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Response to ProfessionalLeftist (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 07:56 AM

Sirveri (4,243 posts)

16. They don't want slaves. You have to feed and house your slaves.

They want disposable cogs. Consumables that can be used and discarded easily.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
24 Years At The Colorado Employment Service Shaped My Views [View all]	TheMastersNemesis	Apr 2012	OP
So true. K&R	Egalitarian Thug	Apr 2012	#1
K&R	Skittles	Apr 2012	#2
"will relegate workers into almost "no pay" peasants"	ProfessionalLeftist	Apr 2012	#3
It's "The New World Order"	Hubert Flottz	Apr 2012	#15
They don't want slaves. You have to feed and house your slaves.	Sirveri	Apr 2012	#16
I just want to say how much I appreciate your posts here.	CaliforniaPeggy	Apr 2012	#4
+1. What she said!	freshwest	Apr 2012	#6
Thanks for the inside information. Never been in an employment office.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#5
Thanks. Well said.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#7
So true - "as a nation we let him set his plan in motion."	saras	Apr 2012	#8
Actually they did do it	lunatica	Apr 2012	#17
frightening, ain't it...?	FirstLight	Apr 2012	#9
When Reagan busted PATCO, the AFL-CIO and Teamsters should have	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#10
Agreed	Sherman A1	Apr 2012	#11
My Father said Geroge Meany (Head of the AFL-CIO Then) should have at the time	happyslug	Apr 2012	#43
A national general strike at the time -- when unions represented some 30% of the	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#46
Today I went to Lowe's to get some tile	XemaSab	Apr 2012	#12
Most likely former professionals who were laid off, outsourced or otherwise kicked to the curb.	Flatulo	Apr 2012	#39
I sure am glad that everyone hasn't forgotten this	NNN0LHI	Apr 2012	#13
K&R. n/t	DLevine	Apr 2012	#14
Get a CDL, it aint a great job, but it pays my bills.	DiverDave	Apr 2012	#18
Because the current system is dug in,	Magoo48	Apr 2012	#19
I feel so sorry for and so angry for the 20- and 30-somethings of today.	kaiden	Apr 2012	#20
bingo! • SO beautifully said, especially …	FraDon	Apr 2012	#21
+1	freshwest	Apr 2012	#32
Not it's not guided suicide. A Societal Suicide Pact.	Jkid	Apr 2012	#35
you mean it's not my fault?????????????????	Voice for Peace	Apr 2012	#22
marsha sweetheart	ML.tp.MD	Apr 2012	#23
Welcome to DU!	proud2BlibKansan	Apr 2012	#31
+1. There are many terrible stories out there that are never told.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#34
You are so right. In California, when the mental institutions	LuckyLib	Apr 2012	#41
hey when it all crashed in 2008, was it intentionally hard to file a claim?	pasto76	Apr 2012	#24
The GOP is the pro-crime party.	Kablooie	Apr 2012	#25
Yes.	hunter	Apr 2012	#26
I've been out of work for 10+ months.	MarianJack	Apr 2012	#27
For regulations to be valid, they need to be enforced	just1voice	Apr 2012	#28
Excellent Post	drm604	Apr 2012	#29
The time is long past ripe to have a major upgrade to the FLSA.	TahitiNut	Apr 2012	#30
Excellent post	malaise	Apr 2012	#33
Nothing is going to change until people...	Hotler	Apr 2012	#36
I worked for the Mississippi Employment Service for 24 years also as an interviewer/manager....	Rowdyboy	Apr 2012	#37
Why blame Obama?	Omaha Steve	Apr 2012	#38
Your historical perspective and your views are invaluable.	LuckyLib	Apr 2012	#40
If they had an award for best up and comer	DonCoquixote	Apr 2012	#42
22 year here ---	BOHICA12	Apr 2012	#44
It's become in my lifetime a nation that is unhealthy for a huge number of citizens. n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2012	#45
Thanks for the TRUTH, TheMastersNemisis	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#47
It's been decades in the making.	Quantess	Apr 2012	#48

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