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6 months ago
in Anti-Blue Collar Bias driving anti-bailout sentiment on Blacksmythe
For some it isn't about anti-blue collar bias, it's about corporate welfare.
Can we agree that tax payer money is involved here?
Can we agree that the government doesn't do a good job being involved in private business?
Why should Chrysler be bailed out when they are owned by, essentially, a hedge fund who got taken on the deal by Diameler?
Can we agree that tax payer money is involved here?
Can we agree that the government doesn't do a good job being involved in private business?
Why should Chrysler be bailed out when they are owned by, essentially, a hedge fund who got taken on the deal by Diameler?
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blacksmythe
This doesn't explain much about the sentiment against the automotive industry. The first two questions you asked were pertinent when the corp was AIG. Why the difference? Is it that the 700 billion dollar package wasn't corporate welfare but this is?
MIB
It turns out the foreign manufacturers in southern, 'right-to-work' states have been equally proficient as the Big 2-1/2 at getting public largesse. So much for the integrity of those shouting "corporate welfare"!
The one lesson very few Americans seem to be learning here is we're beyond a point where ideological solutions are viable. There are times when the state's intervention
in the market -- done responsibly -- is an appropriate course of action. This is especially true when widespread socioeconomic reformation is needed.
I'm not sure if what we're seeing is anti-blue collar bias as much as anti-union bias, the latter of which I believe is explained by Americans' relative economic unsophistication.
The one lesson very few Americans seem to be learning here is we're beyond a point where ideological solutions are viable. There are times when the state's intervention
in the market -- done responsibly -- is an appropriate course of action. This is especially true when widespread socioeconomic reformation is needed.
I'm not sure if what we're seeing is anti-blue collar bias as much as anti-union bias, the latter of which I believe is explained by Americans' relative economic unsophistication.
11 months ago
in With Friends Like These…… on Jack and Jill Politics
When I first saw it, I thought it was good satire. If there is an article accompanying it, the satire should be obvious at that point. If not, then they just didn't pull it off.
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CraigHickman
The title of the cover art is Politics of Fear. If there were an article in this issue about the politics of fear, I wouldn't be so aghast.
But there isn't.
So I am.
But there isn't.
So I am.
RonnieB
I've seen cartoons on white supremacy websites that were equally as "satirical".
The accompanying article hardly minimizes the offense of the imagery.
The accompanying article hardly minimizes the offense of the imagery.
