tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post2843855050704474247..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Thomas Frank: Gerrymandering is no excuseSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-42469997777827604802013-12-16T19:37:24.553-05:002013-12-16T19:37:24.553-05:00By "easier life" what I'm saying is ...By "easier life" what I'm saying is getting more out with less effort. I don't believe anyone should be expected to sit on their ass and live in a castle. But if a person is willing to in proportion to his/her desired lifestyle, then the government ought to ensure that every opportunity exists for the person to do so, while regulating the level of exploitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-18636140024614384802013-12-16T19:34:47.814-05:002013-12-16T19:34:47.814-05:001)Duh! It's getting worse for the working cla...1)Duh! It's getting worse for the working class because they ONLY "power" they have over wages, working conditions, in other words, their lives, is through the government or unions, both of which the wealthy either buy or undermine.<br />To be clear, when I say "wealthy" I mean those who have "non-political" power over economic policies (such as wages, working condtions, benefits, etc.)<br />The wealthy will ALWAYS put profit over people which makes them basically amoral to begin with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-88534928484693112562013-12-15T21:54:55.047-05:002013-12-15T21:54:55.047-05:00Anon 1: Actually, Frank is quite aware that life h...Anon 1: Actually, Frank is quite aware that life has been getting worse for the working class since the 1970s. His great project has been to figure out why, despite this, many working-class voters cling to the self-evident party of the rich and the corporations. <br /><br />Anon 2: As long as we don't confuse the theoretical right to make the demand with the legitimacy of the demand, fine. But when there has been strong working-class politics in this country, it has been because workers believed they could and should have an easier life than their employers would concede -- easier, as I said, in terms of fewer work hours and more pay. Only a "repugnican," I presume, would sneer at such demands.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-25822092501966396882013-12-14T17:58:01.191-05:002013-12-14T17:58:01.191-05:00I don't accept that poor people - or anyone - ...I don't accept that poor people - or anyone - has a "right" to demand an easier life, but in this nation they ought to have a right to demand equal opportunities, equal education and equal health care.<br /><br />Other than that, your life is exactly as easy as YOU choose to make it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-82942061136331747402013-12-14T17:55:15.983-05:002013-12-14T17:55:15.983-05:00The economic "disaster" didn't happe...The economic "disaster" didn't happen in 2008. Apparently, Mr. Frank - like most repugnicans - seem to suffer from memory loss. The Wall Street meltdown happened under Bush, but corporations have been siphoning jobs out of the US for a few decades now, hemorrhaging the economy at an ever increasing rate. Although no repugnican (few Americans in fact) want to accept the FACT that unregulated capitalism, driven by uncontrolled greed, is the reason our economy is doing so badly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com