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ProSense

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34. Wait
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 02:28 PM
Mar 2013

"You have failed to read the second sentence about workers not sharing in the profits, in fact, losing ground in some areas. The very rich are profiting, not the rest of us. Good for the very rich, yes, but not America. The links following tell more about how the very rich are being coddled while they are pushing "austerity" upon the rest of us. "

...you think this just started?

The Titanic Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022437928

Like I said, the President's policies have addressed some of the inequality: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022424843

You seem to think that the President can enact a policy that's going to result in a dramatic shift in the gap. He did propose, as did members of Congress, increasing the minimum wage: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022439826

Also, saving the auto industry at least benefited workers in that sector.

Chrysler workers getting profit-sharing checks. WWMS (What would Mitt say)?

by Laura Clawson

Some days, you almost have to wish Mitt Romney was still in the public eye, just to hear what nonsense he'd have to say about the news of the day. Like, say, Chrysler's $1.7 billion in 2012 profits and how they'll lead to $2,250 profit-sharing checks for hourly workers. Don't you wish Mitt was here to tell us once again how terrible President Obama's auto rescue was for the economy?

Well, Mitt would probably be outraged that those goshdarn union members were sharing in profits. That, to him, would definitely be the wrong way of doing things. Chances are he'd also take the opportunity to lie a little more about Chrysler moving production to China. He might take some comfort from the fact that salaried workers are also getting bonuses, though.

For the rest of us, it's nice to hear about hourly workers getting bonuses for a change. Usually that's only a word we hear attached to rich executives. Business owners and service workers near Chrysler plants have to be happy, too, since those restaurants and their waiters, grocery stores, and more will benefit from thousands of auto workers with a little more in their bank accounts.

So for anyone who wants the United States to have a strong auto manufacturing sector, with workers making enough to get by and maybe even a little more, this is a good thing. It's a good thing for anyone who wants the economies of Michigan and Ohio and Indiana to get a boost from auto workers able to buy new furniture or cars they've been putting off through the tough times, or maybe eating out or going to the movies every so often. But if you wanted to see anything Barack Obama ever touched go down in flames at whatever cost or if you just don't like to see working people doing okay, then this will probably be bitter news.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/30/1183430/-Chrysler-workers-getting-profit-sharing-checks-WWMS-What-would-Mitt-say

Great news, and I wish Mitt to stay gone. LOL!

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Dumbest thing he's ever said KamaAina Mar 2013 #1
Damnit Jim, I am a President not a geek! longship Mar 2013 #7
Yes! Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #13
True, it's the Jedi mind trick. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #15
I am taking it as purposeful mockery of the American people: Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #21
.. one_voice Mar 2013 #28
$1 trillion for DHS alone, $1 trillion for the TSA/spy tech industry, zero wall street regulation, Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #30
Silly Glassunion Mar 2013 #2
LOL Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #12
But wouldn't it be cool... Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #14
No! No! Obama! How could you??? Jedi MIND TRICKS -- VULCAN Mind Meld! IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #3
Photoshops of Spock with a light saber appear online in 3, 2, 1... JHB Mar 2013 #8
Spock would have made an excellent Jedi 0rganism Mar 2013 #9
I *still* expect better from Obama - and isn't that from the "reboot" -- IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #10
someone please photoshop PBO's face in there… PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KittyWampus Mar 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author KamaAina Mar 2013 #4
Nerds on Twitter are pissed off. Squeaky voices of the world, unite. nt Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #5
I think he gave an OUTSTANDING statement and the Q&A's were informative gateley Mar 2013 #6
Obama is in bed with wall street and the banksters who have been pushing for "austerity", forever. Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #16
You know, ProSense Mar 2013 #18
Please witness the larger picture in some detail, with much omitted for purposes of brevity: Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #20
I love that ProSense Mar 2013 #27
You have failed to read the second sentence about workers not sharing in the profits, Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #32
Wait ProSense Mar 2013 #34
Yup. "Look! There's a Republican!" woo me with science Mar 2013 #24
Obama ProSense Mar 2013 #31
No, the very rich "won". None of that will make much difference at all. It's pitiful on the grand Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #33
They ProSense Mar 2013 #35
Or Vulcan Mindmeld, either. MineralMan Mar 2013 #17
DISAPPOINTING. Brickbat Mar 2013 #19
Let's all be sure to go Sheldon Cooper on his ass bigbrother05 Mar 2013 #22
He's trying to pander to both sides of the SciFi aisle! Pick a lane Mr. President. Pick a lane. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #25
Lucky this happened AFTER the election napkinz Mar 2013 #23
Neither mix metaphors nor fandoms, Mr. President! eShirl Mar 2013 #26
Truly, if one could combine the Jedi mind trick BarackTheVote Mar 2013 #29
This is a purposeful distraction, a weapon of mass distraction. Talk about this, and not the Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #36
grover norquist need to be trashed to the core. pansypoo53219 Mar 2013 #37
The reporter that asked that sounded like so many DU posts treestar Mar 2013 #38
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