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Fri Feb-08-08 05:23 PM
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| 65. I look for paper made in the US |
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after buying lined paper for my son for school that is so thin and delicate the edges get ragged, and holes for binder rings rip out too soon, and envelopes that feel flimsy and have too little glue on the flaps. Made in China.
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| -Ancient history? Jobs that used to support single income families |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 01:39 PM |
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I don't have similar stories, but my husband does... |
Flaxbee |
Feb-07-08 02:11 PM |
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The prior generation in my family all worked at paper mills. |
Redstone |
Feb-07-08 02:12 PM |
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As little as 15 years ago |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 02:19 PM |
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And those are the paper mills that took the jobs away from the ones in New England. |
Redstone |
Feb-07-08 02:24 PM |
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I look for paper made in the US |
marzipanni |
Feb-08-08 05:23 PM |
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Both Grandfathers were steel workers and the one that lived past 65 |
new_beawr |
Feb-07-08 02:22 PM |
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Awww... |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 02:40 PM |
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What happened was Reagan |
LisaM |
Feb-07-08 02:22 PM |
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Yes, Saint Ron (according to most Repubs and many Dems as well) did more to destroy the fabric |
Redstone |
Feb-07-08 02:26 PM |
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Thom Hartmann talks about it all the time |
LisaM |
Feb-07-08 02:36 PM |
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I talk about it all the time, especially as it pertains to the domestic auto industry |
1gobluedem |
Feb-07-08 02:52 PM |
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It's awful. There was still a little bit of that when I was growing up there. |
Pithlet |
Feb-07-08 04:02 PM |
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I dont know where to start on your post |
poisonivy |
Feb-08-08 07:40 AM |
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European markets are not closed to US imports |
1gobluedem |
Feb-08-08 09:55 AM |
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My wife has |
poisonivy |
Feb-08-08 01:36 PM |
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Be that as it may |
1gobluedem |
Feb-08-08 01:53 PM |
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The reason there were layoffs |
poisonivy |
Feb-08-08 02:47 PM |
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Clarification: I was saying that many repubs and some Dems think of him as Saint Ron. I don't. |
Redstone |
Feb-07-08 04:04 PM |
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I talk about it all the time. |
xmas74 |
Feb-07-08 09:18 PM |
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That seems very plausible |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 02:26 PM |
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I've heard employers lamenting how hard it is to get good, loyal employees |
XemaSab |
Feb-07-08 02:41 PM |
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exactly. |
Iris |
Feb-09-08 09:53 AM |
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My dad worked 20 years in the auto industry |
AllegroRondo |
Feb-07-08 02:45 PM |
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Did he work at AMC by any chance? |
xmas74 |
Feb-07-08 09:19 PM |
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Yes! at the Kenosha plant. |
AllegroRondo |
Feb-08-08 11:10 AM |
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I figured he did |
xmas74 |
Feb-08-08 03:17 PM |
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I worked 30 years as a painter, and I did fine... |
adsosletter |
Feb-07-08 02:58 PM |
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only in the US |
harmonicon |
Feb-07-08 03:01 PM |
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I've heard great things about New Zealand |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 03:33 PM |
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it may well be |
harmonicon |
Feb-07-08 03:38 PM |
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Yes, well, between council housing and the NHS, workers there are freed |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Feb-08-08 11:37 AM |
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I don't really know to be honest |
harmonicon |
Feb-08-08 04:42 PM |
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My dad never made more than $6 per hour |
Oeditpus Rex |
Feb-07-08 03:02 PM |
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We'll never again see that kind of opportunity for the "American dream." |
HypnoToad |
Feb-07-08 04:56 PM |
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My father built caskets for almost 30 years. |
azmouse |
Feb-07-08 03:07 PM |
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my husband has a job that supports us nicely but we have no debt |
AZDemDist6 |
Feb-07-08 03:11 PM |
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can you stomach goat's milk? |
adsosletter |
Feb-07-08 03:18 PM |
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he's the milk drinker not me and I doubt he'll go for it LOL |
