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Neoliberalism, My Ass [View all] KMOD Jun 2016 OP

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #1

Could you be any more generalized? Sounds like one comment made you mad and produced this rant bjobotts Jun 2016 #98

+1!!! Dustlawyer Jun 2016 #128

Going to need a Cheech and Chong size popcorn for this one. Eko Jun 2016 #2

Fake leftists. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #3

If someone is a neoliberal hack runaway hero Jun 2016 #115

K&R FOR TRUTH! eom MohRokTah Jun 2016 #4

Ouch. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #5

Depends on your definition of progressive kcjohn1 Jun 2016 #6

Republican governance has devastated the middle class, not trade deals. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #11

^^^THIS^^^^ Yavin4 Jun 2016 #48

THIS & THIS. :) Hortensis Jun 2016 #49

Government spending and regulation does not create a middle class AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #71

Without government support, unions would have been crushed. Yavin4 Jun 2016 #109

Every nation with large middle class has strong labor unions AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #117

And unless the govt forces corporations to negotiate with unions Yavin4 Jun 2016 #118

The government doesn't force companies to negotiate with Unions AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #119

And companies then hire strike breakers Yavin4 Jun 2016 #122

Yes, sometimes they hire 'Scabs' AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #131

"Read the history of the labor movement"??????? roomtomove Jun 2016 #132

Trade deals have eliminated jobs, while austerity (both parties) has cut away safety nets leveymg Jun 2016 #55

I wonder if we go after trade deals because the republican base agrees with us but pampango Jun 2016 #57

These "trade deals" are creating a global regime of legal governance kristopher Jun 2016 #90

America used to be the #1 exporter of finished goods and now we are the #1 importer of fin. goods bjobotts Jun 2016 #102

Neoliberalism is Reganism, trickle down economics and voodo economics where corps do bjobotts Jun 2016 #103

+1 Svafa Jun 2016 #86

Ah yes, pragmatism Scootaloo Jun 2016 #7

+1 nt laundry_queen Jun 2016 #8

I think its more like Eko Jun 2016 #10

When the Saudi's "opened up the spiggot" they shut down a lot of the fracking in TX. That Guy 888 Jun 2016 #23

Bogus statistics do not make an argument... roomtomove Jun 2016 #130

Part of my numbers could indeed be wrong. Eko Jul 2016 #141

well put, as usual AntiBank Jun 2016 #31

Some days, around here, Aerows Jun 2016 #42

Nothing like single-issue zealots to ignore a list of 358 accomplishments. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #9

I've seen that. Quite the Gish Gallop. seabeckind Jun 2016 #29

"Single issue zealots"....?????? roomtomove Jun 2016 #134

It's obvious. Read the OP. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #138

Heaven forfend we should look at someone's positon on the issues. Qutzupalotl Jun 2016 #12

Except you stress the wrong point, as the OP explains whatthehey Jun 2016 #34

"Free trade" versus "protectionism"? kristopher Jun 2016 #92

Love Milt Shook.. thank you, K! Cha Jun 2016 #13

Great article! betsuni Jun 2016 #14

TPP is a WALL fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #19

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean. betsuni Jun 2016 #21

International business IS engaged in a Hortensis Jun 2016 #63

Strive for progess, not perfection. KMOD Jun 2016 #69

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #135

Wow, tin ear AND insults. I am guessing the expiration date for elitist policy is nearing. eom Betty Karlson Jun 2016 #15

Hippie punching, nothing more. Scuba Jun 2016 #26

income and wealth inequality are unimportant when you're on the fat side of the equation tk2kewl Jun 2016 #39

Lots of white noise, always. Its how they roll. JEB Jun 2016 #43

Bernie, Corbyn and British unions all wanted the UK to stay in the EU. Yeah, they're elitists not pampango Jun 2016 #45

That quite a big leap you are taking there. Betty Karlson Jun 2016 #60

"the expiration date for elitist policy is nearing". Not for conservative elitist policy it's not. pampango Jun 2016 #89

All elitist policy has an element of conservatism. Betty Karlson Jul 2016 #139

Bernie was not directly involved, of course, but he made his opinion known. n/t pampango Jul 2016 #140

"Getting things done" for Centrist Dmocrats has mean't, in many cases ... nikto Jun 2016 #16

+1 CrispyQ Jun 2016 #82

+5 appalachiablue Jun 2016 #133

Hope the "paleoliberals" get it cosmicone Jun 2016 #17

Pet Issues Roy Rolling Jun 2016 #18

KICK fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #20

Neo-liberalism was the buzzword of the week. LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #22

Coordinated 3 pronged stealth attack. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #112

Great resource link! Thanks KMOD! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #24

