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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Donor Contacts Biden Allies About Possible Run [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The Department of Defense employs a lot of people.
You are correct on that. But my post was, and I probably did not make it clear, referring strictly to the United States' employment numbers. That you confirm. Walmart and McDonald's, one truly fast food, the other selling imported junk.
We have a crisis in the kinds of jobs that are available in our country. We are quickly becoming a third world economy with a very large military. That is not good. Not good at all.
If traditional Democrats were capable of improving our economy, really improving it, and not just creating more low-wage jobs at McDonalds and Walmart, then Obama would have done it.
We do need Bernie. Your post proves we need a new approach, and the only person running who is offering a new approach is Bernie. We do need Bernie.
We are sick and tired of "free" trade that is only free for the top 1% of our nation and costs the rest of us our jobs and what remains of OUR economic freedom.