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October 21, 2014

Your impression is correct. Low wage work has replaced better jobs.

The jobs that have been created in this "recovery" are mostly low-pay service jobs. The truth is that it was not a recovery. It was a restructuring to benefit the One Percent.

April 28, 2014: Most Of The Jobs Added Since The Recession Pay Low Wages
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/28/3431351/recovery-jobs-low-wage/

Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/economy/recovery-has-created-far-more-low-wage-jobs-than-better-paid-ones.html?_r=0

Low-wage jobs proliferate as middle class ones disappear: job growth patterns since the recession
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/low-wage_jobs_proliferate_as_m.html

Low-Wage Jobs Replace Middle-Income Work, Study Finds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/low-wage-jobs_n_1846733.html

Careers Are Dead. Welcome To Your Low-Wage, Temp Work Future
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/08/30/careers-are-dead-welcome-to-your-low-wage-temp-work-future/

In addition, the TPP that Obama is hell-bent on supporting will DESTROY jobs and cut wages for over 90 percent of American workers:

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

No, the chocolate ration has not been increased.

October 21, 2014

Good god.

Huge K&R!

Thank you for this OP.

October 21, 2014

I think most people out in the country

are too busy working to survive to know what the actual policies are....They only hear the public speeches, which are full of lies.

The politicians proclaim loudly to care about all the same principles and policy goals of the old Democratic Party, while their actual policies quietly do just the opposite. And the MSM colludes by hyperventilating that they are all SOCIALISTS. No wonder people are confused and frustrated as hell.

Lies upon lies upon lies just this year:

Months ago: Obama's heavily publicized speech about reining in military involvement...followed immediately by a new war in Iraq, a new war in Syria, carpet bombing of a captive population in Gaza, and a TRILLION DOLLAR new nuclear weapons escalation.

Then: the shameless public claim to support net neutrality, when his own appointees are enabling corporate takeover of the internet.

Then: that jaw-dropping public proclamation: “If you blow the whistle-You should be thanked & protected for doing the right thing," when we have all watched first-hand this administration's treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and the vicious, systematic crackdown on whistleblowing in the federal government.

Then: Advertising and bragging about his plan to impose limitations on biotech monopolies for protection of citizens...and even putting the anticipated savings in his budget,....all the while making specific proposals to do exactly the opposite through the TPP.

Let's not forget DiFi's vows to "reform" NSA spying, when the actual proposals she wanted would actually entrench and legalize the vast majority of it.

In my state, Third Way Governor Terry McAuliffe ran his gubernatorial campaign on all sorts of specific things he would do to force Medicaid expansion, got into office, and changed his mind.

And that's not even to mention the mass propaganda machines whose tactics Edward Snowden revealed, aimed at the government's own citizens.

This is what we have come to in the United States of America. This is our lying, manipulative government on corporate money, waving flags on the teevee while sticking knives in our backs for their corporate masters. This whole country marinates in propaganda that tells us that 2+2=5, and our politicians are more liberal than ever.

Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
Torturers are patriots.
And we are not spying on Americans.

We all live in Oceania now.

October 21, 2014

NO. ABSOLUTELY NO. We have organizations of Justice to punish crimes.

It is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS precedent to begin deciding who can and can't participate in social safety nets or receive government benefits based on things like this. In a country that is building a prison INDUSTRY and trying to eliminate social safety nets, suggesting that crimes can negate a lifetime of paying into Social Security is an extremely dangerous precedent. It is a weird thing to even be considering in this case, unless there is a motive down the road.

IMO this stinks to high heaven. Pedophiles will be next, because Americans can get behind stripping their retirement, too. Then murderers. Then people who have been convicted of domestic violence... Any felony, then only the really bad misdemeanors...

October 20, 2014

Yes, the accusatory crap gets really, really old.

It's gotta really suck when your *entire,* handpicked administration goes rogue and spends YEARS working aggressively, consistently, and proactively against all of your most cherished goals.

In fact, Dems are SO deeply and existentially obstructed that our administration's own record looks like this:

The record shows aggressive, proactive pursuit of a corporate agenda,
(This list does not show a president trying to enact a liberal agenda and being obstructed. No, it shows him aggressively and proactively implementing policies for the banks and corporations at the expense of the 99 percent.)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3202395

CUT THE CRAP! Your Month in Review from the most "progressive" administration ever.
Whoa! More proactive corporatism!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025006297

Just a Republican thing, huh? Assaulting the Constitution itself
("Good god. I can't stop!&quot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5554112

Study: Obama's "Trade" Deal (TPP) Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
("A Republican is making me do it?!&quot
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

Obama’s Latest Betrayal of America and Americans in Favor of the Big Banks: TISA
("Oh, shit. Here I go again!&quot
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/26/1309671/--Obama-s-Latest-Betrayal-of-America-and-Americans-in-Favor-of-the-Big-Banks-TISA-by-Bill-Black

Bombing Syria: The next step in the PNAC playbook, remember?
("They're Democratic peace bombs: TOTALLY different!&quot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025520459

The "Justice" Department under Obama
("Please, Mr. Holder! Stop! Stop!&quot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025587151
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025586874

Look at the OFFERS.
("God I hate when this happens!&quot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022060108

October 20, 2014

A Must Read.

October 20, 2014

Every shill for it. Every talking point dispenser for the Third Way,

Is this who you really are?

Is this what you really are?

October 20, 2014

States that build surveillance machines

also build propaganda machines.

Obama taps "cognitive infiltrator" Cass Sunstein for Committee to create "trust" in NSA:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023512796

Salon: Obama confidant’s spine-chilling proposal: Cass Sunstein wants the government to "cognitively infiltrate" anti-government groups
http://www.salon.com/2010/01/15/sunstein_2/

The US government's online campaigns of disinformation, manipulation, and smear.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024560097

Snowden: ‘Training Guide’ for GCHQ, NSA Agents Infiltrating and Disrupting Alternative Media Online
http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/02/25/snowden-training-guide-for-gchq-nsa-agents-infiltrating-and-disrupting-alternative-media-online/

The influx of corporate propaganda-spouting posters is blatant and unnatural.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3189367

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023262111

The goal of the propaganda assaults across the internet is not to convince anyone of anything.*
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023359801

The government figured out sockpuppet management but not "persona management."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023358242

The Gentleman's Guide To Forum Spies (spooks, feds, etc.)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4159454

Seventeen techniques for truth suppression.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4249741

Just do some Googling on astroturfing - big organizations have some sophisticated tools.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1208351

October 20, 2014

Keep speaking the truth.

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October 20, 2014

"Have you looked at our caps recently?"

NSA Affiliated Spy Satellite Mission Patch Slogan: "NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/new-us-spy-satellite-features-world-devouring-octopus/

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