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Brigid

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13. I just think . . .

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 09:06 PM

Mar 2013

That recently I have been seeing, both on DU and elsewhere, of the type I hadn't been seeing so much before about strikes at places like Wal-Mart and McDonald's, of all places; stressed-out employees who are being pushed to the limit; employers leaving job vacancies unfilled for months or never filling them at all; and of course plenty of stories about outsourcing and the hoarding of money overseas by the rich. Or maybe I have just been hanging out on DU even more than I realized.

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Anybody else find the timing of the "economic recovery" just a little bit suspicious? [View all] Brigid Mar 2013 OP

Not suspicious at all. President Obama's greatness is what is causing it, as predicted graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

Good news, RobertEarl Mar 2013 #4

Oz got Dorothy home, and the others the confidence to do what they always could do graham4anything Mar 2013 #8

Economically speaking... RobertEarl Mar 2013 #9

Patience. graham4anything Mar 2013 #14

I for one had not noticed any signs of an impending revolution. Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #2

i believe there was definitely a reluctance to hire before the election arely staircase Mar 2013 #3

Yup! And good news brings more and more. Happy People make life happy graham4anything Mar 2013 #5

I'll wait until the "grand bargain" is revealed from behind the curtain. djean111 Mar 2013 #6

No. zappaman Mar 2013 #7

Have we all forgotten that Obama met with a group of super wealthy and powerful corporate CEOs kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #10

At some point all of that hoarded money will have to be invested. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #11

Economic recovery has been a long steady progress since the stimulus in 2009 bhikkhu Mar 2013 #12

I just think . . . Brigid Mar 2013 #13