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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 09:30 AM Original message |
This is the kind of shit that's going on... |
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hue (571 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is exactly it in a nutshell! n/t K&R |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. +1 |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. But now companies are complaining that they can't find "skilled and qualified" employees-- |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. This is the fault of the greedy entitlement attitude of the US worker. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Yes, and |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. that needs to say - employers can't find 'skilled and qualified' workers |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Any one over the age of fifty who supported the |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
67. That was true before Obama's Health Care Insurance Reform. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. It doesn't matter if the costs of the policies are capped |
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A wise Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I'd like to know who you complained about |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Obama has been president for three years. he is campaigning for re-election. He owns this shit now |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. If Mom's first husband throws her down the stairs, |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. at the wages they want to pay |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. that's the way capitalism works. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. ++++ |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Well said...."They STEAL our labor..." |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Some people praise capitalism, but it's just as bad as the other 'isms. Give it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Capitalism is based on theft -- we've moving from wage slaves to just plain slaves -- !!! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Corporations are sociopathic... greed is destroying us. (nt) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Ditto. n/t |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Union busting layoffs. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. corporate greed. that is why it was hard to hear the worship with job. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. What? n/t |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. Corporations broke the social contract with employees. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. This is what it boils down to, they changed the rules nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. The 21st century slaves, corporate workers in a runaway capitalistic system. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Only NEW DEAL imposed that social contract -- Only collusion of both parties dismantled it -- !! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. so funny, today's meme is they just can't find qualified workers |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. These 99% signs seem very original, an amazing use of media - is this new? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I don't recall anything like this either... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I read all the stories. Once it's written down it's harder to ignore |
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DemOhio (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Not really new |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nice art. nt |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. This corporate worship of greed is getting more disgusting by the day. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. And they wonder why we're pissed. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sadists running the show. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Sadists and Psychopaths IMO, probably one in the same. n/t |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. 1% runing the show. That is it alone. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. psychopaths ,sociopaths, |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Yes, our society, our governments have become psychopaths and sociopaths. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
82. Hear hear! |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R (n/t) |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. My alleged "representative", |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Sure thing. We just have to remove all the existing ones from power first. |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. They're dismantling this country piece by piece. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is the very definition of "increased productivity" |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Can someone explain why that happens? |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I think I can answer that |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. What post #37 said and some CEOs are completely incompetent. They |
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Dont call me Shirley (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Descendants of the Confederacy are waging Civil War II. |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. I couldn't agree more |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sickening........ |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. We are witnessing the death of the American dream |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Yeah, that is the sad part, I've heard no real solutions, just band-aids on a severely |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. I wonder what company is was? |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. We should start naming names. Definitely. nt |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Layoffs are not predicated by economic necessity. |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
66. Cheaper labor |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. A guy in my marketing class argued this week |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. I sincerely hope that CEO |
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DemOhio (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. 53% |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. Workers have increased production by 35% over last decades!!! Everyone worker is stressed!! |
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dorksied (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's never called "redistributing wealth" when it's redistributed upward n/t |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. we need to HUNT CEO's down. |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I would like to send them to gitmo for infinite det. since they are the real terrorists -nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
84. And do what with them? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's the America we live in now. Win at all costs, profits at any cost. |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. Neo-libs are big fans of outsourcing - better to have the jobs over there |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. hey now |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Professional workers are 12 hrs a day, week ends holidays |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
58. I can think of lots of examples like this... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. Deleted message |
HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well said. Great idea for an Occupy sign. |
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brewens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. Think about retired people that are upset with the protesters. |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
65. Free market capitalism |
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Cumberland Guy (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
69. Well, we don't necessarily have the whole story here - really. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. No shit. It's kinda hard to put the "whole story" on a poster board - really. |
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socialindependocrat (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. People like you- |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
70. We have a monster system |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
76. I remember reading a story a few years back |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
77. Just happen to our oldest son, 57, 21yrs with company!! |
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2pooped2pop (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
78. I'm going and I just might use it . Thank U very much. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
79. photo looks legit, too. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
80. Grabbing hands.... |
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