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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:23 AM Original message |
Robert Reich: The Heart of the Economic Mess |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Their plan is working |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Education is the key... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. All on purpose, of course |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. I believe we need to move education into the 21st century... |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. education may help some, but when |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. True, even engineering jobs are being outsourced... |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Bush Tax Cuts Have Slain The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs! |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes! But Bernacke's great fear is that (gasp!) salaries might RISE!!! |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. All those corporatists pigs look (and sound and act) alike..... |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. What a good choice Bill Clinton made with him. They left a surplus |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bingo. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I read a very interesting account of the collapse of the Mayan civilization |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The upper classes refused to be "burdened" with taxes at least once before -- it lead to the |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kick -- a very good article |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. K & R ! |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. So How's That "Stimulus" Spending Going??? |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. A highly skewed income distribution also makes |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. The entire premise of the article is consumption, not savings...interesting |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. But how can an economy based 75 percent on consumer spending survive if people just saved? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It would survive, just with different priorities |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Gee I wonder why people CANT SAVE MORE |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You're missing the point entirely |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. as I said. Keep blaming working people. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Not only did you miss it, you can't see it, so I can't fault you. nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. earnings have not kept up with the cost of living - no duh |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. What a breath of fresh air! Reich is always worth a listen-to. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. Socialist! Communist! Utopian Egalitarian! Redistributor of Wealth! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. They're only wealthy because the majority of people continue |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. Pyramid Schemes - then and now |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. Thanks for posting, mar. Rec'd. nt |
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