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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
22. Another "Jobless Recovery"?
Fri Feb 14, 2014, 01:42 PM
Feb 2014

The 1% and their Mouth Pieces in Washington have this Jobless Recovery SCAM down pat.
They should. They have had plenty of practice since the 80s.
They know Just What to Do to continue the transfer of wealth from the Working Class to the 1%.

THIS Jobless Recovery has a NEW twist.
In the past, they were reluctant to cut Social Programs because the voters back home would toss these assholes out on their ASS if they vote to cut programs that a majority of the people in their districts back home depend on.
So THIS time, "they" invented something called The Sequester.
The Sequester is a brilliant piece of Political Scamsmanship.


NOW....No politician from either Political Party has to face the voters back home and say he voted to CUT the Social Programs the majority of his/her constituents depend upon.
They get to blame it ALL on The SEQUESTER.
"I didn't cut those programs!
The SEQUESTER cut those programs!"


There is that Plausible Deniability again.
Nobody claims they WANTED The Sequester.
America certainly didn't want it,
but HERE it IS!
and Both Parties get to blame the other.
Now that is an awesome piece of Scamsmanship!!!


"They" ALSO know how the help the Working Class.
FDR & LBJ gave us the Blue Print for a REAL recovery that helps everybody.
Back THEN, "they" (Democrats and Republicans alike) RAISED taxes on the RICH,
and started programs that PUT MONEY into the HANDS that would SPEND IT (Working Class & Poor)
through massive JOBS PROGRAMS and direct assistance.

This is NOT "theory".
This is HISTORY.
They KNOW what works.
They just don't want to do it.



You will know them by their WORKS!

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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
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