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TPP is a “trade” agreement between several Pacific-rim countries that is actually about much more than just trade. It will be sold as a trade agreement (because everyone knows that “trade” is good) but much of it appears to be (from what we know) a corporate end-run around things We, the People want to do to reign in the giant corporations — like Wall Street regulation, environmental regulation and corporate taxation.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) would really, really like it if the invisible free hand of the market would create some jobs in her district.