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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 12:51 PM Original message |
Why doesn't either party talk about what really happened to the jobs? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why not? |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
167. Globalization, Means to Discipline Labor |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Great U-Turn, pub. 1988, chronicled what Reaganomics would mean for the USA... |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. That was from 1995. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Thank you. My mistake. That book is from 1995. 'The Great U-Turn' is from 1988. |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
131. My wife and I actually changed our plans based on that book. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #131 |
133. We could have incredible |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #133 |
198. Exactly... and equally true for China, India, Mexico. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #131 |
201. It depends on what the "dream" is |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #201 |
231. I agree with much you say. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #231 |
232. I hear you... |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #232 |
236. That zips right past my views of it all. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #131 |
205. Fred Stembottom -- great post. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
235. Thanks for posting |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
173. The Deindustrialization of America also by Harrison and Bluestone is worth the read |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. "The job losses are CLINTON and GORE's fault." |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Watch this: |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Thanks for the link, Gore absolutely cleaned Perot's clock, but be sure to view the last 2:00 |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Al From is that you? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. If Perot's private free trade zone was good enough for him, why wasn't it good enough |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I am not of fan of either Gore or Perot |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. No Perot was pretending to be a populist while feathering his own nest. |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Good point |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
136. NAFTA was pretty fucking bad. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #136 |
161. The sham elections of 2000 and 2004 should have been investigated thoroughly, but weren't. |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
177. Come on, I remember jobs going to the Far East in the early ''80s. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #177 |
189. There has been a perfect storm of events but I can most certainly blame W and the Republicans |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #189 |
218. But jobs haven't been outsourced due to high energy costs; they've |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #218 |
219. Self-delete due to bug error n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #218 |
220. If the U.S. led the world in sustainable green energy technologies, rebuilding and modernizing |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. While I think job losses our both parties fault (Democrats signed a Republican negotiated treaty)... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. It's the fucked up economic policies of the last 30 years. Period. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Amen to that. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
137. Oh baby! |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
180. Thank you. |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Clinton policy began the outsourcing...took a while to move everything... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
90. They were outsourcing jobs to Korea when I worked at AT&T in 1988!!!!!!!!!!!1 |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. my welding job moved to Mexico in 1985... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
93. Outsourcing began long before Clinton |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
184. No, the outsourcing began in the early '90s. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Why does everyone forget that NAFTA was initiated under BUSH I |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Initiate.. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. Umm, Clinton signed it into law in December, 1993, |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
149. Because every President from Carter on down sung its praises, and Clinton signed it into law. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #149 |
217. my bad - I'll try not to point out any historical facts or anything. nt |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
159. It would have become law |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
134. Right on, Dogmudgeon! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
203. The good jobs were outsourced and/or destroyed... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. u mean offshoring jobs, and HQ's to avoid taxest? no populist leadership at the moment nt |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, the job losses have nothing to do with outsourcing. They are cyclical. It is the recession. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Right on the mark |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. +1 insightful |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Like cheeseburgers. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. no he didn't |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Sorry, I misremembered. |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Nope. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Sorry, my mistake. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. You're not wrong, but like the OP you are talking about long-term trends. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
129. I think the hole was already there... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. You're overlooking two things: |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Bullshit. They're outsourcing the "knowledge based" jobs as well. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Semi-circular, but nonetheless some valid points |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Without demand who is going to buy those things? Your "knowledge based" economy |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #58 |
139. Thanks for saying that. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
209. The idea of a "knowledge-based economy" had another flaw. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
124. Everything Raineyb said, and I would add that "knowledge working" can be outsourced as well. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Not only can these "knowledge jobs" be outsourced, they will be outsourced. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Well then Chinese factory production staff product improvements will be ironic... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
210. You are so right, girl gone mad |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:20 AM Response to Reply #124 |
140. I join you in your |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Andy Grove, the man who made Intel what it is.. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. I'd say you're wrong Spike. Ask any long-time auto worker. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
158. If you are correct and I think you are, it means we have |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #158 |
169. Yes. There is not enough meaningful work to go around. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
170. Knowledge-based jobs? With Texas writing our kids' textbooks? nt |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
