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In reply to the discussion: Our future is center-left not far-left. The business community and DLC, not OWS [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)133. FEMA has been working in parallel.
There are a few things FEMA does not do after the initial phase, food, water and shelter. At the same time the volunteers do not get the government loan programs and all of that.
This said, while it worked better than Katrina, FEMA still has a few problems from the bush years.
Of course the ARC is showing a sclerotic organization.
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Our future is center-left not far-left. The business community and DLC, not OWS [View all]
BrentWil
Dec 2012
OP
corporate America has spent the past few decades making sure they make more
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#12
the "business community" will save tons of $ if we go to universal health care...
msongs
Dec 2012
#2
some would, but they'll save just as much if they, like walmart, pay their employees welfare wages
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#17
I have always thought the government is the way to solve this in a modern economy
BrentWil
Dec 2012
#122
Well, then, ket the business community needs to think more about what allows them to
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#4
It has to regulate business to keep it from destroying itself, devouring true productivity and...
freshwest
Dec 2012
#200
Jesus Christ, but Juror #4 makes me question the universal franchise. If you're going
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#44
No one wants the business community to fail. Just a return to ethics & morals in business.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#7
Take your cheap Third Way corporatist propaganda and stick it where the sun don't shine.
Zorra
Dec 2012
#9
the current economic model is not sustainable and cannot possibly sustainably provide a western
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#20
OWS didn't fail because they were radical and anti-business, they failed because they were a joke
Azathoth
Dec 2012
#24
OWS failed? Really? What criterion\criteria are you using to assess success or
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#45
I'd call giving emergency response training in NY to the same people who peppersprayed them--
eridani
Dec 2012
#52
Fox news says OWS is dead. Sigh...and the problems we discuss still have not been addressed.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#27
False equivalencies, lies, and more pointless shit stirring. What a shock. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#38
I so hope that shit stirring will one day become a legitimate business model.
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#41
The business community should be us, the workers, and not a handful of robber barons... nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#60
What you call "So-called normal systems" are far fairer to their citizens and their economy.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2012
#98
You obviously either know nothing about OWS or are poking fun. OWS is =non-partisan=
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#170
"The business world" needs to stop usurping political power and undermining the country.
eShirl
Dec 2012
#83
If you're standing up for fairness and equality of opportunity, we've got your back. #OWS
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#88
Dear OP, still waiting to hear all about the Thrid Way Moderate's program to help
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#91
The DLC didn't change its name; it disbanded around the same time the RLC did.
NYC Liberal
Dec 2012
#114
OWS isn't Far Left. It includes the Far Left. You've heard of Horizontal Empowerment? nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#130
If you insist on spouting that shit could you at least throw a picture of
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#167
No, the labor movements are the "natural organizations to work with" for progressives.
David__77
Dec 2012
#169