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What does it mean to support “Fast Track” and the “Trans Pacific Partnership” (Etc.)?

To support Fast Track means:

“I believe government should operate behind my back, and should treat me like a child.  I do not deserve to participate in the decisions that determine my future, and my votes for political candidates should not really matter.”

To support the “TransPacific Partnership” means:

“I believe big business is more important and should have more rights than I do.  That capital (them, the one percent) should prevail over labor (me, the other 99 percent).”

To support either, or both, means:

“I am OK with ‘my’ elected officials betraying me.  I am not smart enough, or well-enough educated, to figure out where my interests lie, or what is really going on.  I am OK with President Obama acting like a Republican.”
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