity. Now Republicans support a trade pact that 99% of them have not read and that, among other things, gives Obama the ability to manipulate immigration (legal & illegal) and the flow of cheap foreign labor without Congressional review.
While CP-USA obviously supports free trade, we reject TPP because the United States should not enter into any Treaty or enact any law the American people have not been able to read or debate. If the ObamaCare debacle taught us anything it’s that we should understand laws BEFORE enacting them.
We ask Mr. McConnell this simple question: If TPP is so good for America, then why keep the details locked in a dungeon under the Capitol building?
We ask Mr. Boehner this obvious question: If TPP is so good for American workers, then why was it necessary to craft a special Amendment that provides financial help for displaced American workers?
Conservatives have been scratching our collective heads in wonderment about why a socialist, anti-business President like Obama would suddenly embrace a Treaty championed by big business, the Chamber of Commerce and the French Republican establishment class. Why would he also ignore the pleas of his kindred liberals and labor unions upon whom Democrats depend? Most curious indeed!
But the hidden truth was leaked last week: Obama loves TPP because it allows him to legally skirt Congress (and the Courts) and import unlimited numbers of foreign workers if they are related to trade or services. TPP is really back-door Executive Amnesty. Sadly, the Republican Party also supports this charade because they are living in the back pockets of big business.
The GOP leadership is tone deaf on this issue and should not support a treaty that most Americans oppose on principle and its secrecy. TPP is not about free trade or fair trade. TPP is about giving major corporations the ability to by-pass American workers and the courts in favor of importing cheap foreign labor. And that is not god for America no matter how the GOP spins it.
We urge all Americans to reject ObamaTrade and make that known to their elected representatives. It’s time for all conservatives and Tea Party members to leave the GOP and JOIN the Conservative Party.
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H. Michael Hervey
Chairman
Conservative Party USA
hmhervey@cp-usa.org
Twitter: @cpartyusa_01
