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In Reply to: And here I thought that song was about potatoes. posted by ghost of olddude55 on March 9, 2023 at 16:26:56:
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Freebie article from the NYT: Why Poverty Persists in America - vacuous 08:51:26 03/9/23 (108)
- Which war cost us the most? - Rod M 09:55:34 03/10/23 (2)
- We all know the definition of insanity... - regmac 12:13:04 03/10/23 (1)
- Jesus said, "The poor you will always have with you" - Feanor 06:23:23 03/11/23 (0)
- End stage crony capitalism. Wish upon a star if that might help. Nt - bjh 18:36:39 03/9/23 (1)
- At least Treasury won't bailout Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) - Jay Buridan 15:41:49 03/12/23 (0)
- As one of the Grand Inquisitors was just saying... - Jay Buridan 14:36:28 03/9/23 (0)
- There is no "cure" for fiscal irresponsibility... - dark_dave56 13:50:26 03/9/23 (19)
- More blaming the victims - Feanor 05:44:23 03/10/23 (4)
- RE: More blaming the victims - dark_dave56 13:11:50 03/11/23 (1)
- I can't disagree with a word Carlin said in the clip, except ... - Feanor 06:27:09 03/12/23 (0)
- I view it as the victimizer blaming the victim - Goober58 13:59:46 03/10/23 (1)
- The American myth of the "rugged individual" - Feanor 04:39:46 03/11/23 (0)
- Yet we tolerate it for those who speculate with our money and... - Goober58 18:39:57 03/9/23 (1)
- We don't just tolerate it. We reward it. - ghost of olddude55 04:29:15 03/10/23 (0)
- RE: There is no "cure" for fiscal irresponsibility... - Uncle Mike 14:22:38 03/9/23 (11)
- Private Idaho?... - musetap 16:22:54 03/9/23 (2)
- And here I thought that song was about potatoes. - ghost of olddude55 16:26:56 03/9/23 (1)
- Or, a rock? - Sondek 03/9/2316:50:46 03/9/23 (0)
- Besides, Mike, there is a cure... - ghost of olddude55 14:29:48 03/9/23 (7)
- RE: Besides, Mike, there is a cure... - Inmate51 19:26:41 03/9/23 (6)
- I'm thinking about individuals. - ghost of olddude55 04:15:09 03/10/23 (5)
- LOL. The person(s) you describe - Steve O 06:06:19 03/10/23 (4)
- Not singling anybody out. - ghost of olddude55 06:29:19 03/10/23 (3)
- Maybe not - Steve O 07:00:50 03/10/23 (2)
- The Sacker family. - ghost of olddude55 07:35:59 03/10/23 (1)
- Them too! (nt) - Steve O 08:21:09 03/10/23 (0)
- Well, duh. - ghost of olddude55 12:05:08 03/9/23 (31)
- Neoliberal economics destroyed the middle class - Jay Buridan 14:45:47 03/9/23 (21)
- The idea was... - ghost of olddude55 14:52:29 03/9/23 (20)
- Corporation like Apple may be worse than your oligarchs.... - Rod M 10:02:52 03/10/23 (3)
- RE: Corporation like Apple may be worse than your oligarchs.... - tomservo 11:52:11 03/10/23 (0)
- RE: Hey Rod - tweaker456 10:32:10 03/10/23 (1)
- A Link?! Seriously? - Inmate51 10:18:06 03/12/23 (0)
- Accurate I'd say: race & gender issues are red herrings ... - Feanor 05:50:14 03/10/23 (15)
- IMHO a middle class will thrive after World War 3 - Jay Buridan 12:44:48 03/10/23 (0)
- It's all how you view the data... - E-Stat 11:30:18 03/10/23 (12)
- So you're saying 7% went up and 5% went down - Feanor 08:06:49 03/11/23 (5)
- Thanks for the major correction; but in any case ... - Feanor 08:19:21 03/11/23 (3)
- Now its time to refresh your memory! - E-Stat 08:40:42 03/11/23 (2)
- I guess you were confused too - Feanor 11:40:56 03/11/23 (1)
- Huh? - E-Stat 12:53:27 03/11/23 (0)
- Need to work on basic math - E-Stat 08:10:38 03/11/23 (0)
- Am I reading the same chart you posted? - Chris from Lafayette 01:30:19 03/11/23 (5)
- When your point is the "stagnation of the middle class"... - E-Stat 06:56:21 03/11/23 (4)
- Heck, I'd move to Slovakia, except that I fear. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:33:24 03/11/23 (3)
- RE: Heck, I'd move to Slovakia, except that I fear. . . - mg16 13:31:48 03/11/23 (0)
- "Yawning chasm" - E-Stat 12:50:42 03/11/23 (1)
- LOL! OK, maybe there's an element of that! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:01:03 03/13/23 (0)
- Before that it was communism. - ghost of olddude55 06:46:15 03/10/23 (0)
- Talk about voting against your own interests. nt - dancingseamonkey 12:57:42 03/9/23 (8)
- LBJ said - ghost of olddude55 13:14:25 03/9/23 (7)
- RE: LBJ said - tomservo 13:57:39 03/9/23 (6)
- Nothing has changed. - ghost of olddude55 14:03:55 03/9/23 (5)
- RE: Nothing has changed. - tomservo 15:56:44 03/9/23 (4)
- I don't get the fixation with Chicago. - ghost of olddude55 16:04:14 03/9/23 (3)
- You don't "get" that Chicago - Steve O 06:48:07 03/10/23 (2)
- RE: You don't "get" that Chicago - tomservo 08:30:53 03/10/23 (0)
- Oh, I get it alright... - ghost of olddude55 07:40:33 03/10/23 (0)
- Smarter, and generally more responsible people, have higher incomes... - hcman 11:41:28 03/9/23 (5)
- children of the rich generally have higher outcomes, and can be dumb as hammers. - beach cruiser 13:12:07 03/9/23 (1)
- Dumb as hammers, mean as cat piss... - ghost of olddude55 14:07:28 03/9/23 (0)
- So if you aren't as smart, you should be treated as subhuman? - Chris from Lafayette 12:05:17 03/9/23 (2)
- Not at all. If you haven't enough income to support yourself you... - hcman 12:22:51 03/9/23 (0)
- Yet... not quite smart enough to figure out the Optional Link URL box... - musetap 12:20:58 03/9/23 (0)
- The United States offers some of the lowest wages in the industrialized world. - jedrider 10:59:41 03/9/23 (9)
- "we are not really trying to eliminate poverty" - Bingo! - Chris from Lafayette 11:56:51 03/9/23 (7)
- More profit in it. - ghost of olddude55 12:42:06 03/9/23 (6)
- RE: More profit in it. - tweaker456 13:36:59 03/9/23 (3)
- US "defense" contractors are cleaning up. - ghost of olddude55 13:56:33 03/9/23 (2)
- RE: if your post was dead wrong it's still better - ChesshireCat 19:07:07 03/9/23 (1)
- Military Keynesianism. - ghost of olddude55 05:12:42 03/10/23 (0)
- Yup [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:18:38 03/9/23 (1)
- Not limited to... - ghost of olddude55 13:24:16 03/9/23 (0)
- You said a mouthful there... - musetap 11:40:18 03/9/23 (0)
- RE: Freebie article from the NYT: Why Poverty Persists in America - dean_martin 10:17:49 03/9/23 (0)
- America has never had the ability to pay every worker a living wage. - peppy m. 09:33:54 03/9/23 (8)
- RE: America has never had the ability to pay every worker a living wage. - tomservo 09:53:33 03/9/23 (2)
- Al Bundy - RGA 05:26:07 03/13/23 (0)
- RE: America has never had the ability to pay every worker a living wage. - tweaker456 13:28:17 03/9/23 (0)
- RE: America has never had the ability to pay every worker a living wage. - tweaker456 09:51:49 03/9/23 (3)
- Ya but. - Uncle Mike 12:11:43 03/9/23 (2)
- RE: Ya but. - tweaker456 13:34:47 03/9/23 (0)
- Used to be a boatload right behind the boatload they arrived in... - musetap 12:24:21 03/9/23 (0)
- As long as it's 'Affirmative Action' slavery /nt - Feanor 09:48:05 03/9/23 (0)
- A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - Feanor 09:18:26 03/9/23 (16)
- I would rank those differentlly... - dark_dave56 00:46:48 03/10/23 (2)
- RE: I would rank those differentlly... - RGA 01:47:23 03/10/23 (1)
- In-person/in-classroom teaching is not going away... - dark_dave56 01:30:51 03/13/23 (0)
- RE: A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - RGA 18:03:24 03/9/23 (0)
- The trick is - E-Stat 11:36:27 03/9/23 (5)
- Blaming the victims? - Feanor 12:41:30 03/9/23 (4)
- Victims of exactly what? - E-Stat 12:44:14 03/9/23 (3)
- Of poverty - Feanor 12:58:39 03/9/23 (2)
- Like I previously posted... - E-Stat 13:04:23 03/9/23 (1)
- RE: Like I previously posted... - tomservo 13:52:14 03/9/23 (0)
- RE: A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - tomservo 10:08:43 03/9/23 (5)
- RE: A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - ChesshireCat 19:24:28 03/9/23 (2)
- RE: A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - tomservo 08:50:56 03/10/23 (1)
- RE: A big factor is that worker's wages haven't kept up with productivity - ChesshireCat 19:20:20 03/14/23 (0)
- Stockholders/short-term gain, long-term myopia- definitely correct... - MWE 11:01:17 03/9/23 (1)
- "I got mine!"... the rallying cry for decades from too many Americans... - musetap 11:55:04 03/9/23 (0)
- RE: Freebie article from the NYT: Why Poverty Persists in America - tomservo 09:13:53 03/9/23 (5)
- Oh dear, sound pretty same old ... - Feanor 09:27:11 03/9/23 (4)
- Free Education is a solution - Robert J 04:24:47 03/12/23 (0)
- RE: Oh dear, sound pretty same old ... - MWE 10:37:00 03/9/23 (0)
- RE: Oh dear, sound pretty same old ... - tomservo 09:49:45 03/9/23 (1)
- Ever considered at least the possibility that... - MWE 10:53:31 03/9/23 (0)
- The *other* question is why the declining share of middle class income - Feanor 09:09:09 03/9/23 (0)
Follow Ups
- Or, a rock? - Sondek 03/9/2316:50:46 03/9/23 (0)