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Economy Title: Rand Paul: Obamatrade Tax Hikes on Small Businesses Mean Republicans Should Oppose Revival Efforts Paul said when asked to react to an article from Breitbart News from late Sunday evening exposing the tax increase in the deal: Paul said he recommends all Republicans vote against TAA when Ryan and House GOP leadership bring it back up on Tuesday for an attempt to revive it after it embarrassingly failed 302-126 when they tried to pass TAA last week in the House. To send Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to President Obamas desk, TPA and TAA have to pass as a package. A bipartisan coalition formed to take down TAA last week, therefore temporarily killing Obamatrade as a wholebut House GOP leadership, at Ryans insistence, is going to try to change the game and pass TAA again on Tuesday despite the fact it raises taxes on small business. Leadership didnt tell any of the membersincluding the 86 Republicans who voted for TAA last weekthat they put the tax increase in the deal, so most of them who voted for it had no idea they were voting to violate a pledge they all made to Grover Norquists Americans for Tax Reform. Thats largely because leadership was so dead-set on trying to convince rank-and-file Republicans to grant Obama fast-track authority under TPAso that Obama can speed through at least three highly secretive trade deals, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)because the donor class wants open borders trade so badly. Most members who support TPA didnt even read the TPP text because its kept in a secretive room in the Capitol basement and only members can go in to read itand theyre only allowed to, in certain instances, bring staffers with high enough security clearances with them. TiSA and T-TIP text is not even available for members to read, so theres actually no way any member of Congress who supported TPA can know what it was they were actually voting for. Paul told Breitbart News: Paul said he expects the issue of Obamatrade to be a big deal on the 2016 campaign trail. Its already separated the field as Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and more oppose it. Sens. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (R-FL)and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bushamong others support it. Everywhere I go, people come up to me and say thank you for not giving the president more power thank you for voting against TPA, Paul said. So I think it does resonate with people, and well see how these things shake out, but it fits my message, because Ive been saying we gave the president too much power, and hes tried to grab too much power on immigration, healthcare, war power and now really with trade. Part of the checks and balances is having equal amounts of power with each branch of government can jealously guard their power and I think its a mistake to give too much power to the president. Thats why their decision to make the treaty classified makes me suspiciouswhen people are not allowed to read it. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
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