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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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17. I don't want an 'opportunity' to compete against third worlders for a job, I want an actual job.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2015, 05:07 PM

May 2015

And I'm pretty sick and tired of even Democrats like the President using RW rhetoric about 'opportunities' and 'fair chances'.

No opportunity, no chance, just an actual job that pays a living wage.

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Thirty-five years of trickle-down economics... [View all] kentuck May 2015 OP

Not much has trickled down, has it? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #1

We've had 16 years of democratic presidents and 20 years of house and senate yeoman6987 May 2015 #10

K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #2

You're wrong, apparently. I don't know why myself, but a swooner will be along shortly to tell you. PSPS May 2015 #3

The dismantling of America began hifiguy May 2015 #4

I thought Clinton had slowed it down until.... kentuck May 2015 #5

NAFTA and "financial modernization" along with hifiguy May 2015 #6

Truth. kentuck May 2015 #7

A DLCer fat with Koch Brothers Money. bvar22 May 2015 #28

more likely the Internet explosion and internal destruction of the USSR was responsible. JanMichael May 2015 #8

A computer in every garage... kentuck May 2015 #9

There is some serious truth to the fall of the USSR. During the Exilednight May 2015 #12

The only ones that felt threatened was the defense industry... kentuck May 2015 #14

And they needed to make it look as if all of us were sharing the benefits - like it was truly great jwirr May 2015 #19

Exactly. n/t Exilednight May 2015 #23

Wages rose and unemployment declined so Clinton did have more success than pampango May 2015 #11

Yes, there was a lot of demand for labor during Clinton's terms... kentuck May 2015 #13

I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious May 2015 #15

You have to change the way people think before you can change the way they vote. kentuck May 2015 #16

I don't want an 'opportunity' to compete against third worlders for a job, I want an actual job. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #17

Also, they prefer to talk about the losses in the middle class... kentuck May 2015 #18

We're all in this together. German workers compete against 'third worlders' quite well. pampango May 2015 #21

We need to change the way we look at these matters, as far as "taxes" go, in my opinion. kentuck May 2015 #22

democracy could have fixed it, but the left ignored rw radio certainot May 2015 #20

It was the Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed by Bill Clinton, bvar22 May 2015 #29

We're drowning in their trickled-down piss. nt valerief May 2015 #24

Amtrak has trickled down pretty well though... Sigh... Helen Borg May 2015 #25

What gets me is when they say an increase in pay will increase prices.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #26

K&R liberal_at_heart May 2015 #27