Comments on: Want Equal Pay? Lilly Ledbetter In New Obama Ad http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:39:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Spencer Ackerman http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640702 Spencer Ackerman Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:41:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640702 <p>That ad is <em>amazing</em>. The Obama ppl are really stepping this up. CHS, expect to see yr on Crappy Hour tomorrow at <a href="http://www.jezebel.com" rel="nofollow">Jezebel</a>.</p> That ad is amazing. The Obama ppl are really stepping this up. CHS, expect to see yr on Crappy Hour tomorrow at Jezebel.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640647 Twain Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:55:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640647 <p>I guess they are just happy to have a job. I have been in a WalMart - not in Ca - and even the people working there look poor and the products are less than great. Sad place.</p> I guess they are just happy to have a job. I have been in a WalMart – not in Ca – and even the people working there look poor and the products are less than great. Sad place.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640632 eCAHNomics Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:42:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640632 <p>My Wal-Mart one-liner is: people who work there can’t afford to shop there.</p> My Wal-Mart one-liner is: people who work there can’t afford to shop there.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640627 Twain Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:40:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640627 <p>W certainly touched an American hot button when he told us to go shopping after 9/11. Americans will buy anything and shop to make themselves feel good. We need to stop doing that - especially at Wal-Mart.</p> W certainly touched an American hot button when he told us to go shopping after 9/11. Americans will buy anything and shop to make themselves feel good. We need to stop doing that – especially at Wal-Mart.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640624 eCAHNomics Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:38:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640624 <p>There are two answers that cover every economic question (and truth be told, every other Q): 1. Because they can. 2. Because they have to.</p> <p>#2 is the A to your Q. They will recognize the reality of what you say only when they have to, and not a moment before.</p> There are two answers that cover every economic question (and truth be told, every other Q): 1. Because they can. 2. Because they have to.

#2 is the A to your Q. They will recognize the reality of what you say only when they have to, and not a moment before.

]]> By: marymccurnin http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640616 marymccurnin Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:34:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640616 <p>When will Americans understand that economic growth based on irrational buying of goods (with or without credit) will both kill the economy and the planet in the long run?</p> When will Americans understand that economic growth based on irrational buying of goods (with or without credit) will both kill the economy and the planet in the long run?

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640609 eCAHNomics Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:31:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640609 <p>I’m not worried about continued innovation, but yes, the jobs in those areas won’t necessarily stay in the U.S.</p> I’m not worried about continued innovation, but yes, the jobs in those areas won’t necessarily stay in the U.S.

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640607 Eureka Springs Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:30:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640607 <p>That ad just makes my eyes water up.</p> That ad just makes my eyes water up.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640605 eCAHNomics Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:29:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640605 <p>Think about slave economies like antebellum South. Not that we’ll get that bad any time soon, but you have a picture of how economies which have extreme income distributions can still function. After all, us slaves must still work, even for lower & lower real wages, because the other alternative is death. We have pretty much lost the ability to strike, and I have not been impressed by the influence of protests.</p> Think about slave economies like antebellum South. Not that we’ll get that bad any time soon, but you have a picture of how economies which have extreme income distributions can still function. After all, us slaves must still work, even for lower & lower real wages, because the other alternative is death. We have pretty much lost the ability to strike, and I have not been impressed by the influence of protests.

]]> By: Twain http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640604 Twain Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:29:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/want-equal-pay-lilly-ledbetter-in-new-obama-ad/#comment-1640604 <p>Many have said we are or are becoming a service economy but isn’t that leaving the country for India, etc? What will we be left with?</p> Many have said we are or are becoming a service economy but isn’t that leaving the country for India, etc? What will we be left with?

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