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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich said it well in 2001. "We Are All Third Wayers Now" 4 common ideas at the core. [View all]AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)3. Able bodied people put to work is fine as long as there are decent jobs out there
If there aren't decent, accessible jobs or jobs that don't pay a livable wage, it's unfair and cruel. Even if there are jobs out there, if American's can't acquire the education, or if the jobs require a high enough intellect (you can't expect most people to be able to retrain for STEM jobs for instance, jobs that require an IQ that over 90% of the population doesn't have), then it's just as bad as having no jobs available.
And that's what Big Business has been working on for decades, to eliminate the need for more and more jobs or at least jobs that would pay Americans a decent wage.
This is what happens in third world countries, a lack of decent jobs (as well as decent education) is what leads to mass poverty.
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Robert Reich said it well in 2001. "We Are All Third Wayers Now" 4 common ideas at the core. [View all]
madfloridian
Feb 2015
OP
VFX is Video, Film and ? Also, didn't many of those LA jobs go to Canada? Thanx.
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#34
Appreciate the info. & link; amazing work that goes into the film industry. Love it, enjoying
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#38
Able bodied people put to work is fine as long as there are decent jobs out there
AZ Progressive
Feb 2015
#3
Every one of those principles has spawned untold suffering among the billions of Earth.
Jackpine Radical
Feb 2015
#4
Not sure, but it's been done all over the globe, if Ukraine burrows to buy arms
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#25
Robert Reich has obviously seen the light since he has watched the results of what they worked on.
jwirr
Feb 2015
#17
The burden of it all falls on the most vulnerable. The rich just get richer and more smug.
madfloridian
Feb 2015
#23
Yes - The Point Exactly - DLC - Third Way - Destroyer Of Middle Class Prosperity
cantbeserious
Feb 2015
#39