206. Why don't the jobs exist? |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. why is it when I call customer service they are in India? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Because we live in a global economy. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. So what kind of jobs do you think we will have??? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. And CAFTA |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Find me a serious economist who thinks that unemployment is at 9.3% because of CAFTA. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. And insistitng that they had no effect is just as silly |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Paul Krugman does not think the unemployment is the result of free trade either. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Keynseian Economists have pointed for years |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I am not even remotely an adherent of the Chicago School of Economics. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. His prescription has been keynseian |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. You keep refering to "free trade" like you know what that means. Plez enlighten us. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. I'm not sure I want to play this game. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Thom Hartmann doesnt agree with you re. the tariffs. I am willing to listen |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. It's particularly prominent in agriculture. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
108. So Whirpool closes a factory and moves it to China. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Undoubtedly they did. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. OK, bear with me here. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Well, at least you acknowledge the role of the financial crisis, that's a start. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #119 |
145. But when we have outsourcing |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #145 |
191. Look, if you want to talk about the negative consequences of free trade, that's fair. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #191 |
211. But you do acknowledge this recession is different, right? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #211 |
228. It might be cyclical recession combined |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #191 |
226. Germany and France |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #145 |
213. You see neo-liberal apoligists clinging so desperately.. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #213 |
227. So right you are. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #111 |
174. "...a different kind of unemployment..." = made up gibberish. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #174 |
188. People lose their jobs for different reasons. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #108 |
163. Speaking of Whirlpool... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
143. A significant part of |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #143 |
182. That's not particularly compatible with the chronology. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #182 |
224. All our jobs were not |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
100. LOL |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. It's hard to argue with assertion. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #103 |
122. Of course it will rise further.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:27 AM Response to Reply #122 |
154. a gal returned to work today after time off to get a heart stent |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #154 |
193. That's terrible. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #154 |
196. damn! was she the only one to get laid off |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #196 |
222. they laid off my boss last week |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #222 |
230. ah man - I'm sorry |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #122 |
186. Thanks for making a prediction. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #186 |
214. The only way we can recover is to focus on employment. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #103 |
128. We're already at 20% real unemployment |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #103 |
175. Um, no. Assertions are not hard to argue with, if facts are on your side. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #175 |
185. No, *mere* assertions actually are fairly hard to argue with. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #185 |
187. That's a mouthful of equivocation. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #187 |
192. Have you been paying attention to what I actually have been saying? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:46 AM Response to Reply #100 |
146. +1, OhioChick. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #100 |
176. +1,000,000. This guy's stammering response to you might as well be a white flag. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #176 |
194. .... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
125. WRONG |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
165. Talk about a "Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain!" moment. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #165 |
183. No, pay plenty of attention to the man behind the curtain. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
204. Not "cyclical" |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #204 |
207. Oh, without a doubt crisis is inherent to real-world capitalism. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #207 |
234. Ah, very good... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
208. The job losses have everything to do with outsourcing. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well said. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
89. Diggin' on some right-wing talking points! |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. So the stagnation of wages and jobs didn't happen between... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. We lost jobs because the "booming" Bush economy was based on a bogus bubble.. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
118. We lost jobs because the "booming" Bush economy was based on a bogus bubble, |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
215. Even during that bubble, the private sector was losing jobs. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Neither Party is ready to say "We screwed up big time". |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. +1000 |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
147. My sentiments exactly. nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sorry, but it's NOT Gore's fault-the VP job has basically little power or influence. |
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OZark Dem (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. I recall the surprised look on Clinton's face |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. We got a telemarketing call today from Qwest |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
150. Good for you. nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. More Free-Trade Agreements Coming: |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
197. and more job losses for us |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am with you 100% on NAFTA - |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. But that would violate the dialectic of the glorious market.... |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. The tech bubble and housing bubble hid what was really going on. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Welcome to DU |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
151. Yes, the de-industrialization of America |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. We had tariffs thanks to Smoot, Hawley and Hoover. FDR dismantled the tariffs and pushed more trade. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. We need politicians that care about the people of this country |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. +1. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
85. And we need to get out of the War Business, aka subsidizing war for profit. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
