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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:02 PM Original message |
Shall We Call it a Depression Now?- ROBERT REICH |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, service businesses accounted for two-thirds of the cuts! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. When the recession officially started last year it wasn't 1/5 as bad as now |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:15 PM Original message |
Bad news. Domestic Nontradable Services was the ONLY sector of the economy growing these last years |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks to the Patriot Act, there isn't much freedom left for "them" to hate us for. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. So much for the college grads finding a decent job, although... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Who can afford a funeral? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. The D word won't be used until Obama is sworn in. |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. January 21, 2009: "The OBAMA Great Depression" |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Robert needs to look in the mirror for the origins of our current crisis.. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. and outsourcing jobs, as well as manufacturing businesses. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I covered that under fair trade instead of free trade. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Without question, PUBLIC spending has failed to serve the PUBLIC in virtually every respect. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. We make almost nothing, so what did we expect to happen? nt |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Notice they lied !!??!! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Robert, Robert, Robert ... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Been in recession for over a year and it was just publicly acknowledged this week - |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Bush announced it today but 4 days ago they admitted since Dec.2007 |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Announced ... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. We've been in a depression for 2 years now |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm sorry to hear that ... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Customer numbers |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yikes ... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's ok |
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