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freshwest

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31. The problem is they only see productivity in terms of money, not goods or services workers provide.
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 12:43 AM
Apr 2012

They only see to get the dollars, not the work done. Thus with sleigh of hand and paperwork tricks, they 'produce' fortunes that have nothing to do with what a working person calls producing anything.

They've destroyed the 'work ethic' and the concept of 'the value of honest work.' If they can make money by manipulating the system like Bain did by leverages and taking short term profits, stealing pensions, wages, facilities to get those dollars, they call that production.

All the while growth as most people were taught to understand, making things of value, does not exist in their model of productivity. Workers are closer to the actual creation of things, but no longer have power to be paid for doing it, as the labor market has been extended so far internationally that with the different cultures and countries, the LCD is slave labor.

I don't think fairness appeals to them, nor morals, not keeping society or the environment healthy. That's what I think, is that correct?

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Yeah, I caught that too. obxhead Apr 2012 #1
I think you are right. efhmc Apr 2012 #10
I'd have to agree given the recent history Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #33
It's an excellent discussion. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #2
Well documented... Scuba Apr 2012 #3
Why don't politicians talk about productivity? kentuck Apr 2012 #4
Speaking of correlations (and anticorrelations)... caraher Apr 2012 #12
More production with less labor input means increased productivity. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #29
what do you mean? Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #34
The problem is they only see productivity in terms of money, not goods or services workers provide. freshwest Apr 2012 #31
And this, too, is due to the loss of collective bargaining JayhawkSD Apr 2012 #15
Reagan-Bush Years Started It DallasNE Apr 2012 #32
Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #5
didn't need a graph to know that was the case. when are working people in this country KG Apr 2012 #6
It's an important graph that Ed Schultz has used repeatedly since March of last year: highplainsdem Apr 2012 #7
Toss in the 1%'s share and we'll see where it went. /nt Festivito Apr 2012 #8
K&R. Overseas Apr 2012 #9
One piture penndragon69 Apr 2012 #11
I wonder how many foreign car drivers JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #13
Here's one! JusticeForAll Apr 2012 #17
Which is owned by Ford obxhead Apr 2012 #19
Congratulations. JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #22
I did. obxhead Apr 2012 #18
Sorry to offend, the DU hypocrisy is a bit much at times JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #20
That fact that Honda of Ohio was using prison labor doesn't bother you? NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #23
That does bother me in fact. obxhead Apr 2012 #26
I wish more attention would be paid to "collective bargaining" JayhawkSD Apr 2012 #14
Agree! lonestarnot Apr 2012 #24
That's the same modus operandi that congress critters and politicians use. xtraxritical Apr 2012 #30
Good points. Union members would need legal advice when negotiating contracts. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #35
K & R nt abelenkpe Apr 2012 #16
Trickle down (and down, and down, and down) capitalist economics. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2012 #21
This graph begs to answer some questions Pavlo Apr 2012 #25
Oh, for fuck's sake - what the hell is "middle class" supposed to mean? harmonicon Apr 2012 #27
They are pulling a Romney on America madashelltoo Apr 2012 #28
Article: ProSense May 2012 #36
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