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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and cause me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic destroyed.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Col. William F. Elkins, Nov. 21, 1864

 

 

I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to. I wish to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, speech, Mar. 5, 1860

 

 

 

TA DUNK

 

 

Under the bus with this bearded socialist bastard!!!!!!

 

 

 

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ORIGINAL: Marini

lol Sanity, people like me?

Yes, we need unions to protect us against soulless greedy bastards that would have us all working in the slave like conditions they create in most of the 3rd world factories.

We all should be thankful to work for $5 a day! That would buy us 1 gallon of gas.

Sanity, where are the jobs these days? How is our great and growing wonderful economy doing, dude?

Happy Monday!
Happy Spring Break to me!

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and cause me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic destroyed.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Col. William F. Elkins, Nov. 21, 1864

 

 

I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to. I wish to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, speech, Mar. 5, 1860

 

 

 

TA DUNK

 

 

Under the bus with this bearded socialist bastard!!!!!!

 

 

 

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ORIGINAL: subfever

While there is debate whether Mr. Lincoln uttered these words, little doubt remains that he was one of the best friends in high places that labor ever had.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Sorry to be the one to have to break this to you mnot, but Lincoln never wrote that.

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and cause me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic destroyed.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Col. William F. Elkins, Nov. 21, 1864

 

 

I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to. I wish to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, speech, Mar. 5, 1860

 

 

 

TA DUNK

 

 

Under the bus with this bearded socialist bastard!!!!!!

 

 

 

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ORIGINAL: subfever

While there is debate whether Mr. Lincoln uttered these words, little doubt remains that he was one of the best friends in high places that labor ever had.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


When "labor" makes unreasonable demands and forces the golden goose to have to choose between flying South or dying, "labor" is cutting its own throat, as it has been doing for some time now.

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The economy is doing better each day. You can believe the opposite, but dont expect to be taken seriously. If you want the nation as a whole to do better and keep corporations from turning this nation into a technocracy, vote what the Democrats are doing. If you want to be fed more mindless bullcrap, be enslaved to a real master (both in mind and body), and have the nation as we known and love go to crap....vote the Republican's plan.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5
Can you honestly say Ceos of the fortune 500 deserve tens of millions of dollars/per year?

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When "labor" makes unreasonable demands and forces the golden goose to have to choose between flying South or dying, "labor" is cutting its own throat, as it has been doing for some time now.

Blame it on the evil greedy employer though, pour on the hate and drive whatever jobs may be left away.

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ORIGINAL: Edwynn

FR


About 2/3 of German workers are covered by collective bargaining.

Even with just a bit more than one forth the population of the US, Germany is the second largest exporter in the world, the total being ~ $67 billion higher than the US.

Damn unions.

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S&P warning: Fix deficit or risk credit rating


WASHINGTON – A key credit agency issued an unprecedented warning to the United States government Monday, urging Washington to get a grip on its finances or risk losing the nation's sterling credit rating.


For the first time, Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the federal government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative," and warned of serious consequences if lawmakers fail to reach a deal to control the massive federal deficit. An impasse could prompt the agency to strip the government of its top investment rating in the next two years, S&P said. A loss of the triple-A rating would ripple through the American economy, making loans more expensive and credit more difficult to obtain. The downgrade was interpreted as a rebuke to President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, admonishing them to put politics aside and come up with a long-term financial plan as soon as possible.

"This is a warning: Don't mess around," said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group that is pushing for deficit reduction. Analysts at S&P have never before used the outlook to cast doubt on the nation's credit worthiness.

In response, stocks suffered their worst slide in a month. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 245 points before recovering to close down 140 points for the day.


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