Let me state the obvious - Democratic Underground

LuckyTheDog

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Sat Oct-08-05 07:50 PM
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Let me state the obvious

Edited on Sat Oct-08-05 08:05 PM by LuckyTheDog

When you boil it down, the Republican Party's entire prescription for the economy is this: "Working people should make less money and have less access to health care."

That, they think, is what the economy needs. And people are buying it. This is all I have been thinking about since I found out that Delphi Corp. is filing for bankruptcy. They had "offered" to not file, if the UAW agreed to 60%-plus pay cuts. The sad thing is that, among people I talked to, the workers got very little sympathy. Many people say they "got what was coming to them" because they "earned too much" in their "cushy union jobs."

Excuse me... but I, for one, think the establishment of a broad middle class was one of the great achievements of the 20th century. Its demise is nothing to celebrate or feel smug about.

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bridgit

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Sat Oct-08-05 07:57 PM
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1. the one thing they seem to never be able to 'hook up'...

is that we NEED fucking money to pay the ever-higher-prices for the crap they are trying to sell us they've just had manufactured in china or wherever the hell else their globalization has led them for cheaper labor, it's like one big, long, never-ending brain fart of theirs :shrug:

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LuckyTheDog

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Sat Oct-08-05 08:04 PM
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4. Right!

If there was no middle class, who would be buying those iPods?

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TheFarseer

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Sat Oct-08-05 08:48 PM
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5. I've been saying that for years

Edited on Sat Oct-08-05 08:48 PM by TheFarseer

I hope some democrat comes out and pushed for DEMAND SIDE economics like Reagan pushed for supply side. What better way to help the economy than getting armies of middle class people buying cars and TVs and dvd players? It would be even better if any of that stuff was made in America! :banghead:

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LuckyTheDog

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Sat Oct-08-05 08:57 PM
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6. Henry Ford logic

Ford paid $5 a day for a reason -- and it wasn't because he was some kind of pinko commie. A stable. loyal workforce and a marketplace of folks who can afford your product can be good things for a capitalist.

:think:

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Jester_11218

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Sat Oct-08-05 07:59 PM
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2. Their motto should be...

Edited on Sat Oct-08-05 07:59 PM by Jester_11218

Their motto should be...
I've got mine, you get yours!

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bridgit

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Sat Oct-08-05 08:01 PM
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3. hm, now there you see...

i thought that was their motto :shrug: :hi: :kick:

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