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PLEASE REC THIS TO THE FRONT PAGE MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #1
I concur!!! and email the link to the video to everyone you know! FreeBC Jan 2013 #18
What can the masses do? The elites wont listen to us. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author FreeBC Jan 2013 #73
We really do need a second Great Deal sakabatou Jan 2013 #2
New New Deal? How about WW3? ErikJ Jan 2013 #7
But WW2 brought unemployment down to almost zero in the 40's. AlbertCat Jan 2013 #12
WW3... on climate change. ErikJ Jan 2013 #26
put the same effort into renewable energy production as we did WW2 AlbertCat Jan 2013 #35
We've gotten rather accustomed to war needing big spending not infrastructure mythology Jan 2013 #54
You bet! raouldukelives Jan 2013 #77
Yes, most of the fighting in WWII happened in Europe and Asia. amandabeech Jan 2013 #28
In 1938 elections, the House went back to the GOP. They removed the New Deal Job Programs DhhD Jan 2013 #16
Most importantly Dokkie Jan 2013 #36
That's a great way to put it lunatica Jan 2013 #38
I understand what you're saying, but I think the war metaphor is poorly chosen. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #43
War on Fossil Energy/Climate change must be global ErikJ Jan 2013 #47
War on Drugs. War on Terror. War on Poverty. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #48
Climate change dwarfs all those problems, even Axis aggression of WW2. ErikJ Jan 2013 #56
Yes, I think so too. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #65
And pretending we have wealth (aka debt) so we can keep growing doesn't help the climate NoOneMan Jan 2013 #69
Why do we have to frame everything as a war? Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #83
The problem was also that after 1936 NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #52
K&r nt Hatchling Jan 2013 #3
This seems like common sense. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #4
Congress is too dumb or to conflicted to ident the solutions socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #5
You say "Dumb or conflicted"... BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #22
So true -- How do we outlaw lobbying socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #40
Create a new cabinet level agency... BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #82
There must be a relationship between corruption and not so hard to figure socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #85
Thank You BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #86
Good example is new senator from Texas, Ted Cruz. Watch his voting record. Listen to him talk. DhhD Jan 2013 #87
Yessir, just another curr in the fetid herd of charletains licking the hands of.... BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #88
Was thinking the same thing. Our government is ineffective because gtar100 Jan 2013 #31
We need to write... socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #42
You're re-inventing the Wisconsin Idea. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #44
Holy crap, Jack - Thanks for all the work you did!! socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #45
It wasn't a lot of work--I stole it all from Wikipedia. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #46
Bought and paid for by Koch Industries etc n/t flamingdem Jan 2013 #76
Love Krugman.....How I wish Obama Administration listened to him & that he had been nominee for Pachamama Jan 2013 #6
Nope tweeternik Jan 2013 #61
K&R Fumesucker Jan 2013 #8
Trickle down theory and austerity plans are zombies that eat people's brains. hunter Jan 2013 #9
Frankly, I think that we would have to severely limit outsourcing and in sourcing. amandabeech Jan 2013 #30
K&R n/t RomneyLies Jan 2013 #10
How long has he, along with thousands of others, been saying this? Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #11
Trickle Down is the Enemy of the New Deal Octafish Jan 2013 #13
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #14
K&R ! patrice Jan 2013 #15
Its the same tired old answers on both sides NoOneMan Jan 2013 #17
Global Collapse is NOT inevitable. Far from it, in fact. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #62
We have problems we can't just wish away with magic wands NoOneMan Jan 2013 #63
Yes, but your insistence on inevitable collapse..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #64
The very fact that we cannot explore other ways to live guarantees inevitability NoOneMan Jan 2013 #66
Not so. Not at all. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #67
I do think that is a valid point, but one that is very multi-faceted NoOneMan Jan 2013 #68
K&R 99Forever Jan 2013 #19
Isn't our huge military budget like an aneurism in the balloon called deficit. Gregorian Jan 2013 #20
Of course that would mean lost jobs. AlbertCat Jan 2013 #37
"What works is the same thing that has always worked" Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #21
Krugman has been making ProSense Jan 2013 #23
Too bad he's one of our party's pariahs MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #24
I really don't think ProSense Jan 2013 #25
When was the last time Krugman dined at the White House? MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #27
Trumka was there more ProSense Jan 2013 #29
Am I trying to negate the point Krugman's making? MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #32
. ProSense Jan 2013 #34
The Optics have changed... If people had to wait in lines for food support it would dwarf... Taitertots Jan 2013 #33
In order for there to be a healthy economy again, the rich would have to make bigger sacrifices.... YoungDemCA Jan 2013 #39
K&R idwiyo Jan 2013 #41
The Koches and their libertarian shills in government don't want it to be over. freshwest Jan 2013 #49
Sadly, not many people get that. They don't see the economic policy of the GOP harun Jan 2013 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Jan 2013 #58
When was the last civil rights or environmental law passed? harun Jan 2013 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Jan 2013 #60
Kick n/t BeHereNow Jan 2013 #50
The House's jobs plan consists of repealing the ACA another 30+ times. nyquil_man Jan 2013 #51
k&r n/t handmade34 Jan 2013 #53
Hurumph libodem Jan 2013 #55
Kick for exposure idwiyo Jan 2013 #70
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #72
K&R! FreeBC Jan 2013 #74
Si! n/t flamingdem Jan 2013 #75
Blame people like republican gov. Chris Christie graham4anything Jan 2013 #78
They did create one, they just won't pass one. /nt Festivito Jan 2013 #79
He would be an excellent choice tavalon Jan 2013 #80
But to do so would be Turbineguy Jan 2013 #81
Hey let's not be too mean here obama2terms Jan 2013 #84
K&R. Yes please! Overseas Jan 2013 #89
republicans have no idea how jobs are created Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #90
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