152. +1, exactly. nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because they are complicit, of course. nt |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. I gotta say this ... it is NOT the WTO and Nafta |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. that's really just not true |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. I never said money problems would stop if you stopped the war |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
153. It is both! |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. They don't talk about it because neocons and DLC worked together |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. Strangely .. |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Jeez, you're singing my song |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. expecting the truth form either party? how quaint! nt |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. delete dupe. nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. Because then the raid on the Treasury would have to come to and end? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. NAFTA was initiated by Bush and supported more by Rs than by Ds |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
178. The Big D(awg) and Gore, supposedly standard bearers for the Party, are its biggest supporters |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
64. I thought NAFTA was going to pass anyway with or without Clinton |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. a sacred-cow of a narrative pervades all political speech in DC |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
155. Mythology Creation Commission. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. I would recommend this twenty times if I could. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
91. Republican thinking is suddenly popular here. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
212. Well I'm no Republican. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. Because they are both complicit... |
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jimmyflint (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. "It's a big club and you and I aren't in it." |
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I saw Roy Buchanan (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
102. Incredible! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. What "two parties"? They are two in name only. Most on both sides belong to the Greed Party. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
80. What happened was we moved from a consumer economy to |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
81. Oh, it's not just Clinton and Gore. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Reagan-Bushes get top billing, followed by their acolytes, then everyone who appeased them nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
83. 61 recs using Republican talking points |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Why do you think it's "Republican" to be against deindustrialization? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Clinton/Gore + 22 million jobs - so let's blame them |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. I don't understand what you're asking. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. I agree that outsourcing has caused jobs to be lost.over a long period of time |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. OK, I see your point. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. I dislike NAFTA a lot |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
112. I also blame Republicans more than Democrats for this. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Yes, we do agree |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. But those countries DO fall under GATT/WTO, GATS, and MFN. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. I don't disagree that these agreements are bullshit and bad for our job force |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
117. I don't blame Clinton and Gore. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
88. So, since you didn't mention Dubya, not to mention Reagan or |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. no kidding, totally flew over |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
95. Sorry, I think global free is inevitable and good. It's the free trade/illegal immigration combo |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. You can't employ 200 million adults making movies and designing clothes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #95 |
104. Exactly backwards. NAFTA killed agriculture in southern Mexico |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #95 |
113. You are 180 degrees out of phase with reality. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #113 |
120. I actually think he prefers the Feudal model. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Thom Hartmann mentions that all the time. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #123 |
138. Hee heee . . . just ASK a robber baron how they felt about the "Middle Class": |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #123 |
144. Feudalism is technically an inaccurate description. Feudal society was marked by a plethora... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
229. The film industry has been hit hard by the recession. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
106. K&R Both parties are generally funded by the rich... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
116. When Americans (or Canadians) go down to Mexico to work in the factories |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
121. Capital will ALWAYS be able to outrun Human Rights. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
130. I seem to remember that we were supposed to turn into the nation ... |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #130 |
164. Information Society? That's so late-20th century. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #164 |
168. I see the results everyday ... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
132. It's downright ridiculous to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
141. Because doing so will summon Ross Perot who will punch them in the face for not letting him finish. |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
142. Excellent points |
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rasputinkhlyst (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
148. BOTH PARTIES |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
156. Respectfully disagree. The economy is global. The sooner we work |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
157. we started losing our heavy industrial base in the mid 70`s |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
160. Just as NAFTA has been hung around the necks of Dems, so too.... |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
162. With Clinton more jobs were created since FDR..now read your history. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
166. K/R although |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
171. Because both Parties are Corporate Owned and Operated. eom |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
172. Deleted message |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
179. I've come to the opinion that it was planned this way. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #179 |
199. Absolutely |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
181. I was against NAFTA-GATT-now if they had put in some strict labor and |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
190. Yes. Yes. Yes. |
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Billmelater (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
195. dollar a day |
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jeremyfive (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
200. How about Dubya? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
202. this is an excellent discussion,and I appreciate all points of view... |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
216. What, and have to repeal NAFTA and GAT? Never happen! |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
221. the fear of violent revolution |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
223. because they all work and bribed by the upper class |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
225. kick! nt |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
233. & kick again! nt |
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