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22. Which gets back to your "how much training does it take to handle a shovel": lots

Wed May 27, 2015, 11:47 PM

May 2015

Or, rather, we don't really need that many people to use shovels anymore; we need them to operate backhoes or whatever those are called now. And we need them to do environmental and zoning assessments. There's a good reason we don't just build stuff willy-nilly like we did 80 years ago, but that means it's harder to just pour money into infrastructure and see immediate results.

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The Proof That Centrism is Dead [View all] applegrove May 2015 OP

You should add the link to the full article in your OP. nt scarletwoman May 2015 #1

Thanks. applegrove May 2015 #3

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I remember that she had public hearings and there were a lot of big business people invited to jwirr May 2015 #4

here proposal was NOT single payer DonCoquixote May 2015 #7

And now she's all in on privatized insurance Doctor_J May 2015 #17

"How can centrists continue to focus on... JHB May 2015 #5

Who are these centrists? eom guillaumeb May 2015 #6

Bernie And Rand Aren't billhicks76 May 2015 #14

Over due correction..... daleanime May 2015 #8

"Workers, they argued, were being left behind because of weak skills and education" Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #9

The WPA never got unemployment below 15%, or 3 times what it is now Recursion May 2015 #20

You don't HAVE to make everyone a government employee.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #21

Which gets back to your "how much training does it take to handle a shovel": lots Recursion May 2015 #22

Trust me, there are PLENTY of worksite jobs that don't require even a high school diploma.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #23

But you should have some training mythology May 2015 #42

That kind of training isn't done in a lecture hall. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #43

College graduates often find themselves taking jobs that Jamastiene May 2015 #31

Hence, this... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #33

I think that there are many factors in the "weak recovery" nt clarice May 2015 #10

Not least of which is conservative obstructionism and hatred of government. n/t slumcamper May 2015 #11

Did you read that in the sheep handbook? nt clarice May 2015 #12

That's rude. Duppers May 2015 #25

ooooops my bad...sorry. i responded to the wrong post.....nt clarice May 2015 #27

But, you didn't delete it and repost it in the right place. Jamastiene May 2015 #32

nunya. nt clarice May 2015 #37

Ah, being passive aggressive, I see. n/t Jamastiene May 2015 #39

Ok...are you purposely trying to pick a fight with me?nt clarice May 2015 #44

Wishful thinking. If it were a political stategy rather than an ideology it should have died in 08 betterdemsonly May 2015 #13

Centrists were moved to the right as the middle moved. Turns out even the milder centrist policy applegrove May 2015 #15

That presumes centrists means middle. It doesn't betterdemsonly May 2015 #19

Take out the "entr" and replace those letters with "orporat", and the term would be more accurate. cascadiance May 2015 #28

How could that be? treestar May 2015 #16

And you just inadvertently illuminated the inherent problem with "centrism" Scootaloo May 2015 #26

the center is where the mass of the voters treestar May 2015 #29

The Beltway considers the "Center" to be when Democrats cave to Republicans. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #34

The republicans probably consider it to be when Republicans cave to Democrats treestar May 2015 #35

When their side does it, it's bad YoungDemCA May 2015 #40

That may be what you and I would like it to mean. PETRUS May 2015 #41

Actually they're not. Scootaloo May 2015 #45

"There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos" Jim Hightower YOHABLO May 2015 #18

+1 Duppers May 2015 #24

+1 MosheFeingold May 2015 #38

I wish someone would tell the centrists that. Jamastiene May 2015 #30

But, the "Why Even Bother" Bloc is doing quite well. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #36