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Baobab

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17. neoliberals use that phrase winners and losers a lot and with services liberalisation we're always
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:48 PM
May 2016

the losers.. they all agree we will be, it seems, because our wages, to them all, "have to fall" - a lot.

They want to do this by throwing open services to international competition, with government procurement, work will go to the lowest bidding firms from all over the world, and their workers. US firms wont win those bids. So our own tax money will be flowing overseas in huge amounts unless our wages fall way way down.. I would be willing to bet that this happens within two or three years. they have been planning it for more than a decade.. You can read about it in dozens of world organizations.. for example, the WTO if you Google on "disciplines on domestic regulation"

That groundhog is back? JoePhilly May 2016 #1
He's one of the few left that wants to talk about Bernie. nt BootinUp May 2016 #2
Elections have winners and losers. hrmjustin May 2016 #3
Remember that now that Hillary is polling behind Trump FreakinDJ May 2016 #10
I am well aware she might not win but I believe she will. hrmjustin May 2016 #12
neoliberals use that phrase winners and losers a lot and with services liberalisation we're always Baobab May 2016 #17
Oh ok. hrmjustin May 2016 #18
Yup.. PM me if you want links. Baobab May 2016 #23
Yeah. I always get my reliable news from Fox. nt COLGATE4 May 2016 #14
Nader loves being a spoiler radical noodle May 2016 #4
That argument doesn't work on the 42% of Americans that are Independents. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #8
Nader got 2.74% of the vote in 2000. He did not cost Gore the election. Arazi May 2016 #13
he wasnt progressive enough to GOTV Baobab May 2016 #19
Listen to Ralph Nader he knows all about losing elections for Democrats n/t doc03 May 2016 #5
Democrats know how to lose elections. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #9
Ouch, that Berned! /nt demwing May 2016 #21
His positions were a lot more progressive than Gore's Baobab May 2016 #20
Just noticed another Clinton lie. JudyM May 2016 #6
Faux leather possibly? It's everywhere these days and looks very real radical noodle May 2016 #11
If she didn't lie more often than not, I would give her the benefit of the doubt, too. JudyM May 2016 #15
Truth. AzDar May 2016 #7
Fuck Ralph Nader...nt SidDithers May 2016 #16
Fuck Ralph Nader. n/t tabasco May 2016 #22
Fuck Ralph Nader tandem5 May 2016 #24
Thanks Baobab! Your OP reminded me to update my Ignore list RufusTFirefly May 2016 #25
I try to avoid that type of language, but feel free to add me to your ignore list still_one May 2016 #27
thats okay, Baobab May 2016 #28
ok by me still_one May 2016 #29
yeah right ralph. All those people who voted for Hillary don't count, huh? Ralph why don't still_one May 2016 #26
When Nader starts giving you advice, it's time for some soul searching Bernie... eastwestdem May 2016 #30
As opposed to soliciting advise from Kissinger. frylock May 2016 #31
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