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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:41 AM Original message |
I am losing my job in Oregon and yes, I am bitter and going to donate to Obama |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm with you |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your bitterness makes anti-immigrant? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. But is he on the same side as you in regard to "anti-trade sentiment"? |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Lesser of two evils? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oh sorry to hear ericgtr |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thanks, I am working on it |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. In the late 80's we experienced similiar economic disruptions |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Retraining is a myth |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. A myth? It's the modern world you're dismissing. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have a solution |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Heard it before ... got us into the Great Depression n/t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Oh really? |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I got my degree in economics @ Brooklyn College, not the University |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Degree in economics |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Faux science? I'm a computer engineer and know my equations |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I took economics in college too, sorry, our current ec thought is a farce |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. How far did you take it? Econometrics is linear algebra, which is |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I agree, but retraining is not enough, America is simply not prepared for the new economy |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It has to be accompanied by generous welfare benefits designed to |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Weather is a force we cannot control |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. K & R |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Good luck in finding a new job eric |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Thanks I am staying on it but available jobs have dropped immensely |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. It took a while for the bushite policies |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. 6-7 months ago India reported it's middle class had grown 78%- retrain in |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good luck finding a new job |
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