<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">A Congressman’s letter to constituents hits almost every USTR talking point on Fast Track. See side-by-side opposing views, fisked into this online version. <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.thestand.org/2015/05/fast-track-responding-to-the-response/">http://www.thestand.org/2015/05/fast-track-responding-to-the-response/</a></div><div><br></div><div>We’ve all seen letters like this:</div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p><em>Dear ______,</em></p><p><em>Thank you for contacting me about President Obama’s trade agenda. ……. </em></p></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>One counter-point:</div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Any time a proponent of TPP tells you about exports without mentioning
imports, he or she is hiding half the story from you. It’s like saying,
“You give me $5 and I’ll give you $3. Boy, did you get a heck of a deal
by getting $3!!! We should congratulate each other for negotiating that
deal. Let’s do it again. You give me $5 and I’ll give you $3. Now you
have $6. You’re doing great!”</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div>Stan Sorscher</div><div><a href="mailto:stans@speea.org">stans@speea.org</a></div><div>206 255 4393</div></span>
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