Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-28-10 08:21 PM
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Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 08:21 PM by Art_from_Ark
of starting "a modern WPA and fixing every damn thing that needs fixing in this country... The Gulf Coast, Detroit, Nashville, every urban and rural blighted section of this country... just to name a few"  |
| -Shame On ANYbody, From ANY Party, That Does Not Address This Immediately !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 05:42 PM |
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That chart is jaw-droppingly frightening. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:00 PM |
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And Remember... That's 27 Weeks And Over... One Half Of A Year... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:07 PM |
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Yes, the 27 weeks caught my attention immediately. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:23 PM |
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Unemployment stat has nothing to do with Unemployment Compensation. |
Statistical |
Jun-29-10 08:08 AM |
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Wall street won't be hiriing again because... |
butterfly77 |
Jun-28-10 11:29 PM |
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Naomi Klein -- Shock Doctrine. It's here. It's now. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 10:42 AM |
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You're Right... |
orbitalman |
Jun-29-10 11:10 AM |
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Please.... |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:29 AM |
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You go, girl! |
gorfle |
Jun-29-10 01:10 PM |
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+1 nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:42 PM |
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Would not surprise me one bit. |
bobburgster |
Jun-29-10 01:16 PM |
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It is frightening |
SusanaMontana41 |
Jun-29-10 03:38 PM |
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Dupe. self-delete |
SusanaMontana41 |
Jun-29-10 03:39 PM |
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Ok how will you fix it and how much will you donate to pull it off? |
stray cat |
Jun-28-10 06:13 PM |
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I Wouldn't Wait Until 2011 To Repeal/End The Bush Tax Cuts |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:22 PM |
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I love that idea |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-28-10 08:21 PM |
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Should have been done. Bush Tax Cut was the first domino to fall in the end game of killing workers. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:51 PM |
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Didn't they just recently vote NOT to overturn them? Thought so? |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 03:59 PM |
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Repeal Bush's tax cuts? |
humbled_opinion |
Jun-29-10 05:41 PM |
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Damn sure not cut the deficit in half in 2.5 years |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:24 PM |
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Why wouldn't they? |
hootinholler |
Jun-28-10 08:44 PM |
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My eyes nearly |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:33 AM |
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Just max out your credit cards - |
cartach |
Jun-29-10 12:08 PM |
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Sure. If it's Milton Friedman's economics course. That thinking got us where we are. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:57 PM |
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false construct there |
William Z. Foster |
Jun-29-10 01:06 PM |
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Economics 101 is actually the fast track to not knowing a damned thing about economics |
Chulanowa |
Jun-29-10 04:23 PM |
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They're pushing the deficit meme because they're going after SS, Medicare & "entitlements" |
Doremus |
Jun-29-10 12:08 PM |
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Deficits are the current Repug code |
lark |
Jun-29-10 12:23 PM |
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To suggest that an individual addressing a systemic issue |
Bluenorthwest |
Jun-28-10 06:32 PM |
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If "ignored" is asking for solutions, I have some. |
girl gone mad |
Jun-28-10 07:12 PM |
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I'm Afraid... He Sleeps With The Crickets... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 07:21 PM |
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4-Day Work Week |
Octafish |
Jun-28-10 08:17 PM |
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I work a 4 day week |
DiverDave |
Jun-28-10 08:24 PM |
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short answer, no and more likely to get worse nt |
pokercat999 |
Jun-29-10 07:55 AM |
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I agree wholeheartedly! |
h9socialist |
Jun-29-10 12:52 PM |
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5 hour work day . . . strikes . . .united actions of labor, senior citizens, youth ... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:01 PM |
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Good ideas.... |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:41 AM |
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those are some big solutions |
lark |
Jun-29-10 12:31 PM |
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That question was designed to piss people off. |
abelenkpe |
Jun-29-10 08:36 AM |
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The reason is STFU while we try to obscure the magnitude of the problem. nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 01:06 PM |
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that's one of the worst internet fallacies, and downright silly (reducto ad all-powerful) |
nashville_brook |
Jun-28-10 06:50 PM |
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Somebody has to call attention to the problem |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:50 PM |
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The fix is easy - national strike. |
TBF |
Jun-29-10 07:05 AM |
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Right . . .. you don't have to be in a union to join a strike -- just part of LABOR .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:02 PM |
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If you applied the standard you request from others to yourself... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 09:41 AM |
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Simple: withdraw from NAFTA, WTO, & GATT. Increase tarrifs of foreign goods. Breakup Walmart and |
grahamhgreen |
Jun-29-10 09:52 AM |
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Your proposals make excellent sense, grahamgreen. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 10:43 AM |
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Obama won't touch them ... even amend them!! But it's what should be happening... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:03 PM |
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... |
RedRoses323 |
Jun-30-10 07:44 AM |
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You pretend that the answers are "too complicated" or "can't be done" |
Greyhound |
Jun-29-10 10:48 AM |
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Of course -- excellent -- but do you seriously think Obama is inclined to do those things? |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:05 PM |
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Of course not, he is their guy and his history is one of loyalty, so I expect nothing but continued |
Greyhound |
Jun-30-10 12:54 AM |
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Despite a concerted attempt from the RW to rewrite history, there was a plan that worked: |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:47 PM |
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Right ... re-establish New Deal and its regulation of corrupt capitalism . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:08 PM |
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We need a new jobs bill/major jobs plan... |
Dappleganger |
Jun-28-10 06:30 PM |
