I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[wkmac]

As far as I know, I have never known anyone in the private sector that has/had paid family leave. Seems like a distraction from far more important issues. Many Americans get 12 weeks unpaid family leave.

Some salaried employees get a kind of paid leave by the nature of how they are paid but the conditions can vary company to company.

 

[wkmac]

How to Tell Free-Market and Pro-Capitalist Libertarians Apart

 

[rickyb]

Steven Greenhouse‏ @greenhousenyt Apr 15




Retailers have laid off 89,000 workers since October. That's more than all the people working in U.S. coal industry.

 

[rickyb]

when the canadian housing bubble pops (our house is worth 10x as much as it was 25 years ago, 3x as much as it was 10 years ago) i heard from an unreputable journalist that it might pop the american economic bubble.

 

[Catatonic]

when the canadian housing bubble pops (our house is worth 10x as much as it was 25 years ago, 3x as much as it was 10 years ago) i heard from an unreputable journalist that it might pop the american economic bubble.

That's OK ... when an American pops a cherry, it's a Canadian girl.

 

[1989]

when the canadian housing bubble pops (our house is worth 10x as much as it was 25 years ago, 3x as much as it was 10 years ago) i heard from an unreputable journalist that it might pop the american economic bubble.

I would like to see another downturn in housing.

 

[Catatonic]

I would like to see another downturn in housing.

Ready to buy?

 

[Sportello]

I would like to see another downturn in housing.

Are you ready for the other things that go along with that?

 

[rickyb]

Are you ready for the other things that go along with that?

could be much worse things this time. people are losing their patience

 

[Sportello]

could be much worse things this time. people are losing their patience

I was speaking to @1989. I know you are not prepared.

 

[rickyb]

I was speaking to @1989. I know you are not prepared.

what do you mean? im not buying a house.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

what do you mean? im not buying a house.

What if your Mommy decides to start charging you rent?

 

[rickyb]

What if your Mommy decides to start charging you rent?

thats not very nice

the way the economy is going, your grandchildren will be living with their parents until their 50s or they will be on the plantation.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

thats not very nice

the way the economy is going, your grandchildren will be living with their parents until their 50s or they will be on the plantation.

My grandchildren will have the work ethic and personal pride that you quite obviously lack.

 

[rickyb]

My grandchildren will have the work ethic and personal pride that you quite obviously lack.

that wont be enough to compensate for an economy which is sinking faster than the titanic

 

[1989]

Are you ready for the other things that go along with that?

Yes, I am ready.

 

[Sportello]

Yes, I am ready.

Please share your plans with the rest of us.

 

[1989]

Please share your plans with the rest of us.

Don't mess with something you don't understand.

 

[Sportello]

Don't mess with something you don't understand.

Good advice. I'm guessing you are screwed.

 

[1989]

Good advice. I'm guessing you are screwed.

You don't know me, dude.