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Kath1

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9. Well said.

Reply to Brigid (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 09:02 AM

Apr 2014

Someone has to do their crap work and that someone is us. And a lot of US are getting damn sick of it. "Job creation" is not a great thing if those jobs "created" are stressful, low paying, dead-ends.

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OK, if I buy the idea the 1% really are the "job creators" . . . Brigid Apr 2014 #6

Well said. Kath1 Apr 2014 #9