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The Blouses That Destroy Economies: The Insane Quest for Cheap Labor
So this is the end game of capitalism—the pool of cheap labor being drained by an insane quest for profit at the expense of people. Retailers like Walmart realize that their customer base has no money to spend because America … Continue reading
Posted in Crap-italism, minimum wage, Rentier, Wage slavery
Tagged Africa, Asia, capitalism, capitalism without capital, China, Ethiopia, inflation, J.C. Penney, Kenya, Levi Strauss, offshoring, PVH, VF, wages, Wall Street Journal, Walmart, William S. Simon
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May Day 2015: 5 Reasons Working People Are Pissed…
A repost from last year…ain’t a damn thing changed, so I just changed the year, changed the title a little, but other than that—it’s exactly the same. Nothing changes on New Year’s Day. How long must we sing this song? … Continue reading
Posted in class war, Crap-italism, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Feudalism, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Foreclosure, Foreclosure fraud, Keiser Report, Paper terrorism, Police State, QE unlimited, Redistribution, Wage slavery
Tagged D. Boon, food stamps, foreclosure fraud, International Worker's Day, labor, May Day, middle class, Minutemen, money out of thin air, QE, quantitative easing, taxes, The Economist, wages, Washington Post, workers, working poor
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MORE JOBS, LESS WAGES
Wow! The unemployment rate supposedly just went to the lowest rate since 2008. That should be awesome news (if true), but it really isn’t because wages aren’t increasing. It’s stories like these that foster the impression of a recovery even … Continue reading
Posted in Crap-italism, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, Wage slavery, Wages
Tagged unemployment, wage slavery, wages
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STRIKE! WALMART OVERDUE FOR A COMEUPPANCE
I posted the above meme on Facebook, which elicited the following response from a dear and longtime friend (in the physical world) of mine: Dumb bullshit. Walmart workers are responsible for themselves. It is their own decisions that put them … Continue reading
Posted in California, Crap-italism, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Financialization, freedom, minimum wage, Price-fixing, Redistribution, Wage slavery, Wages
Tagged Container Store, CVS, education, Facebook, food assistance, food pantry, Gerald Celente, military, mom and pop, pilots, poverty, skill, strike, student debt, student loans, wages, Walgeens, working poor
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WHAT “RECOVERY?” WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?
Scene: a typical American coffee shop. We see two casually-dressed friends sitting at a table, talking quietly and drinking a cup of joe. We notice one has a “grande” while the other has a “tall.” Suddenly we hear loud guffawing … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Bubble, Bank of America, Crap-italism, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Financialization, Price, Price-fixing, Rent-seeking, Rentier, Wage slavery, Wages
Tagged can't afford house, coffee, grande, HELOC, Justice League Task Force, landlord, money is fictional, money out of thin air, prices, rent, Rentier, salary, second job, tall, third job, venti, wages
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PROFITS VS. OBSCENITY: MCDONALD’S EDITION
So I posted this meme on my FB page today: I made the following comment on the post: “And this is what it all comes down to–there’s profit, and then there’s obscenity. These multinationals want obscenity. We’re saying, ‘No obscenity … Continue reading
MAY DAY 2014: WORKING MEN SHOULD BE PISSED
So it’s International Worker’s Day…to paraphrase D. Boon from the video above, I’ll put it in simple words why working men (and women) are (or should be) pissed… 1. Banks got bailed out by workers while banks continue to prey … Continue reading
Posted in Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Foreclosure fraud, Keiser Report, Living Lies, minimum wage, QE unlimited, Redistribution, Rentier, Reverse socialism, Tax, Wage slavery, Wages, Wealth transfer
Tagged D. Boon, food stamps, foreclosure fraud, International Worker's Day, labor, May Day, middle class, Minutemen, money out of thin air, QE, quantitative easing, taxes, The Economist, wages, Washington Post, workers, working poor
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