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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
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