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[Porgie Tirebiter]

That is scary. But even his own party turned on him today:

In a stunning defeat for the White House, Democrats in the House on Friday voted down a measure creating an assistance program for workers displaced by free trade agreements -- throwing final passage of the proposal in jeopardy until at least next week.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/12/politics/white-house-tpp-trade-deal-congress/

The idea that we can pass distasteful legislation as long as we create a program to dole out taxpayer's money to those who perceive a hurt from that legislation is absolutely disgusting.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

- Alexis de Tocqueville