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LuvNewcastle

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40. I just got through watching the video. Everyone ought to see it.

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 09:22 AM

Nov 2013

What those people are doing is like playing catch with nuclear bombs. And we're supposed to be the dumb people. At least we can see that capitalism is doomed because it eventually causes us to feed on ourselves. All I can think about right now is how historians will tell the story of our self-inflicted demise. I hope people in the future learn something from this, because we don't seem to be able to learn from history, unfortunately.

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The Mutilated Economy-By PAUL KRUGMAN � we�ve done ourselves immense long-term damage� [View all] kpete Nov 2013 OP

I am getting concerned about Paul Krugman. His level of despair over what he predicted CTyankee Nov 2013 #1

The 1%r's succeeded in convincing unemployed Joe Six Pack cutting Corporate taxes harun Nov 2013 #13

Tremendously sad but really important article from Krugman. K&R. nt riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #2

mama, don't let your babies marry an American riverbendviewgal Nov 2013 #3

K&R. Wall Street profits uber alles. bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #4

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #5

K&R idwiyo Nov 2013 #6

Kick .... Myrina Nov 2013 #7

They are there to serve the 1%, and they have served them very well. harun Nov 2013 #14

The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Nov 2013 #18

Warned you we did, listen you did not and now matters are more bleak TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #8

Do 3rd-Wayers even care? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #9

no...they are to busy picking up the coins the !% throw at their feet. madrchsod Nov 2013 #28

Since "We told you so" so often, will there ever be a time where being Egalitarian Thug Nov 2013 #10

Paul Krugman is a modern day prophet. AmBlue Nov 2013 #11

Prophets usually don't fare well. Remember the legend of Cassandra: raped and murdered CTyankee Nov 2013 #21

I know one way to boost employment. AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #12

+10000000 dotymed Nov 2013 #16

+2 madrchsod Nov 2013 #29

craps. For many of us, what he says is essentially that our lives are already over. magical thyme Nov 2013 #15

I think it gets even worse for the future MissMillie Nov 2013 #17

I'm going to stretch this thought out a bit further... Hestia Nov 2013 #42

++ ..nt dougolat Nov 2013 #49

This could all be fixed by electing lots of progressives. Who's with me on this? JEFF9K Nov 2013 #19

First you have to find and/or make some Demeter Nov 2013 #20

Well said!! JEFF9K Nov 2013 #24

Exactly. nt enlightenment Nov 2013 #51

[raises hand] Hestia Nov 2013 #43

What Krugman blogged yesterday from an IMF conference (kind of personal and wistful) CTyankee Nov 2013 #22

GREAT POST! ... JEFF9K Nov 2013 #25

Thanks kpete, K&R Jefferson23 Nov 2013 #23

Yup.....Shared & KnR. FogerRox Nov 2013 #26

wait till obama signs the treaty that will destroy what is left of the usa madrchsod Nov 2013 #27

what is worse is DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #30

The "New Normal." Thanks, 1%. We gave, and gave, and gave some more, and this is how we're repaid! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #31

And the "Bail-Out" really was a stick-up! nt dougolat Nov 2013 #32

TARP yes, Stimulus, no. Hestia Nov 2013 #44

True, but a good part of that Stimulus was mis-directed by the RW... dougolat Nov 2013 #48

The government, mostly Congress, has ignored unemployment and under-employment LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #33

Putting it in the stock market... chervilant Nov 2013 #34

I'll check it out. Thanks. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #35

Here's another observation for chervilant Nov 2013 #37

I just got through watching the video. Everyone ought to see it. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #40

And playing "catch" becomes "hot potato"...nt dougolat Nov 2013 #50

Title VII of Dodd-Frank was a travesty jmowreader Nov 2013 #38

Dodd-Frank was passed for appearance's sake. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #41

Dodd-Frank was beta legislation jmowreader Nov 2013 #46

What's worse is the start up's are being funded by private equity firms and hedge funds flogging Hestia Nov 2013 #45

They try to ignore history jmowreader Nov 2013 #47

"... if deficits drive up interest rates ... But that hasn�t happened." pampango Nov 2013 #36

Rich people are richer, and that's all that matters in this world. Everything else are toys for the valerief Nov 2013 #39