THANK YOU DEMOCRATS!!!

I never thought I'd be thanking the Democrats, but they showed some rare patriotic Americanism yesterday; they defied Obama's demagoguery on the issue and participated in voting town the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal, (TPP).  In a 302-126 vote, the House killed a worker aid bill that was tied to the president's main agenda item...legislation that would give Obama "fast-track" authority to negotiate trade deals.  

At the behest of Obama and his cohorts, details of the legislation were kept hidden from the public, just like the infamous details of the ObamaCare bill.  We'd have to "pass it to know what's in it."  Most Congressmen and Senators had no time to read the Bill when it finally came up for a vote.  House Republican leaders, who have been Obama's biggest supporters on the trade issue, said after the vote they could try again next week.  "We are not done with it," House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said. "We need to finish this job."  That is their stance regardless of the fact that Americans are opposed to it. 

The legislation included no meaningful protections against currency manipulation by some of America's trading partners, whose actions have ruined millions of middle class jobs.  It seems to me that we should be concentrating on resolving our own economic problems, problems that have been exacerbated by the continuing flow of American jobs to other countries.  We should also be changing our tax laws and business regulations to encourage American corporations to bring their overseas investment dollars back into the country, thereby creating more jobs in all sectors of the economy.  

The proposed trade deal would not, in my opinion, improve things in the country one damned bit. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.