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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:52 PM Original message |
Robert Reich: It's All About the Wages--Our Economy Would Be Fine If Everyone Made Their Fair Share |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Union busting |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. yup |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. These are the very same people who are hoarding their money! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. They can never spend enough to make up for the lost consumers |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. What the people at the top spend becomes the wages |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Right, but you missed what I was saying |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. My theory being that their purchasing power, or in fact, |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The investment is a good theory |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. He's correct about that, it is all about the wages |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's about time that wages get indexed to inflation |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They will claim that thru automation, we could get chickens to do our work. |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'd love to see a chicken do what I do |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Relatively speaking, of course. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mr. Reich is right but here's my problem... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. His position didnt have much power |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Okay, so I ask again, if he, serving as Clinton's Sec of Labor, has little influence... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Robert Reich tried to do what he could while in the Clinton administration |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I understand his history... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Unless one is in a position to actually do something, what's the point? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. If Mr. Reich doesn't know the tools available given his previous position... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Thank you for trying to get at a solution. Just bec. no one's come up with one yet |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It certainly my frustration as well .... |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Bill Clinton and Al Gore are both DLC |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wall street self pay is about 150 billion a year |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. thats about how many homeless people we have |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Not "decades"; REVOLUTIONS. |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. If lettuce needs pickin', By darn, americans can do the stoopin'! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. You know what will fix this situation, don't you? That's right: |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. would you sacrifice your pay to bring someone else up? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. We tithe to charities. Next question? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. HUGE K & R !!! |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. So so so so true. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wage inequity, and unsustainable salaries, |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. More corroborating data: you know why Brazil's economy is doing rather well lately? |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
35. Higher wages = higher US revenue through the IRS |
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