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fadedrose

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17. A poll with a hefty number of respondents...

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:46 PM

Oct 2012

might say what I would say - GREED is the cause of unemployment.

CEO's would rather pay somebody 20 cents an hour, hire children, no benefits, to put more money in their pockets and in their Cayman Island accounts..

They don't draw enough attention to GREED. A big poll on a major network just might embarrass a few of these CEO's, like Romney, who want to blame unions. Even without unions, nobody here is going to work for less than, say, .50 cents and hour ....

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What is the main cause of unemployment in the US? [View all] fadedrose Oct 2012 OP

Romney!!!!!!!!!!!! imanamerican63 Oct 2012 #1

Unpatriotic corporations n/t BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #2

Productivity aletier_v Oct 2012 #3

Obstructionist rethuglicans in Congress. lpbk2713 Oct 2012 #4

You win! n/t fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #11

The "Job Creators" liberal N proud Oct 2012 #5

What on earth would a poll do to answer the question? frazzled Oct 2012 #6

A poll with a hefty number of respondents... fadedrose Oct 2012 #17

My objection remains frazzled Oct 2012 #22

If everybody is doing tech jobs with a high salary... fadedrose Oct 2012 #25

Not having a job? (nt) matt819 Oct 2012 #7

Globalization, Anti-Unionism, Lack of opportunity, No social mobility. JaneyVee Oct 2012 #8

Low demand for goods and services. That's why a stimulus works. godai Oct 2012 #9

Except it doesn't tama Oct 2012 #18

Lack Of Demand DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #10

Lack of demand is symptom, not a cause aletier_v Oct 2012 #14

By that logic we would never have recessions hack89 Oct 2012 #39

There was a demand, and it was ignored... fadedrose Oct 2012 #24

Insufficient demand. dawg Oct 2012 #12

THese are the results of unemployment, not the cause.... nt fadedrose Oct 2012 #20

The initial cause was the collapse of the housing boom. dawg Oct 2012 #26

How many of the jobs that were lost are due to federal spending cuts? fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #13

State and local spending cuts have been the real problem. dawg Oct 2012 #27

greedy penny pinching supply side Republican bosses who use trickle down as an excuse librechik Oct 2012 #15

Spending by the 99% is what drives the economy MannyGoldstein Oct 2012 #16

Demand is down, because income is down,... 99Forever Oct 2012 #19

Real dollar wages being stagnant since 1979, resulting in less overall demand. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #21

The whole concept of unemployment is repugnant. abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #23

Unbridled Capitalism. PDJane Oct 2012 #28

Employers who don't hire more American workers MrScorpio Oct 2012 #29

Root cause or direct cause? porphyrian Oct 2012 #30

Declining Net Available Energy NoOneMan Oct 2012 #31

Why do we have to pay off debt? abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #32

I mean many things when I say 'debt' NoOneMan Oct 2012 #33

But again abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #35

It takes energy & resources to provide for the elderly, among other things NoOneMan Oct 2012 #37

I don't think it has to be all that miserable abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #38

The transition movement is certainly a step in the right direction NoOneMan Oct 2012 #41

Here's my suggestion abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #43

And it takes more and more energy to refine other mineral resources... Junkdrawer Oct 2012 #40

Top tax rate too low, allowing the ultrarich to hoard their money meow2u3 Oct 2012 #34

concentration of wealth, income & power. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #36

The answer to that is, "it's complicated" Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #42