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Fri Oct-14-11 08:29 AM
Response to Reply #32 |
| -Congress passes 3 free trade agreements |
brentspeak |
Oct-12-11 08:20 PM |
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wtf, they call themselves a news organization? |
Enrique |
Oct-12-11 08:26 PM |
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Well it is Forbes, ya know. |
Lasher |
Oct-13-11 04:48 AM |
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Fucking TRAITORS! |
Plucketeer |
Oct-12-11 09:09 PM |
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I don't see how this will be a win for American workers when it will cause more job losses. |
Luciferous |
Oct-12-11 09:11 PM |
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GOPhers wanted them. Third Way wanted them. Obama wanted them. |
chill_wind |
Oct-12-11 09:34 PM |
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self-delete |
chill_wind |
Oct-12-11 09:53 PM |
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Yes, complete |
Enthusiast |
Oct-13-11 08:49 AM |
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The only thing exported will be more American jobs. Who the fuck are they kidding? nt |
valerief |
Oct-12-11 09:14 PM |
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+1000 n/t |
OhioChick |
Oct-12-11 09:59 PM |
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Please name the top ten global exporters. |
boppers |
Oct-13-11 12:17 AM |
#32 |
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Your exercise is incomplete without a list of the top 10 importers. |
Lasher |
Oct-13-11 05:00 AM |
#52 |
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+1000 |
valerief |
Oct-13-11 08:22 AM |
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I wish we exported NEARLY as much as we imported. But, I'm sorry, what was your point? |
valerief |
Oct-13-11 08:22 AM |
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With "free trade" countries we do export almost as much as we import. n/t |
pampango |
Oct-14-11 08:37 AM |
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Might wanna rethink that graphic. |
tblue |
Oct-13-11 09:42 AM |
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Good point nt |
In Other News |
Oct-14-11 08:29 AM |
#124 |
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I want to see who of our craven Dems voted for this debacle. |
avaistheone1 |
Oct-12-11 09:19 PM |
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here they are |
alp227 |
Oct-12-11 09:48 PM |
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Thank you for the list |
me b zola |
Oct-12-11 09:59 PM |
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That's sort of surprising to me. |
Quantess |
Oct-13-11 01:17 AM |
#41 |
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I've been wary of him |
me b zola |
Oct-13-11 03:33 AM |
#48 |
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Merkely Nay on all three, though |
0rganism |
Oct-13-11 11:43 AM |
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Yes, I saw that |
me b zola |
Oct-13-11 01:20 PM |
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Thank you for that info, alp227. |
chill_wind |
Oct-12-11 10:09 PM |
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Damn |
kenfrequed |
Oct-13-11 11:13 AM |
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"they" get our jobs, so what do we get (not the filthy rich coprorations....US) nt |
msongs |
Oct-12-11 09:20 PM |
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We get Colombian refugees. |
roody |
Oct-13-11 06:32 PM |
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Booooooooooooo & Hisssssssssss! |
SoapBox |
Oct-12-11 09:21 PM |
#7 |
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I swear they dont care if we're at 10% unemployment by the election |
DJ13 |
Oct-12-11 09:39 PM |
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I guess, polarization and partisanship level in American politics |
Fool Count |
Oct-12-11 09:42 PM |
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Don't free trade agreements essentially allow corporations to establish foreign factories? |
Kablooie |
Oct-12-11 09:44 PM |
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I wish they'd pass the jobs bill, but the trade agreements are a good deal |
bhikkhu |
Oct-12-11 09:46 PM |
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BBC: Korea trade act will increase US-made exports to the country |
alp227 |
Oct-12-11 09:49 PM |
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Not mentioned in your post: Imports from Korea will greatly outnumber exports to Korea |
brentspeak |
Oct-12-11 09:53 PM |
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The 159k number is bogus |
bhikkhu |
Oct-12-11 10:52 PM |
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And the 70k number isn't? |
jeff47 |
Oct-12-11 11:00 PM |
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We have a track record of bush's economic policy's effect on trade |
bhikkhu |
Oct-12-11 11:10 PM |
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Sad thing is, it could reverse much of what good the Obama admin. HAS done these past 3 years. |
AverageJoe90 |
Oct-13-11 12:54 AM |
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That's nice. Perhaps you could point out a net-positive free trade agreement? |
jeff47 |
Oct-13-11 07:48 AM |
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Just one. Australia-US FTA. |
pampango |
Oct-13-11 08:17 AM |
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and Chile, and Peru, Singapore, Bahrain, and the CAFTA group |
bhikkhu |
Oct-13-11 07:19 PM |
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self-delete |
bhikkhu |
Oct-13-11 10:21 AM |
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It's clear you didn't bother to research before posting |
brentspeak |
Oct-12-11 11:18 PM |
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Link? |
bhikkhu |
Oct-13-11 12:33 AM |
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Thank you for the EPI link, I've been looking for a study on these deals |
Jim_Shorts |
Oct-13-11 10:15 AM |
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Colombia, especially, should have NEVER been rewarded with an FTA. |
chill_wind |
Oct-12-11 11:10 PM |
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There is a really fascinating correlation between countries we have agreements with... |
joshcryer |
Oct-13-11 12:58 AM |
#40 |
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Right free trade agreements (actually treaties that by-pass the 2/3 majority vote requirement) |
fasttense |
Oct-13-11 07:02 AM |
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Poor monetary policies have caused millions of job losses in the US |
bhikkhu |
Oct-13-11 09:11 AM |
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Our One-Party Congress spins another tale. |
values1 |
Oct-13-11 10:06 AM |
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What you failed to mention: The S. Korean trade deal continues those unfavorable monetary policies |
brentspeak |
Oct-13-11 06:03 PM |
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... |
Enthusiast |
Oct-13-11 08:52 AM |
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History is often a good guide |
daleo |
Oct-13-11 08:57 PM |
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Trumka: The wrong medicine at the wrong time. |
chill_wind |
Oct-12-11 09:55 PM |
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All three are bullshit agreements... |
russspeakeasy |
Oct-12-11 10:11 PM |
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I see the joblessness for Americans program is still way ahead of the jobs for Americans program. |
No Elephants |
Oct-12-11 11:08 PM |
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When will Labor quit sucking the d--k of the democrats? |
Citizen Worker |
Oct-12-11 11:32 PM |
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With a two party system one party need be only slightly more favorable to a given |
harun |
Oct-13-11 08:26 PM |
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Senator Kohl (WI) voted for SK and Panama, but against Columbia |
AllyCat |
Oct-13-11 12:10 AM |
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Next up, |
kimsarah |
Oct-13-11 12:10 AM |
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Oh, and not to worry |
kimsarah |
Oct-13-11 01:51 AM |
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Congress can move fast when corporation need something. |
Thornleylv |
Oct-13-11 12:12 AM |
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MFing TRAITORS!!! |
workinclasszero |
Oct-13-11 12:20 AM |
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Fuck........ |
AverageJoe90 |
Oct-13-11 12:44 AM |
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When are we going to OCCUPY CONGRESS? |
Hugabear |
Oct-13-11 12:47 AM |
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FACT from The New York Times: The WH made "changes demanded by industry groups and unions" |
ClarkUSA |
Oct-13-11 12:50 AM |
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Lou Dobbs held up a r eport which he stated was from the Labor |
OHdem10 |
Oct-13-11 12:56 AM |
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So voting to axe jobs in favor of the corporate masters... |
JCMach1 |
Oct-13-11 01:18 AM |
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Huzzah for our side! The final slide into desperate living. |
Safetykitten |
Oct-13-11 01:26 AM |
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Hooray for poorly informed rage |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 02:00 AM |
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I love irony. |
Lasher |
Oct-13-11 06:19 AM |
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So 9 out of 10 years of increased exports, combined with a falling deficit |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:28 PM |
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Thank you - it is too amazing that people just jump |
treestar |
Oct-13-11 08:09 AM |
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Or people jump into threads with support when |
Jakes Progress |
Oct-13-11 08:48 AM |
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I don't know if they are good or bad |
treestar |
Oct-13-11 06:12 PM |
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So you are not willing to show where you got your info about how great these deals are. |
Lasher |
Oct-13-11 07:24 PM |
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I specifically said I don't know |
treestar |
Oct-14-11 09:27 AM |
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sayeth the person pushing for unFree Trade |
fascisthunter |
Oct-13-11 09:02 AM |
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Your quarrel is with the republicans, not Samsung. |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:20 PM |
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Removing tariffs on agricultural goods to Colombia? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-13-11 09:29 AM |
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The "Inclosure Acts" in the UK from 1750 - 1850 also took out small farmers |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:19 PM |
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Except in the case of Mexico, some of the displaced farmers become |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-13-11 10:30 PM |
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Most of the farmers were displaced pre-NAFTA |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:40 PM |
#120 |
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So if Mexico was subsidizing jobs, why can't it support its own people? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-13-11 11:10 PM |
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Mostly regional disparities, |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-15-11 12:15 AM |
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But it's the north that is the center of the drug wars |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-15-11 12:37 AM |
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Location, Location, Location. |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-15-11 02:19 AM |
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What is your job again? |
Bluenorthwest |
Oct-13-11 09:41 AM |
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I work with foreign businesses operating in the US and vice-versa |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:07 PM |
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I disagree strongly with that assessment |
SixthSense |
Oct-13-11 02:49 PM |
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Our domestic polices did us in, not NAFTA. |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 10:03 PM |
#114 |
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Wow is your analysis bad. |
jeff47 |
Oct-13-11 05:15 PM |
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A $5 billion dollar trade deficit is infinitesimal, |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 09:51 PM |
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The existence of larger trade deficits elsewhere is irrelevant. |
jeff47 |
Oct-14-11 08:27 AM |
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Thanks for the laugh |
brentspeak |
Oct-13-11 06:16 PM |
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What are you talking about? |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 09:42 PM |
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So what you're saying is that we should obliterate our trade surplus with Korea |
brentspeak |
Oct-14-11 09:17 AM |
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We don't have a trade surplus with Korea, but one is very much attainable |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-15-11 12:13 AM |
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WTF does "US domestic policies are republican adherance to 'low road' economic development policies |
rhett o rick |
Oct-13-11 07:33 PM |
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It means he's into race to the bottom economics, too. nt |
Romulox |
Oct-13-11 08:45 PM |
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No, it means I place the blame where it belongs - republicans |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 09:30 PM |
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Huh? |
blue_onyx |
Oct-14-11 10:01 AM |
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And Al Gore wanted Fast Track from Congress to reach the same agreements |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-14-11 10:39 AM |
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LOL: "trade agreements that will quickly allow the US to realize a trade surplus" |
Romulox |
Oct-13-11 08:45 PM |
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Indeed it will, |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-13-11 09:26 PM |
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This just promotes the same ole same ole shit... |
earcandle |
Oct-13-11 02:24 AM |
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Every time I hear the words "bi-partisan support" - I know we've just been screwed |
slay |
Oct-13-11 02:27 AM |
#47 |
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You too, huh? |
Raksha |
Oct-13-11 10:08 AM |
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well this will make sure the wall street protests continue. |
PatrynXX |
Oct-13-11 03:45 AM |
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People are actually defending this as being "good for America"?? |
Altoid_Cyclist |
Oct-13-11 04:46 AM |
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I don't notice any of the defenders mentioning Columbia's habit of murdering trade unionists |
bread_and_roses |
Oct-13-11 05:14 AM |
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Related thread here: |
Lasher |
Oct-13-11 05:14 AM |
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I just heard a giant sucking sound --- |
jerseyjack |
Oct-13-11 05:41 AM |
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That'll be the President and his administration saying "Hi" to the corporations again. (n/t) |
Nihil |
Oct-14-11 06:50 AM |
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these trade agreements never seem to work as advertised. |
endless october |
Oct-13-11 06:00 AM |
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As Hillary Clinton said.... |
JJW |
Oct-13-11 06:02 AM |
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sold out |
wobblie |
Oct-13-11 06:12 AM |
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These worked out so well before....... |
Swede Atlanta |
Oct-13-11 06:20 AM |
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Vomit. Only Koreans, Colombians, and Panamanians get the jobs. |
Laelth |
Oct-13-11 06:46 AM |
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Here is Kerry on the agreements |
ProSense |
Oct-13-11 07:43 AM |
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But, but it has to be a good thing, right? |
Jakes Progress |
Oct-13-11 08:46 AM |
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This amounts to an economic act of treason. |
Enthusiast |
Oct-13-11 08:47 AM |
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Neo-liberalism. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Oct-13-11 08:49 AM |
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this is the nail in the coffin for Congress |
lovuian |
Oct-13-11 08:56 AM |
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There go more jobs |
CanonRay |
Oct-13-11 08:59 AM |
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Congress forces Americans out of more Jobs |
fascisthunter |
Oct-13-11 09:01 AM |
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I knew they'd do this crap. We no longer have representatives in Congress. We have a-holes nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Oct-13-11 09:10 AM |
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New jobs!!!!! |
get the red out |
Oct-13-11 09:31 AM |
#81 |
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Attention all american workers... |
workinclasszero |
Oct-13-11 09:37 AM |
#82 |
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Class warfare ...they have fired back at us. What can we do about it? |
L0oniX |
Oct-13-11 10:06 AM |
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Or-Bama-Wellian |
Maven |
Oct-13-11 01:53 PM |
#93 |
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UAW Applauds Passage of U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement |
ProSense |
Oct-13-11 02:00 PM |
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Economist Ian Fletcher: "Don't be fooled by White House's cynical ploy" (obtaining UAW support) |
brentspeak |
Oct-13-11 02:46 PM |
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In case anyone tells you we have representative government |
SixthSense |
Oct-13-11 02:46 PM |
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Where's a LINK to the votes? |
upi402 |
Oct-17-11 08:13 PM |
#134 |
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Here's a LINK. Both my "Dems" voted for them |
upi402 |
Oct-17-11 08:35 PM |
#135 |
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