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brentspeak

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6. This coming from Bill Clinton's Secretary of NAFTA

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:38 PM

Sep 2014

and China's MFN Status.

Many of Reich's progressive economic ideas and criticisms of the 1% sound good, but one has to remember that Reich "free trade" policies were themselves a gigantic reason why today's middle class is crumbling. Today, Reich tries to run away from the damage he did by lamely claiming that technology would have done with manufacturing jobs anyway -- bull$hit when you see so many Chinese workers on the assembly line.

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Fmr. US Labor Secretary Robert Reich: College Is a Ludicrous Waste Of Money [View all] big_dog Sep 2014 OP

And Reich is a traitor to US labor.. pipoman Sep 2014 #1

Correct. But few here want to hear it, lol. closeupready Sep 2014 #7

If college is a waste of money mythology Sep 2014 #2

He should also explain why he cashes his paycheck from Berkeley! alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #3

i kinda like the high school senior 'in training' aspect of this big_dog Sep 2014 #5

So, he will recommend his kids (if he has any) and his friends'kids to do this? Mass Sep 2014 #4

This coming from Bill Clinton's Secretary of NAFTA brentspeak Sep 2014 #6

We are wasting so much testing in this country that real HS Vocational JCMach1 Sep 2014 #8

European countries use the vocational angle in their highschools and have for years. They train jwirr Sep 2014 #10

Exactly, nor is everyone ready to go to college at 18... I have also noticed the over-credentialing JCMach1 Sep 2014 #13

There is another way that we are convinved to stay in college too long. I have an MSW and most of jwirr Sep 2014 #15

yeah, some just do not help you out much... JCMach1 Sep 2014 #16

I disagree with him. alarimer Sep 2014 #9

This is true but there are a lot of people who cannot afford to go for that reason. jwirr Sep 2014 #11

Basically saying the jobs are gone and they aren't coming back FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #12

I think the future success of being employed in these United States Samantha Sep 2014 #14

He's right, it is. Arkana Sep 2014 #17

Where do they learn to own so they don't always have to ask? It ain't school. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2015 #18