Secrets Are Always Bad For Somebody.

       I guess it's no secret that I like President Obama. In spite of the ruthless hate by Republicans in Congress and the often untruths told by Faux News, He's done many good works for the American people. Obamacare being one and trying to get us out of the Middle-East, another. But there is one thing that bothers me about him.
       Obama ran on transparency and openness. He promised there would be no secretism except that which would be necessary to run a government. But he's not done too well on this score. And no, I don't mean the nuclear talks with Iran. They need to be held in confidence. It's this TPP or Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement I don't like. Or at least the secrecy of the agreement. From all the talk about how much we're giving away, like giving up the right to sue, or disagreements must be decided by international tribunals made up of corporate leaders.
       It's not likely that much of this stuff we keep hearing is true, but then, we don't know. Because President Obama has made it classified secret, or confidential. Which means we can't find out until long after it would take effect. Now this potential agreement isn't about going to war or arming our partners with the bomb. It's about giving our partners special tax free status and a few other niceties. But if our citizenry can't have intelligent input, that's bad for us.
       What's a secret held by our government is almost always bad for us. But as the New York Times points out in an op-ed this morning, it's often a giveaway to the wealthy and well placed to the detriment of the rest of us, the 99%.
       Of course many folks couldn't be bothered to be concerned, and that's exactly how the wealthy like it. Big multinational corporations and their owners prefer keeping things quiet when it comes to gaining ever more riches while screwing ever more regular people. "Swell the ranks of the poor", that's the watchword for these people of entitlement.
       What's funny is that the wealthy are folks of entitlement, but they're against the government handing out "entitlements" to the poor. I guess they never learned about "share and share alike."
They like the "I've got mine, get your own" way of life.