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HereSince1628

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9. The financiers have used that basic philosophy to enslave entire nations.

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 06:16 PM

Feb 2015

I'm having a senior moment trying to remember the tell-all book that revealed this back in the '90's. IIRC it was an insiders view of the activity of the World Bank.

Looking at the above core it's hard to see how it's different than Romney's plan for the privateers.

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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

I'm all for the government helping able-bodied people find work. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #1

I agree. madfloridian Feb 2015 #2

There are a great many employable people out there who are not hireable Fumesucker Feb 2015 #5

Age is the biggest one. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #21

Tell me about it.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #22

I think they try but they are always behind the curve abelenkpe Feb 2015 #14

VFX is Video, Film and ? Also, didn't many of those LA jobs go to Canada? Thanx. appalachiablue Feb 2015 #34

Canada, New Zealand and the UK have generous subsidies abelenkpe Feb 2015 #35

Appreciate the info. & link; amazing work that goes into the film industry. Love it, enjoying appalachiablue Feb 2015 #38

the most general idea is unemployed equal surplus productivity HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #18

Able bodied people put to work is fine as long as there are decent jobs out there AZ Progressive Feb 2015 #3

Amen. I meant to include a comment on that issue in my OP. madfloridian Feb 2015 #6

Many people have also seemingly deleted the whole concept of aptitude TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #19

Every one of those principles has spawned untold suffering among the billions of Earth. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #4

The financiers have used that basic philosophy to enslave entire nations. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #9

It was Confessions of an Economic Hit Man HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #10

Greece is fighting the EU about this! jwirr Feb 2015 #12

Is this what US/IMF/WB is doing to Venezuala? erronis Feb 2015 #24

Not sure, but it's been done all over the globe, if Ukraine burrows to buy arms HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #25

Cui bono? Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #7

Your sentence in italics at the end of your post says it all. madfloridian Feb 2015 #8

Already very disturbing, follow these trends out for a generation or two.... NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #11

But surely, Brooklyn needs more Hoovervilles!? HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #15

It ain't going to be like The Jetsons neighborhood. L0oniX Feb 2015 #28

That pic... madfloridian Feb 2015 #30

Detroit, Michigan. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #33

Wow! abelenkpe Feb 2015 #36

Thank you for posting this picture. woo me with science Apr 2015 #45

Raygunomics republican style. Bill had us all fooled. jwirr Feb 2015 #13

But apparently not all his cabinet secretaries. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #16

Robert Reich has obviously seen the light since he has watched the results of what they worked on. jwirr Feb 2015 #17

Create Work By Punishing People At the Bottom for Not Working daredtowork Feb 2015 #20

The burden of it all falls on the most vulnerable. The rich just get richer and more smug. madfloridian Feb 2015 #23

Oh, they are creating work - lawyers, CCA, corporate prisons/police erronis Feb 2015 #26

Don't forget the prison slave labor system. nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #27

Now if only they can get prison labor to build missiles and drones. L0oniX Feb 2015 #29

No joke - coming soon to a prison labor force near you! nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #31

What If Progress Eliminates Most Jobs - How Will Third Way Help Then? cantbeserious Feb 2015 #32

They can't help at all. madfloridian Feb 2015 #37

Yes - The Point Exactly - DLC - Third Way - Destroyer Of Middle Class Prosperity cantbeserious Feb 2015 #39

And harming unions. madfloridian Feb 2015 #40

Yes - All Too True cantbeserious Feb 2015 #41

In Britain, The Royal Mail nationalize the fed Feb 2015 #42

Thanks for that post. madfloridian Feb 2015 #44

Brava. Thank you. blackspade Feb 2015 #43