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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:19 PM Original message |
A Prediction -- As Inflation gets worse, the "cost of labor" will be blamed as a major culprit |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd just as soon blame it on M3 printing more money to pay the Debt. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. You are probably correct. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yep...That weas a turning point that led to justifications for gutting the middle class |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. No matter what happens LABOR will be blamed |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Bingo. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. ALWAYS blame labor and it's costs........... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. But,but,but....You HAVE to pay those CEO's Millions of dollars to attract talent |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Only for those companies that still have LABOR in the US. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Oh yes they will...The cost of all that administrative overhead in the US |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. They got away with that bullshit in the 70s |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And in the 80's, 90's and 00's |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. always, and blame any gov't that protects the powerless from the elites. n/t |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Yes, the costs of those damn regulations too |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. What inflation? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Inflation? We don'tt got no stinkin' inflation |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. BTW regular gas costs $6.85/gallon where I live |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. My God you're kidding....Makes you nostalgic for $3.50 a gallon, which seemed outrageous a year ago |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's not so bad. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been predicting an assault on wages next. They've already begun work to |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wisconsin is a harbinger |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Its already happening |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What is baffling is why so many laborers go along with that |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. hard to get away with that when the unemployment rate is so high |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You are exactly correct -- However, they'll still blame labor costs.... |
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