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truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
7. Bullshit, unfortunately, tends to be what they have specialized in.
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:02 PM
May 2016

And none of these people would ever get away with it if we didn't have a media dead set on lowering our mentality.

Dozens of "reality shows" a week, none of which demonstrate anything other than rudeness and vulgarity. If the same bandwidth were devoted to educational shows explaining economic theories or even teaching Americans about other nations, there would be a quick uptake in the information.

There are the usual crowd of suspects here who are now trying to sell us on the fact that we don't need the jobs to return to our shores. That the word tariff" is very bad and that manufacturing is not important to a nation's wealth.

So then a person can bring forward author and researcher George R Tyler's stats on how Germany has kept its manufacturing base as one of its strengths. And that the German nation, when adjusted per capita of population, has the highest EXPORT rate in the world. Which means that Germany is not indebted to China as we are.

the German worker has experienced a 172% increase in their wage rate since 1985. What is our wage increase for the same time period?

One half of one goddamn percent!

To sum up: It's bullshit. merrily May 2016 #1
It is major bullshit,they all must of majored in bullshit. wendylaroux May 2016 #2
Bullshit, unfortunately, tends to be what they have specialized in. truedelphi May 2016 #7
K&R for needed exposure /nt Dragonfli May 2016 #3
Conservative always attack Liberal proposals by criticizing the cost. Maedhros May 2016 #4
Conservatives, including the Conservative Wing of our party don't like things to work rhett o rick May 2016 #5
As William Black points out pat_k May 2016 #11
Common sense supports Sanders over the greedy Fat Cats. nm rhett o rick May 2016 #12
Yep Go Vols May 2016 #17
they want teh money for more wars and welfare for Corporattions Ferd Berfel May 2016 #8
Excellent deconstruction of the Hillary Camp's attacks on Bernie's economic plan. bvar22 May 2016 #6
Hillary is trying to re-brand "Trickle-Down" rhett o rick May 2016 #14
Thanks! pat_k May 2016 #19
Big huge K & R. And a big truedelphi May 2016 #9
Add this one Ferd Berfel May 2016 #10
Thanks! (Gave it a kick too) pat_k May 2016 #18
They might as well have said "Fiftytwelveteen Bajazllion" Warren DeMontague May 2016 #13
Oops! the think tank forgot to think. . . . Oh, you mean there might be BENEFITS too? pdsimdars May 2016 #15
K&R amborin May 2016 #16
kick, thanks! nt slipslidingaway May 2016 #20
Regarding the "18 trillion in debt" attack on Sanders' proposals ... slipslidingaway May 2016 #21
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