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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Hillaryites are demonstrating how out of touch they are with the working class. [View all]seabeckind
(1,957 posts)57. Real change happens out of desperation.
Bad stuff is happening and desperation in that there's no way to stop the bad stuff. When it hits a tipping point, change happens.
When FDR signed a bill making the 1% pay for putting people back to work doing public projects, it was a bill passed by a republican congress.
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Closing another factory here in Indiana.
Moving the labor part of it to Mexico.
Another one announced the closing a couple months ago. Moving the labor part to Mexico.
Both factories are very profitable but I guess not profitable enough for the investors.
Tell me what we should do about it.
We have lots of time. Over 60,000 factories have closed since 2000. Hel, even walmart is cutting jobs.
Maybe you can tell me how we stop this incrementally, don't go too fast, you're rocking the boat.
Need to be a team player.
Moving the labor part of it to Mexico.
Another one announced the closing a couple months ago. Moving the labor part to Mexico.
Both factories are very profitable but I guess not profitable enough for the investors.
Tell me what we should do about it.
We have lots of time. Over 60,000 factories have closed since 2000. Hel, even walmart is cutting jobs.
Maybe you can tell me how we stop this incrementally, don't go too fast, you're rocking the boat.
Need to be a team player.
Refusing to see this as a problem and making fixing it a priority is being out of touch with the plight of the workers.
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The Hillaryites are demonstrating how out of touch they are with the working class. [View all]
imagine2015
Jun 2016
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Lofton, Mr. Mooney Times, claims incest is an American problem only since 1966.
closeupready
Jun 2016
#72
Zappa: "There aren't songs that advocate incest." Lofton: "You need to get out more."
closeupready
Jun 2016
#74
and how many reichwing talking points are used against HRC. hmmm, I wonder how that happened.
niyad
Jun 2016
#80
So what?! Two romantic scabs---Hill & Bill---crossed a groundsworkers' picket line at Yale . . .
Petrushka
Jun 2016
#56
That's true. And that's what makes Bernie exceptional. He knows the real history of this nation.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#9
"They really believe that major progressive social changes come via elections."
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#8
What system of government do you think we have? I know it's incredibly undemocratic.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#17
bernie is running in elections. dont you believe he is a major proessive social changer type lol nt
msongs
Jun 2016
#34
How did your guy, Al Gore, lose the 2000 election? He didn't. It was stolen by the Supreme Court.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#24
they're the sort that's happy with the flag being repalced because it means racism's finally over
MisterP
Jun 2016
#36
Sanders created expectations amongst college students far above anything the political reality
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#35
That's what you, Wall Street, corporate America and their main benefactor, Hillary hope. Isn't it?
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#63
Yeah, I had that wrong. Sanders has been in Congress 25 years, the Senate only 9.
randome
Jun 2016
#83