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The Twelve Word Platform (Original Post) PETRUS Nov 2012 OP
Sure beats Reagan's "Nine-Word Platform" KansDem Nov 2012 #1
Ha! PETRUS Nov 2012 #7
I'm for all except the last one SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #2
Are you expressing doubt or opposition? PETRUS Nov 2012 #5
Like it. Delphinus Nov 2012 #3
I would change #3 and #4 JackN415 Nov 2012 #4
What do those things mean Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #6

PETRUS

(3,678 posts)
5. Are you expressing doubt or opposition?
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:33 PM
Nov 2012

It's not only possible, there are examples to follow. Effective policies could involve one or more public employers of last resort and sensible structuring of labor markets, e.g. the length of the workweek.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
6. What do those things mean
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 02:10 PM
Nov 2012

and who gets to define them?

What is fair? Fair to whom?

What is 'job-growth centric'? Do the so-called corporate 'job creators' get to continue arguing that they need more tax breaks in order to 'create jobs'?

For our economic conditions to change and become more democratic, I think the language in the OP is far more appropriate. It is a better starting point, anyway, and it challenges the faulty assumptions at the foundation of our national discussion of these issues.

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