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In reply to the discussion: Congress is about to pass a bill they KNOW will cost American jobs. Obama is for this loss of jobs, [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)78. Sure. Arm-chair economists trump reality every time.
And traffic lights are deliberately timed to make our lives miserable, too.
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grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
OP
Complicated chess moves. I believe that's what it's called with a side order of kabuki..
nc4bo
Jun 2015
#2
It was also argued that older workers would be affected the most. Provide training for 40+ year old
nc4bo
Jun 2015
#10
Saddest thing is that they laugh at him, while he thinks they respect him:(
grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
#9
He will laugh at them as he rides down the Yellow Brick Road of post-presidential riches.
hifiguy
Jun 2015
#62
Obama's early '07 campaign rhetoric included "Corporations have too much power." Look what happened.
Auggie
Jun 2015
#11
What will the people do who lose their health care benefits if TAA passes?
grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
#45
No way to create jobs in America? Really? No way. Jobs are leaving, get over it? Who RU voting for?
grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
#73
Because they KNOW there will be jobs lost. Beyond that they are counting on wage depression.
onecaliberal
Jun 2015
#24
Because overall good in the long term doesn't mean good for everybody in the short term
mythology
Jun 2015
#42
They don't. They just see Obama and assume that it's bad. Question: Do people honestly believe that
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2015
#32
No. We cannot agree. I don't agree. I don't believe that he's a dumb or evil man who
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2015
#52
Perhaps. And I STILL blame Clinton for the jobs mess we're in. However, I have faith in this preside
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2015
#113
I believe Elizabeth Warren in this battle, and Bernie Sanders. Both were vehemently opposed, as
peacebird
Jun 2015
#84
No, like most of the party he thinks this will cause a net jobs gain like NAFTA did
Recursion
Jun 2015
#87
We've lost 60,000 factories - FACTORIES - since the last costly trade deal. thats a lot of jobs
grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
#48
Labor has always been cheaper in some other countries, yet we kept our jobs here. Do you know how?
grahamhgreen
Jun 2015
#46
If you have tons of green to educate yourself for the higher-end "services", that is.
HughBeaumont
Jun 2015
#104
Wrong. Hillary recently said that she was not in favor of passing the fast track
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#47
I don't know what she thinks now, since it got cloture (with some help from Pelosi.) This is what
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#51
They have no respect for honesty. The appearance of honesty is seen as a tool.
Enthusiast
Jun 2015
#58
I wonder what happened in 2001. Manufacturing jobs fell off a cliff after 2000. Only recently,
pampango
Jun 2015
#92
Damn! PNTR! I should have known it was the fault of a Democratic and not a republican president.
pampango
Jun 2015
#101
Why are acting as if its just us here at DU when its also our Democratic leaders saying the same?
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#91
The majority of Dems in the House & the Senate voted against Fast Tracking trade deals
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#95