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iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 12:03 PM Nov 2013

When will the American people

stand up and demand jobs from corporations making record profits and not hiring workers or making plants?

why aren't we all in the streets already?

in the 30s folks took to the streets and once industry realized the movement wasn't going away and it was either give into public demands or lose their business, workers got what they needed/wanted.

its time again to take to the streets. we cant be afraid or live in fear of the consequences for standing up for ourselves.

we have to be ready to take a hit... to take a punch..
to stand tall and not back down.

we need strong organizations and leaders like we had during the labor movements formation... why are these things missing today ?

surely theres someone with some wealth out there that could provide gas masks to protesters so chemicals cant be used to disperse people? surely there are people not afraid to go to jail ?

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When will the American people (Original Post) iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 OP
It's kind of hard to protest a job that isn't there. maced666 Nov 2013 #1
Record profits without the jobs or plants The2ndWheel Nov 2013 #2
How can you demand something that does not exist? Glassunion Nov 2013 #3
like you, right? Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #4
When we get hungry enough. rrneck Nov 2013 #5
 

maced666

(771 posts)
1. It's kind of hard to protest a job that isn't there.
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 12:11 PM
Nov 2013

But I do think most American people are in agreement with you. The problem is too many are looking towards the current administration for jobs when as you correctly identified it is the corps sitting on money that drives the no-job problem.
So we get a lot of sitting around - which does nothing and is frustrating.

Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts)
4. like you, right?
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 01:30 PM
Nov 2013

Um, no. You are looking at the reason why no one is in the street. Why be in the street
protesting when you can toss off a sarcastic line or two?

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