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Yes... Most Excellent !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:31 PM |
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Rail cars made in the USA, solar panels, wind turbines, etc made in the USA |
SocialistLez |
Jun-29-10 10:34 AM |
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Exactly! We need to vote people into place with mass transit and new energy on their agenda... |
Dappleganger |
Jun-29-10 01:05 PM |
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And we need a Strong President |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:47 PM |
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Please tell me that's a hoax....PLEASE.... |
Poll_Blind |
Jun-28-10 06:52 PM |
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Doomer1!1!!! |
girl gone mad |
Jun-28-10 07:04 PM |
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K&R and more bad news, here, from Yahoo Finance: |
amborin |
Jun-28-10 08:07 PM |
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Tech ticker? |
Mickeyc1004 |
Jun-29-10 11:49 PM |
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Stop the military spending and there will be plenty of money for jobs and other ... |
L0oniX |
Jun-28-10 08:12 PM |
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For The Win .... |
Myrina |
Jun-29-10 08:17 AM |
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Except that military spending = The Southern Economy |
PassingFair |
Jun-29-10 04:58 PM |
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This is what class war looks like. n/t |
rucky |
Jun-28-10 08:26 PM |
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And This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:30 PM |
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And This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:34 PM |
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And Of Course This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:36 PM |
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That is a war that was fought and lost 5 years ago. |
jotsy |
Jun-29-10 07:42 AM |
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My Fix |
Parche |
Jun-28-10 08:31 PM |
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Can you be the President? |
LiberalLovinLug |
Jun-29-10 11:27 PM |
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ditto |
elias7 |
Jun-30-10 07:24 AM |
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Words fail me. Rec'd n/t |
Catherina |
Jun-28-10 08:35 PM |
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Fixing it is easy. |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jun-28-10 08:35 PM |
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You have my vote. |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Jun-28-10 10:22 PM |
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Mine Too !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 10:39 PM |
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I like this, too. |
donco6 |
Jun-29-10 07:58 AM |
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See, well... the problem with your solution is... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:51 PM |
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k*r Here are some great stats - Shadow Goverment Statustics |
autorank |
Jun-28-10 08:59 PM |
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Way Cool !!! - Thanks !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 09:41 PM |
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It's a good site and well documented n/t |
autorank |
Jun-28-10 11:07 PM |
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The hopeful bit is this |
Alcibiades |
Jun-29-10 07:05 AM |
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Some great ideas here |
chriscruzan |
Jun-29-10 07:33 AM |
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Does that chart take into account population growth? |
Dawgs |
Jun-29-10 07:53 AM |
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the spike is for 2009/10 I'm not sure the population changed all that much last year. |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 10:49 AM |
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There were some rolling blackouts a couple of years ago... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:01 PM |
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We live in shameless times. |
Javaman |
Jun-29-10 08:02 AM |
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I've said that many |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:50 AM |
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K&R...n/t |
Oceansaway |
Jun-29-10 08:26 AM |
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Republicans push deficit reduction |
abelenkpe |
Jun-29-10 08:53 AM |
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Definitely shows the failure of Reaganomics |
KansDem |
Jun-29-10 09:35 AM |
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We need a four day work week. 8 hours a day |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-29-10 09:51 AM |
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The four-day week is a good idea. Why? |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 11:05 AM |
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So we can get a second job for the other three days... |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 02:31 PM |
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The most amazing contrast on the link supplied in the original post |
peacetalksforall |
Jun-29-10 10:14 AM |
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I agree-"major theft." |
newspeak |
Jun-29-10 11:51 AM |
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Oh, and one more thing to add |
newspeak |
Jun-29-10 11:53 AM |
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"theft" is such a nasty word... I believe the new & improved term for it is "wealth redistribution" |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:07 PM |
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You're right about everything in those three paragraphs. Every time any |
peacetalksforall |
Jun-29-10 12:11 PM |
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So the New World Order |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:59 PM |
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You have too much faith in our system. They can't fix it. It will heal, but they can't "fix" it. |
BrentWil |
Jun-29-10 11:13 AM |
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So, stay the course? That's your answer? nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 01:43 PM |
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Don't you know...the economy is in full recovery |
guardian |
Jun-29-10 12:59 PM |
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Yep...the economy is in full recovery. |
guardian |
Jun-29-10 01:02 PM |
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Cut entitlements! |
Enthusiast |
Jun-29-10 01:22 PM |
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Scary as hell. Someone better show this to the guys in the White House... |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 02:30 PM |
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"It's the economy, Stupid" is true today as it was in 1990. |
Mimosa |
Jun-29-10 03:52 PM |
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You got that right!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 04:40 PM |
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That's a lil scary |
uponit7771 |
Jun-29-10 02:34 PM |
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Obama is investing in nuclear energy -- $36 BILLION in loans . . .!!! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 03:58 PM |
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Why does it appear to head up during Republican presidencies? |
timefortherevolution |
Jun-29-10 04:03 PM |
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70+ weeks for me and no real prospects |
Autonomy |
Jun-29-10 04:43 PM |
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Oh! |
PassingFair |
Jun-29-10 05:03 PM |
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not to diminish the idea, but the scale isn't adjusted for population change |
elias7 |
Jun-29-10 04:44 PM |
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Bullshit graph. |
Hosnon |
Jun-29-10 04:59 PM |
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Wall Street Jounal is a conservative paper owned by the same guy that owns Fox |
Mickeyc1004 |
Jun-29-10 11:31 PM |
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Where are the jobs programs? |
blindpig |
Jun-30-10 08:38 AM |
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