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In reply to the discussion: Why It Still Feels Like Recession To 95% Of America [View all]dotymed
(5,610 posts)25. I once heard
(maybe here?) that recession is when your neighbor loses his/her job. depression is when you lose yours..
America will only change when we make it happen.
In the mean time, TPTB are making sure they are protected. Unless we change this capitalistic nightmare soon, we are all going to be criminals.
The NSA is very helpful in making that a reality.
Soon there will be "thought crimes."
1984 is near...I was reading my old copy's rear cover description yesterday. (at least a 40 y.o. version). It states that the book is not a nightmare vision of extreme Stalinism, it is a description of where our world is currently headed... Orwell wrote this in the '30's.
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If you don't have a solid full-time job and you can only afford necessities,
LuvNewcastle
Aug 2013
#5
They are not talking about us, when claiming recession is over. As during the * regime, they are
Mnemosyne
Aug 2013
#6
And now the Lying Liars are doing exactly as the Lying Liars before them did -
truedelphi
Aug 2013
#49
I wondered if it was truly a small world as my neighbor is also building a greenhouse.
WCLinolVir
Aug 2013
#53
Garlic is particularly resistant to pests and protects many of your other plants.
AllyCat
Aug 2013
#59
Nominal is actual (dollar in this case) growth. Real is adjusted for inflation.
Lucky Luciano
Aug 2013
#23
republicans have no interest in bolstering an economy with a democratic President at the helm
spanone
Aug 2013
#12
Plants grow right out of the ground, converting molecules into whatever we need using solar now!
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#29
Ah yes, the soon to come,. It is like the bar sign "FREE BEER!", with the small print "tomorrow",. .
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#43
Are you dreaming? Little plastic parts are not going to rebuild the collapsing biosphere.
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#55
We need a New New Deal. That is, a new economic structure that works for working people.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#22
K&R As always. Keep getting it out there, all we have on our side is the truth. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#44
During the Cold War the Soviets used to talk about "capitalist exploitation of the workers"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#51