I am reminded that even a stopped clock is accurate twice a day.
Which is relevant to the president of the United States asking for fast-track voting on the upcoming trade bills. We need it.
President Obama is a man of deep dishonesty, mean-spiritedness, complete incompetence and has a brain that has been unwilling to learn anything since childhood. Including how to deal with numbers. Maybe being innumerate is a sign of his dysfunctional brain.
Fast-track voting has been in use since NAFTA was first introduced in the Senate. It is a pre-agreed voting proposition that demands an up or down vote on a treaty with no amendments to the treaty. It is necessary because a trade treaty is only presented to the U.S. Senate after it has been agreed upon, word for word, by other nations. Any changes would require a new treaty. Both the treaties (TPP and EU) soon to be up for a vote took 5-10 years to negotiate.
The most powerful forces that want to change free-trade treaties are the environmentalists and unions. Not friends of thoughtful human beings.
So despite who he is, the president’s request for fast-track voting on the upcoming free-trade agreements is in the interests of commerce, humanity and our common future.