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Elwood P Dowd

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33. The 1% water boys will never change. Either they don't want to hear about the problem, or

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Thu Jul 9, 2015, 04:47 PM

Jul 2015

they are willing participant$ promoting and defending policie$ that led to the problem.

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We Are Destined To Be A Low Wage Country. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jul 2015 OP

Aristos are generally willing to blow it all up rather than evolve. Orsino Jul 2015 #1

Who will businesses sell to. I think very few have that goal, but I do think there is Hoyt Jul 2015 #2

Why do you think they would be planning that far ahead? jeff47 Jul 2015 #13

Even the most ignorant manager and stock investor knows you can't kill off all your customers. Hoyt Jul 2015 #27

You can't kill off all your customers today. jeff47 Jul 2015 #30

The 1% water boys will never change. Either they don't want to hear about the problem, or Elwood P Dowd Jul 2015 #33

And the pie-in-the-sky types just think all this mess be corrected overnight, without anyone but Hoyt Jul 2015 #36

Don't kid yourself. There's a reason slavery was an institution closeupready Jul 2015 #35

They want the barest level of subsistence wages and not one penny more. hifiguy Jul 2015 #47

Guess you've never worked for some small business owner. Do you work for a corporation? Hoyt Jul 2015 #52

I worked in a business small enough to wonder for an entire year hifiguy Jul 2015 #54

I've worked for the same. Point is, small businesses don't pay very well, if you even get paid. Hoyt Jul 2015 #57

Some do, some don't. hifiguy Jul 2015 #59

Great post! PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #67

5 of the top 10, melm00se Jul 2015 #79

Development and research are different, despite how commonly they're conflated. jeff47 Jul 2015 #80

Businesses don't care about other businesses. That's too high level. Oneironaut Jul 2015 #71

So many ways this post frustrates me. closeupready Jul 2015 #3

My Op Is About Fighting. I Do Not Know How To Reach The People Who Drink The Kool Aide. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2015 #9

Oh okay, I see. Do you have cable? closeupready Jul 2015 #11

I Don't Have Cable, But Al Jazeera Used To Be On MHZ International On Regular TV. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2015 #18

I had the priviledge to speak with and hear the stories of many of the old fighters for the Union jwirr Jul 2015 #20

Watch "The Inheritance." Labor film. Real bullets... Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #23

Where do I find it? And thank you. jwirr Jul 2015 #34

It should be found on Google. If I remember it is in 2 parts. Sorry, I can't be more specific. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #70

Unfortunately I went to google and it is all about a classic called "The Inheritance". I will keep jwirr Jul 2015 #72

Try "labor film the inheritance." Also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAwgX8NCeL8. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #75

That should do it. jwirr Jul 2015 #77

this doesn't sound like it Nite Owl Jul 2015 #81

Google: labor film the inheritance. Take your pick. Therenis a longer version Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #82

ok Nite Owl Jul 2015 #83

Part of the problem: The innertubes have made cynicism and political impotence hep-cat. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #24

+100. n/t whathehell Jul 2015 #58

It is kinda funny to watch people claim 'new, better jobs and more pay' without a lick of proof. Rex Jul 2015 #4

IT is still booming. randome Jul 2015 #15

I've only been in IT for 50 years and I don't agree with "booming" erronis Jul 2015 #28

Definitely being conversant with computers can help in any job, no matter what it is. randome Jul 2015 #31

Who can afford to relocate? PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #32

You also have to divest yourself of possessions. randome Jul 2015 #38

I rent PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #40

How can immigrants relocate all the time? vinny9698 Jul 2015 #73

None of that is even close to doable for me PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #78

Interesting. Mobile means something else to me - able to work with the new mobile platforms erronis Jul 2015 #39

We need progressive taxation. yallerdawg Jul 2015 #5

Low wages are better than no wages fadedrose Jul 2015 #6

We are going to be a low wage country if we don't organize and fight hard AZ Progressive Jul 2015 #7

"wanton"? ProfessorPlum Jul 2015 #8

We could seriously elect democrats for the next 100 years. Initech Jul 2015 #10

My long term goal is leaving the US PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #12

Make sure you're under 40, or have specialized training/degrees. (nt) jeff47 Jul 2015 #16

I will be pushing 60, already low 40s PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #17

There are other options, just probably not Canada or a Scandinavian country. (nt) jeff47 Jul 2015 #25

I'll probably just try to free my son from this tyrannical society. PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #29

please stop with the references to suicide Skittles Jul 2015 #63

Please stop with the preaching PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #64

LOL Skittles Jul 2015 #65

Good PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #66

If we don't shift paradigms, we will be a 'no jobs' country as robots JCMach1 Jul 2015 #14

Not only that but you MUST vote for the corporate candidate or be ARRESTED for insubordination. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #19

It sure feels like that sometimes. hifiguy Jul 2015 #44

Correct. matt819 Jul 2015 #21

The same is true of public school teachers StarzGuy Jul 2015 #26

That's true matt819 Jul 2015 #74

"No, Mr. Bond; I expect you to DIE!" There ya go. WinkyDink Jul 2015 #22

That's why they hate the New Deal. Octafish Jul 2015 #37

Shopping at Walmart for ex. Snow Leopard Jul 2015 #41

This is what they mean by a "good climate for business." Tatiana La Belle Jul 2015 #42

A modern, high-tech version of feudalism hifiguy Jul 2015 #43

This must be what the Reagan-Bush Crime Family meant by the term Elwood P Dowd Jul 2015 #48

Of course. hifiguy Jul 2015 #50

We already are for a lot of people. bigwillq Jul 2015 #45

Globalization and Free Trade madville Jul 2015 #46

And we will all be mindless drone proles together. hifiguy Jul 2015 #49

When your primary worry is day to day survival... roamer65 Jul 2015 #51

There Is A Breaking Point. Remember The French Revolution. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2015 #53

The Russian Revolution, as well. hifiguy Jul 2015 #55

That Russian revolution worked so well for people. Revolutions ate just as likely Hoyt Jul 2015 #61

A minor quibble: it isn't "destiny"--it is deliberate policy by the elites truebluegreen Jul 2015 #56

Thread winner. hifiguy Jul 2015 #60

That is THE strategic objective of TPTB. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2015 #62

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ONLY way to fix this is A. MASSIVE tariffs B. MASSIVE taxes on rich and corps randys1 Jul 2015 #76