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In reply to the discussion: A segment of DU is very invested in painting a dystopian picture of the US [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)39. Duh! YOU provided NO links in your OP's "factual claims:
Would you mind? What are your sources, WITH links to same.
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A segment of DU is very invested in painting a dystopian picture of the US [View all]
Recursion
Jun 2015
OP
That sounds a lot like what you get from the RW...deny the facts....deflect from the topic. Why?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#7
I do notice that some people want to redefine unemployment now that President Obama has lowered it.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#92
Don't have a dog in this fight, but DU has talked about the poor way
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2015
#100
Exactly...Anybody who is part of that redefinition is no friend of mine, no liberal, nuh uh
randys1
Jun 2015
#152
They said it under Bush every time we brought up the real unemployment rate.
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2015
#200
It's still a subjective measure, like U6 is. And this thread is not about political value,
DanTex
Jun 2015
#137
Maybe because we live in areas of high unemployment or are unemployed ourselves?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#3
Do you know what the unemployment rate is for young, African American males eg?
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#60
"underemployment and part-time benefit-less employment that have become the norm."
marions ghost
Jun 2015
#167
Not quite true. Their lack of action may be because they aren't able to just pick up and move.
haele
Jun 2015
#160
Indeed. It's an attempt at something, but not something I really understand completely.
MineralMan
Jun 2015
#13
I think that you don't understand that many of us are still screwed with today's "jobs"...
cascadiance
Jun 2015
#16
Exactly, they should be tombstoned. There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with AZ's post.
kath
Jun 2015
#185
Wow. Talk about straight up lies. 35% unemployment in black communities because every one retired?
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#103
I've been working the last 5 years from home managing an industrial supply website. I'm 50...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2015
#20
Wealthsplaining happens when those whose economic condition is more fortunate explain to
RadiationTherapy
Jun 2015
#29
What planet are you living on? I work in a state government job and recent wage increases, if any,
raccoon
Jun 2015
#30
And none of that is Obama's fault, in fact, without him you and I and many others
randys1
Jun 2015
#176
While I agree about the doom-and gloom stuff, you are being overly rosy. For example:
DanTex
Jun 2015
#34
Now was that so hard? We don't keep your prior OPs printed out and pasted to the
Divernan
Jun 2015
#73
Odd that they all did so in the same year... and didn't return to work when things got sooo good. nt
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#51
5% of the population left work in 2008 and about .5% have returned. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#68
Isn't your wife from that "shitty part of the world" And you work for the US government by your
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2015
#197
Yes they do, it is funny all the 'people' here like the OP that make up the biggest lies
Rex
Jun 2015
#142
This post is offensive. Two Americas. Yours may be great. Others face daily struggles.
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2015
#83
"They make those employees clean parts of the restaurant BEFORE they clock in."
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2015
#158
Wages flat for 40 years. The worst inequality since the Gilded Age. Lowest workforce participation
Romulox
Jun 2015
#122
It is all true, just take what the OP says and reverse it. They love to lie about this stuff
Rex
Jun 2015
#139
Yes you are getting annoyed, because the truth hurts so you just make up stuff and stir the pot.
Rex
Jun 2015
#133
Because hungry people don't give a shit about statistics and how they hurt/help a politician...
MadDAsHell
Jun 2015
#135
wages or income? counting the yuppie 401k class that sold out workers is wrong
MisterP
Jun 2015
#143
Because it worked against Clinton might as well do it again, Gore made a mistake distancing himself.
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#156
The OP lives in India, how they know anything about America is a mystery to us all.
Rex
Jun 2015
#162
And a tiny group here is desperately doing their best for Wall Street and the status quo.
Rex
Jun 2015
#172
What the heck is going on in this thread, where someone had a post hidden that just showed some DATA
kath
Jun 2015
#174
You can't get so-called progressives elected if the so-called "centrists" are marking progress.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#178
the relentless, hate-filled assault on women's rights in this country is a fact.
niyad
Jun 2015
#210