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lovuian

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18. you can hear Dickens character

Reply to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 01:54 PM

Jul 2012

telling his cohorts to squeeze them

the British Empire fell because of their brutality to the poor
and America Empire will fall too

Kings did this too King John ....taxed the people and abided by no laws except his

the French King did it also ....monarchies Templars and Dictators all fall

History repeats itself

CEO's should not be making this enormous salaries and workers should have representation of the Board of the company
Germany respects their workers and America approaches LABOR Day
and we need to respect the American Worker

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Corporations Have Captured 88% Of All Post-Recession Income Growth [View all] Klukie Jul 2012 OP

They keep squeezing and squeezing... Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #1

but romney leads obama by one point in one poll okieinpain Jul 2012 #12

you can hear Dickens character lovuian Jul 2012 #18

Yup - they get it all - and we get nothing. Fucking thieves. Initech Jul 2012 #2

Shareholders including retirement pensions, 401ks and university endowments own corporations. dkf Jul 2012 #3

True Klukie Jul 2012 #4

Who holds the business equity PETRUS Jul 2012 #15

Thanks..I was trying to find some stats on this. Klukie Jul 2012 #16

You bet. PETRUS Jul 2012 #19

But at age 67, most, including me don't want anything to do with the market stufl Jul 2012 #7

Corporate bonds are also beneficiaries of corporate profits. dkf Jul 2012 #14

Nope. Guess I'll have to live on whatever principle they let me accumulate. stufl Jul 2012 #17

Funny that we have the worst inequality in over 100 years, what with all that stock ownership. Romulox Jul 2012 #10

post recession? what post recession? robinlynne Jul 2012 #5

I thought the same thing Klukie Jul 2012 #6

My income is now 15% of what it was 5 years ago.... And I am certainly not the only one. robinlynne Jul 2012 #20

Since the GD, we have never had this kind of labor slack persisting after a recession. Yo_Mama Jul 2012 #8

What caused the entry of women into the workforce? Klukie Jul 2012 #9

They were largely *tricked* into it by corporatists. Romulox Jul 2012 #11

Inability to make ends meet Yo_Mama Jul 2012 #13