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In reply to the discussion: I am sick of being treated less than human [View all]Taverner
(55,476 posts)10. Here's why regulated capitalism does not work
Step One - Congress passes a bunch of laws protecting the environment, worker's rights and safety codes
Step Two - CorpyMcUSA buys news channel and derides laws as "COMMUNISM"
Step Three - This confuses voters into electing candidates bought and paid for by CorpyMcUSA
Step Four - The new congress repeals the laws
Lather, rinse repeat
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I had one of these jobs for nearly 10 years. Figured out the only way to survive was
SharonAnn
Apr 2013
#62
I am in the same boat. 11 years of increasing responsibility with no pay.
RadiationTherapy
Apr 2013
#65
If you're sick of putting up with it, but too scared to do something, then what?
Brickbat
Apr 2013
#2
"...simply seek out other employment..." Looks good on paper, but isn't that easy.
gateley
Apr 2013
#55
Everything has to start somewhere. First people complain, then they go public with their
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#168
my uncle saves seeds from storebought tomatoes that he likes and plants them in the spring.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#151
i have trouble with tomatoes in pots too. the ones i put in the regular ground do better.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#173
Everything I've seen says you need real big containers for tomato plants.
freedom fighter jh
May 2013
#202
You've clearly never worked for a company where the low paid contract employees do all the work...
TroglodyteScholar
Apr 2013
#13
If you're unemployed, your chances of landing a job are pretty bad in this economy.
badtoworse
Apr 2013
#35
Amen! My employer recently announced an intention to outsource 40% of our operations...
arcane1
Apr 2013
#16
I would get my pay, and then a month or so later my services would no longer be needed
Taverner
Apr 2013
#93
Capitalism is the excuse that aggressive bullies and other exploiters use
AZ Progressive
Apr 2013
#24
If a majority of people would learn about, and have a good understanding of "predators"...
Larry Ogg
May 2013
#190
We will suffer this system until we rise up and are willing to die to stop
LiberalLoner
Apr 2013
#31
What's the purpose of the stock market for companies other than to allow them to become bigger?
AZ Progressive
Apr 2013
#77
On the contrary, it's one of the main reasons why the US ranks near the bottom of industrial nations
eridani
May 2013
#175
Thanks for this post. That book opened my eyes to the myth of positive thinking creating success.
canoeist52
May 2013
#203
" Just because there are others worse off does not negate the fact that an injustice..."
Taverner
Apr 2013
#44
There are folks who have jobs at which they post on DU in the middle of the work week, in the
bike man
Apr 2013
#57
And the 'cube rats' really only use the office computer for "not safe for work" stuff during
bike man
Apr 2013
#120
Really? With the warnings that have been posted along the lines of "Check this out. NSFW" And
bike man
Apr 2013
#123
I don't agree with Cali often, but he is no bully or troll. For you to remotely make such an
bluestate10
Apr 2013
#140
I hear you. It's a form of terrorism in and of itself. Keeping people in fear. n/t
OneGrassRoot
Apr 2013
#102
If you are a contractor and they pay you work 50 hours, and they pay you for 40, in California that
still_one
Apr 2013
#126
Actually there is something called nonexempt, which means you make a straight salary, but that does
still_one
Apr 2013
#141
You are correct because I am in that category, and no, I am not management, just a programmer
still_one
Apr 2013
#167
What do you think the opposite of capitalism is? It ain't "work 50, get paid for 50."
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#139
capitalism *is* the problem, because capital *must* grow, and growth means eating others.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#174
Yes. And with the sequester, I see this kind of thing becoming a permanent part of our country. :(
tofuandbeer
May 2013
#210
"Learn a new skill" may have worked 30 years ago with relative ease . . .
HughBeaumont
May 2013
#206
Well, there was this "I am free" thread of not too long ago, proclaiming freedom
bike man
May 2013
#217
That's kind of the point. I want to hear the answers from a "Bootstrapper".
HughBeaumont
May 2013
#211