General Discussion

chervilant

(8,267 posts)

1. Every time I see an article trumpeting economic recovery

Thu May 16, 2013, 05:51 AM

May 2013

I shudder. The corporate megalomaniacs and their M$M lackeys clearly think the vast majority of the Hoi Polloi are stupid.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

42 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Jim Hightower: Chilling Reality--America's Worsening Jobs Crisis [View all] eridani May 2013 OP

Every time I see an article trumpeting economic recovery chervilant May 2013 #1

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth May 2013 #2

kr HiPointDem May 2013 #3

And again: Hoover policies beget Hoover result. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #4

Well, as much as we may like Michelle Obama... ananda May 2013 #8

And where's our Frances Perkins? Henry Wallace? MannyGoldstein May 2013 #10

Henry Wallace? He was red baited and then ignored. What a better country, potentially, if FDR byeya May 2013 #25

But Wallace was in FDR's cabinet from the start MannyGoldstein May 2013 #30

And he did do a lot of good. I would have liked to see him given the chance to continue. byeya May 2013 #33

Ain't Beyonce and Jay-Z ENOUGH?! WinkyDink May 2013 #14

+1 L0oniX May 2013 #29

102 million people are Not working. fasttense May 2013 #5

How many of that 102 million are under 18, or even 15? SheilaT May 2013 #11

The numbers are working age newmember May 2013 #16

The OP says more than a third of our *working age* population. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #17

105 million is about a third of our current population. SheilaT May 2013 #36

whatever the number is, it is TOO MANY Skittles May 2013 #37

That number includes retirees, children, people that are not in the labor force. Ikonoklast May 2013 #24

well, wall st has recovered its losses, and after all, isn't that what's really important? KG May 2013 #6

Thanks to the U.S. taxpayer. Octafish May 2013 #20

SO much for their hyped form of 'capitalism' Rex May 2013 #23

They've socialized the risk and privatized the reward. Octafish May 2013 #35

So true! Rex May 2013 #38

We don't have a jobs crisis, we have a stupidity crisis - give people money! reformist2 May 2013 #7

It used to be said that in the USA the only thing rationed is money. byeya May 2013 #26

I don't disagree with the OP, but it'd be nice to know how they calculated the figures. n/t magellan May 2013 #9

You know what the future is for jobs in this country? it won't be manufacturing newmember May 2013 #12

I dont' think it's as bad as Jim says, but we're getting there. mountain grammy May 2013 #13

You don't think JH did his HOMEWORK ON THIS TOPIC?? Personal anecdotes aren't refutation. WinkyDink May 2013 #15

I know that, and I know Jim does his homework. I'm not refuting Jim Hightower mountain grammy May 2013 #19

One thing the above posts bring out is the gray economy or the off-the-books economy byeya May 2013 #27

The statistics I cited are from the Household survey Yo_Mama May 2013 #34

This person is obviously not on board with the things are going great story. Safetykitten May 2013 #18

No, "the things are going great story" is, of course, a lie. mountain grammy May 2013 #21

K&R Find & vote for new candidates that support sensible economic policy. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #22

The lack of perspective makes this more like a RW hit piece bhikkhu May 2013 #28

No, it's real Yo_Mama May 2013 #32

Kicking for truthiness Yo_Mama May 2013 #31

The elimination of jobs is how the corporations reduce the power of the middle class. AdHocSolver May 2013 #39

This should be an OP n/t eridani May 2013 #40

Amazing, isn't it? SoCalDem May 2013 #42

One of my son's friends quit a $16.00 hr job to valet park cars in Vegas SoCalDem May 2013 #41