Lethal wrote: <h1 style="padding-bottom: 8px;" id="watch-line-title" ="yt"><span style="vertical-align: top;" id="eow-title" ="watch-title long-title " dir="ltr" title="What is the TPPA, and what does it mean for New Zealand?">What is the TPPA, and what does it mean for New Zealand?</span></h1> http://www.itsourfuture.org.nz/what-is-the-tppa/ <h5>Huge Impact on Kiwis</h5> Our government is negotiating an international agreement that could have a huge effect on the lives of ordinary kiwis. It’s called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), and it involves eleven Asian and Pacific-rim countries, including the United States. If it goes ahead, we risk damage to our innovative economy, our pristine environment, our health, and the ability to shape our own future. learn more at http://www.itsourfuture.org.nz.

Your wasting your time Lethal. There are so many "steady as she goes" National supporters around that anything done under its rule can not be wrong/harmful. Having said that I believe labour started the process. However National are pushing for it with extreme vigour. All under the guise of making life easier/safer for you and me of course. Labour laws, the RMA and security are just three of things being overhauled to make the TPPA implementation easier and painless for corporates. All but one section focuses on corporate rights. One only on trade. Not bad for a "Trade agreement". You will also have noticed the complicit "steady as she goes" media has been extremely quiet on this subject. In fact their silence has been deafening.

Yup and thats just one aspect of it, its incredible how little media coverage an agreement that carries so much weight has been given
REVOLT
Scariest thing national will achieve this term

Yep. there is talk also that we will have to move back to region specific DVDs and associated players. Parallel importing will be a no no.
Hey "steady as she goes" will see us right. So do not worry. I am sure they know what they are doing. Whether it is for the majorities benefit is debatable.
Although to watch your fave overseas fishing show you may need to pay for a reasonable VPN. If you are allowed to of course.

funny thing, i don't know anyone who voted national. not a single one.

Kevin.S wrote: Maybe you just don't know anyone who will admit to it CJ, I was under the impression plenty here did.

there was a conversation at work the other day. and a couple people were unusually quiet!

national talks about reds under the bed(labour party)but this tppa is form of control,but instead of communist it is big corporations squeezing out the little guys rights to choose where or who he deals with,whether it be online purchases from india(as "lethal"said about pills)to be forced to deal with pharmac and pay exorbitant prices.

yeah well that is a worry when you think about some of the vaccines this country buys cheep from other countries which are not truly tested or have some side effects which might-en happen when taken,
i wouldnt take half the stuff this Goverment brings in for the benefit of our health,

had a mate how was on his death bed so close to dieing it was not funny,
now he had the money and a mate in high places who suggested he see this Doctor head of the Greenlane Hospital, he said i have an injection here for you at $1500 bucks a pop that will see you right, you will need at least 8 shots over a coarse of a couple of weeks,
$10,000 later he was like a new man,
you get what i mean though the Governments are willing to let you go if it means the cost of bring you back from the dead is too high...
it really sucks after all why do you pay all these fees and Tax's for, just to be let down because your over the hill or too expensive to save...