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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:26 PM Original message |
Robert Reich: It's a Depression |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. why would any politician worry about the average everyday worker? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Then what's the point of voting? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. to give people the impression that they have some form of control over their destiny? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for playing Robert... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I believe it was Robert Rubin, and not Robert Reich who was the freemarketeer |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You're right. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Try a few links... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Correct - Robert Reich was Labor Sec under Clinton - but he is an |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thank you! See my post below ... I was confused by that, too |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Er . . . Elaine Chao was Bewsh II's labor secretary. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. No, he may be a Keynesian and he was Labor Secretary |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. I can vouch for this actually. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He was promoting "free trade" while he was LABOR secretary? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Yes, he certainly did. |
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justaregularperson (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I remember it too. He was a big time free trader. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Jim McDermott and Jay Inslee were on the "Friends of India" committee with Hillary. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. fail |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Really... your rebuttal lacks substance. - n/t |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. you gotta point there |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. As does youe mea culpa. I was looking forward to reading something of substance; |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. may i ask you something? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Er . . . no. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. In his defense: |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not to put too fine a point on it, but |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I am perfectly aware of the difference between the Roberts. |
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justaregularperson (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I was paying attention as well. Reich was a big believer. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. One person's reinvention is another person's kicking himself for being |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Here's his "elegant summation of what we need to do." It's good. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. it certainly is... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. K & R for reading later. n/t |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. So true |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why isn't he in a high government position? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not acceptable to Wall Street. nt |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. That damn Reich! He's always on about the truth and stuff!! |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Reich and Roubini are right. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sorry Burt, but the post is wrong. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. . |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. Reich has been a big H-1b visa pusher |
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jemma (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. If only we had FDR in the White House instead of a corporate puppet |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Conditions and Congressional resistance not the same. O Team trying to diffuse worse effects. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Democratic wing of the Democratic Party has far better ideas than the Postpartisan wing. |
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