AZDemDist6 |
Feb-07-08 03:52 PM |
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...yeah...it's an acquired taste alright... |
adsosletter |
Feb-07-08 04:08 PM |
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Increasing the size of the work force tends to drive down the cost of labor. |
Orsino |
Feb-07-08 03:39 PM |
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My wife has to work only to have and afford health insurance |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-07-08 03:46 PM |
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Why, thank you. I hadn't thought of that. And I bet many others didn't, as well. |
Redstone |
Feb-07-08 04:06 PM |
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I was just about to post something to this effect. |
SteppingRazor |
Feb-08-08 11:09 AM |
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this is completely bogus, we have also doubled the population |
pitohui |
Feb-09-08 07:01 PM |
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I know you are not criticizing it, but to complete this thought... |
RadiationTherapy |
Feb-08-08 11:53 AM |
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Yeah. It's a trade-off... |
Orsino |
Feb-08-08 12:02 PM |
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Where I grew up |
MonkeyFunk |
Feb-07-08 04:05 PM |
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My dad was a mechanic for the New York Dept of Sanitation for 27 years. |
Javaman |
Feb-07-08 04:09 PM |
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My Dad was an over the road trucker |
GTRMAN |
Feb-07-08 04:18 PM |
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Hell, my own family's an example. |
Hand |
Feb-07-08 07:08 PM |
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I think I may have an answer for that one. |
Brigid |
Feb-07-08 07:16 PM |
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Undermined, hell. |
seawolf |
Feb-07-08 09:13 PM |
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Yeah, that works too. |
Brigid |
Feb-09-08 08:56 AM |
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Bethlehem Steel. |
WinkyDink |
Feb-07-08 07:16 PM |
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My grandfather was an assembly line worker. |
baldguy |
Feb-08-08 08:00 AM |
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My stepfather worked for a shipping line out of Wilmington, California... |
KansDem |
Feb-08-08 10:25 AM |
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My dad and most of my uncles worked on the railroad. |
Swede |
Feb-08-08 10:31 AM |
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read these articles and pass them along |
unpossibles |
Feb-08-08 10:37 AM |
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This should be its own thread. |
azmouse |
Feb-08-08 10:40 AM |
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no, it's ok - I will repost them. thanks! nt |
unpossibles |
Feb-08-08 10:55 AM |
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My dad was a dairy farmer |
Highway61 |
Feb-08-08 11:02 AM |
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Every prior generation |
Coyote_Bandit |
Feb-08-08 11:10 AM |
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Try getting your friend |
hippywife |
Feb-09-08 08:33 AM |
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To my knowledge |
Coyote_Bandit |
Feb-09-08 08:45 AM |
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Whoa! |
hippywife |
Feb-09-08 09:00 AM |
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Like most poultry and egg producers |
Coyote_Bandit |
Feb-09-08 05:56 PM |
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My great uncle was a school janitor |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Feb-08-08 11:34 AM |
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my mom was single from the time I was 2 |
movie_girl99 |
Feb-08-08 11:43 AM |
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I made a similar point a few weeks ago |
EstimatedProphet |
Feb-08-08 12:01 PM |
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the oligarchy has worked tirelessly to destroy the middle class |
leftofthedial |
Feb-08-08 01:55 PM |
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Centurion |
CreekDog |
Feb-08-08 01:59 PM |
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To be fair, life has a lot more bells and whistles these days. |
grace0418 |
Feb-08-08 02:42 PM |
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One thing that I noticed too |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-09-08 07:57 AM |
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Oh yeah. We've been in our condo for 8 years and we've seen most of the other |
grace0418 |
Feb-09-08 09:51 AM |
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It's smart living, good for the pocket book and the environment |
DaveTheWave |
Feb-09-08 12:27 PM |
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You have a point. |
Brigid |
Feb-09-08 09:35 AM |
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Credit cards and rampant consumerism are training us to believe we need |
grace0418 |
Feb-09-08 09:55 AM |
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there are a lot of differences |
greymattermom |
Feb-09-08 08:48 AM |
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Meatpacking before the unions were busted. |
Heidi |
Feb-09-08 10:23 AM |
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Dad was a teacher in 1970 |
WakeMeUp |
Feb-09-08 12:39 PM |
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This one: |
Xipe Totec |
Feb-09-08 05:58 PM |
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