K&R, KMOD! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #25

K&R Jamaal510 Jun 2016 #27

Looks like somebody shook (no pun intended) the crazy tree seabeckind Jun 2016 #28

Bam!!! You said it. nikto Jul 2016 #136

apologist claptrap AntiBank Jun 2016 #30

yep. Bill and now Obama were free to veto GOP bills and let them try to over-ride yurbud Jun 2016 #52

... dang, facts... disillusioned73 Jun 2016 #106

Your highly-Truthful post is hurtful to ONLY the NON-righteous hypocrites nikto Jul 2016 #137

Three things in the first two sentences that undermine the rest: rug Jun 2016 #32

Thread win. CrispyQ Jun 2016 #44

I don't have any of those things either, KMOD Jun 2016 #47

You get that that was an illustrative story, right? Squinch Jun 2016 #66

IKR!? Why anyone would buy the crap the article is selling. Rex Jun 2016 #73

And Bernie makes about $200,000 a year... R B Garr Jun 2016 #91

And the weight of an unladen African swallow is... Craig234 Jun 2016 #96

lol, so by the logic of the post I responded to, making a high salary would R B Garr Jun 2016 #104

No problem Craig234 Jun 2016 #105

Posted to for later. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #33

K&R. nt UtahLib Jun 2016 #35

Excellent read! Spazito Jun 2016 #36

K&R mcar Jun 2016 #37

Sometimes it is what you want it to be; not what it actually is. pampango Jun 2016 #38

I wonder if those pushing back on this OP recognize ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #40

In looking through some comments, KMOD Jun 2016 #70

Which, kind'a was a point the OP was making. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #72

Nope--precisely as expected. ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #84

Caribbean vacation - You have $20,000 available SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #75

I would venture to guess, despite protestations otherwise ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #77

IKR!? Rex Jun 2016 #78

Kick betsuni Jun 2016 #41

If Brexit really were a response to neoliberalism, then conservatives are sure smarter than liberals pampango Jun 2016 #46

Wait a minute, is it still raining? malthaussen Jun 2016 #50

Funny watching the elite project so much. Rex Jun 2016 #53

I find more bathos than pathos. malthaussen Jun 2016 #56

Good point. Rex Jun 2016 #58

well I suppose you could just place a few buckets around. KMOD Jun 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Rex Jun 2016 #51

I've got a degree in political science too, but . . FairWinds Jun 2016 #54

I'm still trying to imagine the Island Vacation, a lack of home insurance and 20K cash to Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #61

The person that wrote the article has a 5th grade education at best. Rex Jun 2016 #62

it's Milt Shook, a true hack who never meet a 3rd-way economic inflection point or so called left AntiBank Jun 2016 #64

Oh I know, we make fun of him year after year here on DU. Rex Jun 2016 #65

Pragmatism? Shebear Jun 2016 #67

The person that wrote the article doesn't understand what pragmatism means. Rex Jun 2016 #68

Caribbean vacation - You have $20,000 available SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #74

Mr. Shook appears to not understand . . FairWinds Jun 2016 #76

Another Pretentious Label... TomCADem Jun 2016 #79

Keep in mind these are people who measure success by their own profits. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #80

I am a union person, worked hard for my union, did a lot of organizing and did a lot of representing Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #81

The OP actually presented a list of ~371~of President Obama's accomplishments ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #83

I think the way to get people to vote for us Craig234 Jun 2016 #94

What? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #107

So we are all for TPP now? TheFarseer Jun 2016 #85

see post Craig234 Jun 2016 #95

I always spell out specifics. Asymmetrical Investment Protection for one. AntiBank Jun 2016 #100

Thank you, Milt Shook, aka Chuckles, LWolf Jun 2016 #87

K&R Nitram Jun 2016 #88

My reaction Craig234 Jun 2016 #93

Kick to return later Hekate Jun 2016 #97

I agree, with one caveat DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #99

PS, about Europe DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #101

Your position is completely reasonable, KMOD Jun 2016 #108

Gompers, Wilson, Chamberlain, and the Industrialists are dead but their foul ideology lives. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2016 #110

Thank you KMOD! tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #111

Damn, this is so spot on, there is nothing to add! beastie boy Jun 2016 #113

Full of excuses runaway hero Jun 2016 #114

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #116

I find the author of your link, KMOD Jun 2016 #120

the only evidence of any "turning away" stupidicus Jun 2016 #123

barely? eeking? KMOD Jun 2016 #125

K&R! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #121

I don't consider the purists progressive. joshcryer Jun 2016 #124

What complete horse crap. PowerToThePeople Jun 2016 #126

The saddest part is that the extremes get to classify everyone else. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #127

K&R Gothmog Jun 2016 #129

Excellent, excellent post!!! Thank you for sharing this! AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #142