Category Archives: economic collapse

Shoeshine boys debate job creation

Posted on March 17, 2013 by oddmanout215

[The job creators] have no intention of creating jobs now or in the future. They don’t have to create jobs and there’s nobody out there to make them do it. They simply will reduce the number of jobs they have … Continue reading →

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Thank Obama, the anti-FDR, for the sequester

Posted on March 4, 2013 by oddmanout215

America is waiting for a message of some sort or another. – David Byrne and Brian Eno It ain’t pretty, the damage Barack Obama has done to working people by trying to cozy up to Republicans over the last four-plus … Continue reading →

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There will be blood (or more apathy)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by oddmanout215

There’s nothing new about eras in which the rich grow richer as the majority slips into the ditch. Or about gilded ages being followed by periods in which worker incomes rise. In between are those interesting chapters in which the … Continue reading →

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Obama’s jobs plan… Is that all there is?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by oddmanout215

OK, here it is, the one substantive suggestion regarding job creation in Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, dutifully reported by The Hill: “Tonight, I propose a ‘Fix-It-First’ program to put people to work as soon as possible on … Continue reading →

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Will Obama get real about jobs?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by oddmanout215

[Hard to tell why the woman in the video is working herself up to jump off a bridge. Maybe it’s Jolson’s voice.] I’m posting this right before the State of the Union address, in the hope that my remarks will … Continue reading →

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Joking about the jobless in The Times

Posted on January 28, 2013 by oddmanout215

There are many jerks in positions of authority, but this fact isn’t likely to hit you on a gut level unless you’re unemployed and in debt and sending resumes to that black hole in the Internet where job applications disappear. … Continue reading →

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A rear-view glance at Lance

Posted on January 19, 2013 by oddmanout215

Between Lance Armstrong admitting he was doping and Jodie Foster coming out as a lesbian, it has been a rough week for the clueless. — Bill Mayer, Real Time, Jan. 18 I groan when the corporate media declare a new … Continue reading →

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Safety measures too ‘costly’ for Walmart

Posted on December 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

Officials at the retail monster called Walmart couldn’t install emergency exits at the Bangladesh factory where more than 100 workers died in a Nov. 4 fire. Too cash-strapped, it seems: … In a meeting last year, Walmart officials decided against … Continue reading →

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Grayson: Grand Bargain is bunk

Posted on November 15, 2012 by oddmanout215

Alan Grayson’s tie is goofy, but I like what he has to say about the false need for a so-called Grand Bargain: “An artificial crisis is being instituted to steal from us, to steal from the middle class, and to … Continue reading →

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Working class rides train to nowhere

Posted on November 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

The lead paragraph from a smart piece in The New York Times Magazine that explains why the old jobs are never coming back, and why any politician who says they are is a liar: As anyone who rides Amtrak between … Continue reading →

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