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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-04-10 11:58 AM
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18. Business does not create jobs on its own. Freeing up business will not create jobs
In fact, that whole mindset (that we need to alleviate the burdens of business) is the very essence of voodoo economics.
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  -If you had to prioritize America's needs as to what should come first Winterblues  Feb-04-10 11:35 AM   #0 
  - If jobs are 5th, you must have a job. eom  Hello_Kitty   Feb-04-10 11:36 AM   #1 
  - There is only one order of needs right now...  hayu_lol   Feb-04-10 11:39 AM   #3 
  - If, magiacally, jobs are created but nothing else changes, real progress will never happen.  T Wolf   Feb-04-10 11:43 AM   #6 
  - If you don't have your health a job won't be much use to you.  avaistheone1   Feb-04-10 11:57 AM   #16 
  - +100  emilyg   Feb-04-10 01:20 PM   #25 
  - And if you are sick, HCR would come first. Each person has their own, personal priorities. The OP  T Wolf   Feb-04-10 11:40 AM   #4 
  - I do, but I do not have Health Insurance or low cost energy or less worry  Winterblues   Feb-04-10 11:49 AM   #10 
  - I am hard-pressed to argue against your list, or the order. As a pipe-dream, I would love  T Wolf   Feb-04-10 11:38 AM   #2 
  - Jobs are basis to all other issues. We need jobs with people once  OHdem10   Feb-04-10 11:41 AM   #5 
  - the occupations are the black hole sinking the economy  Mari333   Feb-04-10 11:44 AM   #7 
  - End war$. H.C. Economy. Climate/Energy  Echo In Light   Feb-04-10 11:46 AM   #8 
  - #1 would be Jobs, #2 Healthcare, #3 Ending the Empire, #4 Energy , and #5 Climate Concerns  anonymous171   Feb-04-10 11:48 AM   #9 
  - The OP sounds suspiciously like *Voodoo Economics* ("trickle down") to me.  Romulox   Feb-04-10 11:50 AM   #11 
  - Do you believe that Health Care Reform would not keep or create jobs?  Winterblues   Feb-04-10 11:56 AM   #15 
     - Business does not create jobs on its own. Freeing up business will not create jobs  anonymous171   Feb-04-10 11:58 AM   #18 
     - I think Single Payer would put us on a level playing field with the rest of the world  Romulox   Feb-04-10 12:02 PM   #19 
  - 1. Ending the war, 2. Equal rights, 3. Jobs  Initech   Feb-04-10 11:53 AM   #12 
  - I would list them in this order  Little Star   Feb-04-10 11:54 AM   #13 
  - Hmm...  Cid_B   Feb-04-10 11:56 AM   #14 
  - I agree healthcare should be the priority  quinnox   Feb-04-10 11:58 AM   #17 
  - Would say end wars but our President has no intention of that. So jobs.  timeforpeace   Feb-04-10 12:04 PM   #20 
  - Mine:  HughBeaumont   Feb-04-10 12:05 PM   #21 
  - 1st: infrastructure repair and public works (Jobs)  JHB   Feb-04-10 12:12 PM   #22 
  - Poor people.  asdjrocky   Feb-04-10 12:13 PM   #23 
  - You don't get any of the above without...  warren pease   Feb-04-10 12:15 PM   #24 
  - Jobs first, unforunately  rooftoprevolutionary   Feb-04-10 02:13 PM   #26 
  - Ending terror once and for all  whatchamacallit   Feb-04-10 02:20 PM   #27 
  - 1. reigning in corporate and religious influence on government 2. Economic justice. 3. Energy  TheKentuckian   Feb-04-10 02:23 PM   #28 
  - Single payer and a new 'new deal' tie for number one. 2nd, bring the troops home.  Edweird   Feb-04-10 02:30 PM   #29 
 

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