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Yavin4

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25. This Is Why I Posted This Thread Yesterday

Reply to banned from Kos (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:52 AM

Aug 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021166108

We have a surplus of labor, and the best way to siphon it off is to allow workers to retire early. That would open up more jobs for younger workers.

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What's the Single Best Explanation for Middle-Class Decline? [View all] xchrom Aug 2012 OP

Technology. ERP let companies double production with half the workers. banned from Kos Aug 2012 #1

Agree. randome Aug 2012 #4

Note that the manufacturing flattening started in the 80's... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #7

Yes, Just-In-Time (from Japan) coincided with rapid delivery (Fed Ex and UPS) banned from Kos Aug 2012 #8

Which leads me to the dirty little secret that no one wants to talk about... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #17

This Is Why I Posted This Thread Yesterday Yavin4 Aug 2012 #25

reagan, Bush, Bush and republican congresses. rurallib Aug 2012 #2

Voting Republican ananda Aug 2012 #3

Reaganomics. n/t liberalmuse Aug 2012 #5

I think that the middle class as known in America is a historical aberration AngryAmish Aug 2012 #6

astute observations n/t banned from Kos Aug 2012 #11

I agree, great observations. Except about the 'grim' part. randome Aug 2012 #16

I, for one, would spend all day goofing off and getting drunk if I had nothing to do AngryAmish Aug 2012 #18

Your Post Is An Argument for an Early Retirement Age Yavin4 Aug 2012 #26

Accepting the idea that inequality and a middle-class collapse is 'normal' or inevitable is giving.. LongTomH Aug 2012 #34

In world history name the places and times with a large middle class AngryAmish Aug 2012 #35

Looting. People at the top have gamed the system to take more money without doing brewens Aug 2012 #9

finally. thank you. nt xchrom Aug 2012 #10

The loss of 1994 election. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #12

Gay Bashing Pro Rape Presidential Candidates? datasuspect Aug 2012 #13

Too many people not enough jobs for the cyber era."Hal" was right. nt CK_John Aug 2012 #14

Rich people don't have 'jobs,' but they seem to do okay leftstreet Aug 2012 #22

It was getting too uppity n/t deutsey Aug 2012 #15

The untrammeled greed of the plutocracy. hifiguy Aug 2012 #19

+1 xchrom Aug 2012 #21

The word "Republican". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #20

NAFTA. nt Romulox Aug 2012 #23

"Most Favored Nation" status for China (no more "humiliating" human rights certifications!) nt Romulox Aug 2012 #24

In a word, GLOBALIZATION of the "tradable sector". The OP does not ProgressiveEconomist Aug 2012 #27

yes. nt xchrom Aug 2012 #28

DUer Time for Change and Paul Krugman have addressed this LongTomH Aug 2012 #29

Wage growth frozen since 1972--blame the 1% librechik Aug 2012 #30

"Free Trade" / Globalization Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #31

I blame poor workers - 'theirs' not 'ours' of course. Wall off 'theirs' and 'ours' will be fine. pampango Aug 2012 #32

Corporations nt LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #33

a combination of top heavy wages, lack of blue collar jobs, and predatory lending practices jorno67 Aug 2012 #36

The re-establishment of the kleptocracy. Forgetting how high the price of complacency is Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #37

Trickle down economics and cutting down taxes nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #38