Friday, February 13, 2015

eBay Promotes Bad Trade Policy

Billionaires speak with forked tongues..... comes eBay with an appeal that sounds like Charlie Manson at a parole hearing.  No small business wants what eBay is asking us to support...
Small businesses using the Internet to sell globally aren’t reaching their full export potential because a majority of the world’s trade laws were developed in a “pre-Internet” era and current policies make it difficult for many U.S. small businesses to sell internationally. For years, eBay Inc. has pushed policymakers to eliminate these artificial barriers to e-commerce, but now we need YOUR help.
Sheer nonsense...  and a snippit from the letter they want sent...
As your constituent, I write to support Congressional action to modernize the U.S. trade agenda. Congress should soon consider trade bills, including Trade Promotion Authority and Customs Reauthorization legislation, to modernize U.S. trade policy. Additionally, ongoing trade negotiations, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, offer the best chance to reduce or eliminate international barriers to Internet-enabled small businesses. By actively debating and passing trade legislation, Congress can ensure that small businesses are able to better access global markets and grow. 
Ungh!  The mendacity.  TPP and TTIP are horrible for small business.  But eBay is big business, and capitalist.  Give me free markets, which requires nothing of the hegemon.

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