TPPA ‘not equal to all partners

The flag debate is a little premature. The flag is the symbol of sovereignty to which one swears allegiance. As we are regrettably, about to have our sovereignty signed away from us to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, we should adopt the TPPA flag.

I suggest it will have the Union Jack replaced by the Stars and Stripes and the red stars with a dollar sign.

Prime Minister John Key's Government has already shown it is ready and willing to compromise labour laws for movie moguls, illegally comply with Investor State Dispute Settlements by paying off a Saudi farmer who felt hard done by the restrictions on live sheep exports.

We'll also accept hirer pharmaceuticals costs by increasing subsidies on fewer items or cutting more services to keep the prescription cost at $5 per items in the short term.
We don't need a new flag we need a government that governs for the good of the citizens of New Zealand.

Not kowtowing to multinational corporations and/or having other countries foreign polices forced upon us.

The TPPA is not a trade deal it is a partnership agreement, one where we combine with others to contribute and share the benefits and consequences of joint actions.
It is not an equal partnership and how much weight do you think our voice will carry in partnership meetings to set agendas and policies?

We will carry far less weight than hundreds of multinational vested interests.

If the TPPA is so good why are we not informed of it's contents?

P Dolden, Papamoa.

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