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jwirr

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8. We are and have been in a period of change: climate, oil depletion, war, lose of jobs overseas, etc.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 10:53 AM

Feb 2014

Some of the unrest we see today has to do with the process of change and our trying to adjust to it. Until we start doing something about the need to change we are not going to get better. We have also made some mistakes during the last 30+ years with things like NAFTA and now the TPP which helped to destroy our nation.

We need a comprehensive plan that will take our needed change into consideration and remember out history.

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After 4 1/2 years of 'recovery', Is this as good as it gets? [View all] n2doc Feb 2014 OP

Until we bring back manufacuring and raise the minimum wage......yes. yourout Feb 2014 #1

manufacturing is going to robots.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #9

I am/was a builder of automated machine toll cells (robotic loaded lathe, mills, and drills). Half-Century Man Feb 2014 #11

We need a new economic system - unions, raising the minimum wage aren't enough. reformist2 Feb 2014 #2

+1 n/t Alkene Feb 2014 #3

this, exactly. there will not be increasing numbers of jobs as robots take over. magical thyme Feb 2014 #12

You must be joking if you think the 1%'ers are somehow going Vinnie From Indy Feb 2014 #25

RE: your last sentence........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #30

Actually I think it's time to do away with the minimum wage entirely. obxhead Feb 2014 #27

There should be a world wide minimum wage KurtNYC Feb 2014 #4

Constantly seeking out just how much injustice people will tolerate. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #5

+1 for the quote alone BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #20

Thank you. I think that understanding it and this one from Harriet Tubman, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #21

We need modern day Emancipators BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #23

+1 Well said, Brother Ivan! villager Feb 2014 #26

recommend phantom power Feb 2014 #6

seems so. and expect exactly zero help from the dem party on economic issues KG Feb 2014 #7

why do you blame the Democrats rather than the Republicans? geek tragedy Feb 2014 #16

We are and have been in a period of change: climate, oil depletion, war, lose of jobs overseas, etc. jwirr Feb 2014 #8

The meeting of geo-location, robotics, offshoring, 3d printing, and other technology Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #10

'recovery' has been re-defined. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #13

THere are huge structural changes and no one knows where this will end. AngryAmish Feb 2014 #14

It can be better, but we need a Congress that gives a shit about people nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #15

Past recessions/depressions took a long time to get out of treestar Feb 2014 #17

we are being groomed to accept mediocrity as excellence Skittles Feb 2014 #18

Hopefully not! Corporations are now in control more than ever. Rex Feb 2014 #19

Another "Jobless Recovery"? bvar22 Feb 2014 #22

Well ... the stock market is kicking ass! 1000words Feb 2014 #24

With too many reThugs in congress? Yeap..... regards uponit7771 Feb 2014 #28

I read somewhere that it takes 10 years to recovery from George W. Bush KauaiK Feb 2014 #29

This "economist" predicts no real "recovery" SoCalDem Feb 2014 #31

It's simple: Repubs get elected, no recovery; enough Dems elected, rising tide lifts all ships. Stevepol Feb 2014 #32