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"Middle-out" Economics.
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BuckGalaxy —
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Okay, I would like to start a thread and I would really like it to stay on topic, if at all possible.
- Jody -
7/23/2013 3:09:50 PM
"Middle-out" Economics.
- RobVG -
7/24/2013 3:56:19 AM
Names matter
- Robert -
7/24/2013 4:41:56 PM
Question
- SteveS -
7/25/2013 2:50:33 PM
I guess it depends on your age
- Robert -
7/25/2013 7:17:03 PM
The Pew Report
- TB -
7/26/2013 8:11:51 PM
Age of the fantasy
- SteveS -
7/26/2013 5:00:49 PM
Note the 1970-1980 dip...
- ER -
7/25/2013 9:39:07 PM
Here ya go...
- TB -
7/25/2013 8:51:21 PM
thanks!
- Robert -
7/25/2013 9:30:48 PM
Actually, that chart doesn't show who's in those groups over time at all.
- TB -
7/25/2013 10:19:06 PM
Trickle down economics
- ER -
7/24/2013 7:15:02 PM
Did you read the article?
- TB -
7/24/2013 5:42:13 PM
"every Democratic policy over the past five years"
- Robert -
7/24/2013 6:16:59 PM
Obamacare was signed into law on March of 2010.
- TB -
7/24/2013 7:01:58 PM
Are you a recent convert? Welcome :-)
- BuckGalaxy -
7/24/2013 5:47:55 AM
Aw, Rob...
- TB -
7/24/2013 4:59:42 AM
I know, I know . n/t
- RobVG -
7/24/2013 5:22:42 AM
Simple, Right to Work Laws
- SteveS -
7/23/2013 7:55:35 PM
You probably mean and believe that. Brainwashing is effective.
- bowser -
7/24/2013 2:46:45 AM
That sword cuts both ways.
- ER -
7/23/2013 8:53:22 PM
Leftism demands compulsion.
- TB -
7/23/2013 8:44:02 PM
If it weren't for the compulsion, you'd be screwed.
- bowser -
7/24/2013 12:09:02 AM
You might have better luck on Current Events
- Robert -
7/23/2013 5:34:34 PM
Sure Robert go ahead and move it...and thank you in advance.:)
- Jody -
7/23/2013 6:08:48 PM
You can move threads of your own too, Jody.
- TB -
7/23/2013 6:10:35 PM
Too late
- Robert -
7/23/2013 6:12:12 PM
I like the dashboard.
- TB -
7/23/2013 6:16:04 PM
Freedom
- TB -
7/23/2013 5:45:47 PM
I can definitely see a mental block being demonstrated here.
- ER -
7/23/2013 9:38:29 PM
Yeah, me too.
- TB -
7/23/2013 10:36:24 PM
Unions, collective bargaining, and the right to strike.
- ER -
7/23/2013 3:42:38 PM
Yeah, I think we all owe a debt to unions.
- RobVG -
7/24/2013 12:35:14 AM
I don't think that is realistic anymore, ER.
- Jody -
7/23/2013 4:10:07 PM
Take my word for it,
- ER -
7/23/2013 4:17:00 PM
Maybe what is needed is a global minimum wage. n/t
- RobVG -
7/24/2013 12:36:35 AM
20 percent of the Chinese population is unionized.
- TB -
7/23/2013 5:02:09 PM
Wages in China are raising
- Jody -
7/23/2013 6:17:51 PM
To be fair, that's probably not because of unions.
- TB -
7/23/2013 6:28:22 PM
But do they have any real economic power?
- ER -
7/23/2013 5:06:51 PM
That is human nature ER...and on that note...
- Jody -
7/23/2013 6:10:30 PM
Re: But do they have any real economic power?
- TB -
7/23/2013 5:12:06 PM
Now you sound like Ed McMahon introducing Karnak the Magnificent.
- ER -
7/23/2013 5:24:17 PM
Another example of government/union synergy:
- TB -
7/23/2013 5:23:07 PM
In a free society,
- ER -
7/23/2013 5:31:32 PM
And another...
- TB -
7/23/2013 5:28:21 PM
But we can't exist on what ifs...the fact is that now..at this time and place...we
- Jody -
7/23/2013 4:25:36 PM
ER's point is not some theoretical construct
- BuckGalaxy -
7/23/2013 5:22:44 PM
Okay...what about Auto workers?
- Jody -
7/23/2013 6:12:39 PM
GM and Chrystler are doing fine
- BuckGalaxy -
7/24/2013 5:41:47 AM
When resources are limited, there will be a struggle to divide them.
- ER -
7/23/2013 4:59:37 PM
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