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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 11:21 PM
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Why it has to be JOBS.

Every 1 cent increase in gasoline decreases U.S. consumer disposable income by about $600 million per year. The move in oil in the past week alone has almost entirely wiped out the most recent stimulus.



http://investmentwatchblog.com/every-1-cent-increase-in-gasoline-decreases-u-s-consumer-disposable-income-by-about-600-million-per-year-the-move-in-oil-in-the-past-week-alone-has-almost-entirely-wiped-out-the-most-recent-stimulu/


Give a man a stimulus and he eats for a day.
Give a man a job and he feeds his family.

As do the people he buys groceries from
and their employees
and the farmers
and the people who work in food processing and manufacturing
and the people who make food packaging.

Jobs.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 12:02 AM
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1. Yes. Nothing else matters.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 12:13 AM
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2. Stopping the wage destruction is nearly as crucial
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 07:01 AM
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8. They are related
Commodity speculation is just another one of the economic rents that are extracted from the system by the non-productive moneyed class.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 12:33 AM
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3. It will get worse
but the rich should be okay, that is all that matters
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 12:37 AM
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4. Jobs and a better social safety net for those who cannot work.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 12:38 AM
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5. Amen ! nt
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 01:15 AM
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6. Supply side solutions aren't the answer, and coming from a "Dem" they are an abomination.
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Hawkowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 08:56 PM
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9. +1000 .nt.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 01:24 AM
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7. Give a (hu)man another cut, and he/she will end eating the dead...
Edited on Mon Dec-27-10 01:26 AM by Amonester
for a daily ration: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1296155071179146825#">Soylent Green

How much for ONE fresh tomato?

Forget jobs. They stole them.
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