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Let me ProSense Dec 2012 #1
Of course austerity is policy. woo me with science Dec 2012 #19
"the Democrats" are not sellouts. The sellouts are the internationalist Democratic politicians. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #29
"austerity" "Shock Doctrine" "Third Way" "corporatists" FSogol Dec 2012 #2
So now Obama, who was absolutely positively going to cave, but who didn't cave, is still evil. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #3
Keep trying to make it about being mean to Obama. woo me with science Dec 2012 #4
But I thought we wanted Obama to stand up to Boehner and the GOP even if that meant JoePhilly Dec 2012 #5
And there you start at Step 2, woo me with science Dec 2012 #6
Have they taken SS off the table yet? Get back to us when the President sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #28
If it looks like a cave, sounds like a cave, and the President agrees it's a cave, MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #30
Austerity, during a recession, is always the wrong choice and it's been tried and failed each time. byeya Dec 2012 #7
Exactly. We need to talk about what they are NOT proposing. woo me with science Dec 2012 #9
Bridges, municipal water purification systems; parks; hospitals; schools, etc, should be our byeya Dec 2012 #12
Amen. Everything Democrats *should* be fighting for woo me with science Dec 2012 #13
They are also not proposing fixing SS by returning money to the trust fund they "borrowed" AndyA Dec 2012 #31
You got that right. woo me with science Dec 2012 #32
K&R Agree with every word. forestpath Dec 2012 #8
K&R! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #10
Time to correct the narrative. Time to demand real, positive change. woo me with science Dec 2012 #11
Sorry Woo, but this is what I think being caught in the event horizon means. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #33
Good points. I think I agree with everything you said here. woo me with science Dec 2012 #34
The 1% are hoarding - that's right, hoarding - more money than in the history of humankind. reformist2 Dec 2012 #14
+10000 woo me with science Dec 2012 #17
18,500 workers at hostess have lost, or are losing, their livlihoods while the private capital byeya Dec 2012 #15
+10000 woo me with science Dec 2012 #18
yep, limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #16
Absolutely. These are moral issues. woo me with science Dec 2012 #20
there's another narrative you are missing hfojvt Dec 2012 #21
Thank you for adding this. woo me with science Dec 2012 #24
Nothing gets fixed mick063 Dec 2012 #22
Damn, that's a scary graph. woo me with science Dec 2012 #25
This horrid situation could be fixed with EFCA and modernization of national labor law. byeya Dec 2012 #27
Don't forget why austerity was imposed. Obama was the one who insisted that SS be "fixed" Leopolds Ghost Dec 2012 #23
Excellent point. woo me with science Dec 2012 #26
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