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Populist_Prole

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11. Bingo. Well said.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 03:47 PM

Jul 2014

While we of course we know all too well they don't care about social outcomes, good or otherwise, they're so in the thrall of short term thinking they don't care that more spending power in the hands of the masses is actually better for business....their business, too. Of course that's just too far beyond next quarter for them to care about.

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2014 Job Creation Faster in States that Raised the Minimum Wage [View all] grahamhgreen Jul 2014 OP

economies function best when kept in balance. "supply-side" stimuli help when supply-starved. unblock Jul 2014 #1

Agreed. LuvNewcastle Jul 2014 #3

Not going to convince conservatives with data and studies (you know - facts). pampango Jul 2014 #2

Good social outcomes are not going to convince owners/CEOs HereSince1628 Jul 2014 #4

True. The sad thing is that the owners/CEO's are able to convince so many in their base pampango Jul 2014 #6

We don't need to convince them. It's good fuel for D's to take to America. grahamhgreen Jul 2014 #9

True, but there are a lot of corporate friendly, neoliberal D's HereSince1628 Jul 2014 #10

Bingo. Well said. Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #11

The 'job-cReatoR$' cite their own studies and facts (with convenient 'spreadsheet errors') 2 Amonester Jul 2014 #7

This is not surprising Gothmog Jul 2014 #5

K&R'd. snot Jul 2014 #8