Certainly a path of income opportunity for everyone.

I wasn't planning to mention it, but you did ask for Hillary's accomplishments.

Platitudes for the masses, and 99% of income rises to the 1%. Won't be any better with Hillary...probably worse.

Hillary will represent you well.

All the people who care so much about African Americans won't even look at it. Their concern is 100% FAKE.

I'd love to see it as one.

It is also part of a thread I did about Killer Mike. Watch the CNN video on the OP and you can hear him talk about jobs and poverty being a big giant issue in Ferguson.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128010498

I would encourage you to put into GD where it will get more interest.

I'll keep posting that graph until someone actually notices. It's real and it's important for people to understand just how bad it is. I'm too worn out for OPs for now. Maybe when I get pissed off again...

race issues, not in the forums where these communities are most likely to see but in the Sanders forum. And then say that people's concern is "fake" because we don't see it because you post in a forum that alot of people don't read. I really don't understand why you are so incensed over this and are choosing to participate the way that you are on this topic.

The gap between black/white wealth has grown considerably over the last 50 years. This predates Obama. By your own graph, it appears that the biggest gap was in 1989. The number of unemployed is a huge factor as is housing.

Although I think I might be on a few more ignore lists today, than I was on yesterday.

screamed at for "calling somebody a racist" because we want to discuss the monumentally important topic of race and how it affects every single aspect of life for millions of Americans. Posting these topics in forums that few remaining minority members visit is not exactly conducive to a good discussion on this.

As for being on ignore, I've always considered ignore the last bastion for the Easily Threatened. Some people need to use ignore because they have no self-control and can't respect other poster's wishes to be left alone but the majority of the time, people put others on ignore who challenges them in some way. Take it as the compliment that it is.

You might try some personal reflection and maybe stop blaming other people for your problems?

She was but one member out of 10+.

Do check out the link to Correct Record.
Clear as daylight why over 2 million voters have signed on to Hillary's campaign website.

2016
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..here on DU.
Its a crown..its a coronation.
If they say it often enough, then so shall it be.
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NOT to find workers in America to meet job qualifications that they want to hire for? There are plenty of American workers that can do many of the tech jobs. We STARTED the tech industry, and Silicon Valley was the world's high tech capitol until job outsourcing and these "guest worker" (aka indentured servant) programs have basically made high tech industry jobs hard for American citizens to work for at the pay they want to pay people, and had this high tech capitol moved to Bangalore, India instead.

Many smart kids would rather work getting a degree in medicine, law, or other profession that isn't as apt to be outsourced than spend a ton of money on a high tech degree these days that they won't get a return on their investment for. It's not about us not getting enough training. It is our companies not paying people adequately in our economy with these kind of job programs.

Heck even many of the H-1B workers don't like this program, as the one interviewed in this story shows.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Silicon-Valleys-Body-Shop-Secret-280567322.html

They are NOT needed and only benefit the wealthy who have bought our government, that some here don't seem to care about happening.

Immigration bills should help people who want to MOVE here and become CITIZENS here, and INVEST in being a part of our system, not just ones that want to come here to get a job and move back and have us INVEST in other economies instead (through payments shipped back to families of their salaries) and ultimately their experience moving to other locations too.

The "world economy" is something we can change and isn't something that the wealthy says is "unstoppable" just to keep being doctored to benefit themselves. We can bring back tariffs (that other countries engineer their laws to protect their own economies through things like VAT taxes) that we don't do here because our politicians only work for the wealthy here instead of the benefit of average Americans.

That is why you have bipartisan support in the American population against these so-called "free trade" deals too.

So-called "free trade" deals is what also leads to undocumented workers coming here from South America when we have such large farm subsidies to wealthy ag companies to help them "dump" lower priced farm products that average farmers can't compete with down south so they sell of their farms and come up here to work instead in more slave labor conditions.

It's all about a "race to the bottom" that our trade laws, etc. are creating, NOT some inherent "global trend" that can't be stopped.

Companies who use the H-1B visas may just leave the US altogether, as the world gets smaller they have less of a reason to be here.

Admittedly I do need to do more research on this topic.

... and then if they don't want to be "American companies" any more, then they will have to PAY to have access to selling in to this country then! And for those execs of those UnAmerican companies, they should get taxed a lot more too, to make up for the amount of money they "shelter" overseas, and if they don't like it, they can move the hell out of the country too!

....from many blue collar workers. Remember us? Not long ago we were the racist flavor of the month for complaining about foreign workers taking jobs away from Americans by accepting lower wages. You remember, the "poor brown people who were only trying to make a better life for their families". Many of the accusers words, not mine. Then, it was easy being elitist while sitting in the ivory towers that I shed blood, sweat, and tears to build for them. I just imagine it doesn't feel very good when it comes back to bite them in the ass.

... who lost their jobs earlier, and also by your message saying that blue collar workers shouldn't sympathize with us.

This is just promoting division within our ranks. Why should we do that? We should all be working together against the effort of having us all work at jobs that they want to pay only depressed minimum wages for. Not to diminish those that work at those jobs as well, as often times many of those would be able to get better jobs, if they hadn't been outsourced by "free trade" jobs and "guest worker" programs. Your doing exactly what people like the Koch brothers want us to do. Divide ourselves while they take over.

Note that it isn't only H-1B jobs where people are getting screwed, though Hillary has been more vocal as noted here about expanding this guest worker program. Also, where a lot of less skilled workers are getting screwed is the H-2B worker. The abuse with that program was shown after Katrina, where Bushco used that to rebuild the south then, instead of hiring American workers who needed the work to rebuild their lives, and in that effort they screwed a lot of foreign workers even moreso than they do H-1B guest workers.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/198665/these-workers-came-overseas-help-rebuild-after-hurricane-katrina-and-were-treated-prison

Bernie has spoken out against both of these programs. Hillary apparently doesn't see how they are abused when she speaks out in favor of H-1B.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/25/this-is-a-massive-effort-to-attract-cheap-labor-why-sen-bernie-sanders-is-skeptical-of-guest-workers/

...not all. As for the "support", I saw none other than from fellow blue collars. We were racists. Period. I was not, and I won't label you or any tech worker as such. Those that cannot see the differences in your plight and mine are not trying too hard. I am quite sure that my opinion will not have any part in the division you speak of. We have the primaries taking care of that.

I hope all do not lose their jobs. Just as I wish I hadn't lost mine. My company closed doors because they refused to abandon us for cheap, low quality labor. They simply could not compete with the low bidders. Of course they could handle the closure, but I still respected them for standing up for us. I was with them for almost 20 years.

On edit: Less skilled workers? Right. Not many of us blue collars could do your job, but by the same token, I'm willing to bet not many techs could do or stand up to ours.

and try to insert their squeaky negativity.

they're doing Bernie such an incredible amount of disservice.

Champion of the working class. Thanks.

I can appreciate the valid criticism but it's totally overridden by the "OMG She's got money and she must have skeletons in her closet and she's the same person as her husband" stuff. It's embarrassing, really.

I'd like to see more "issues" posts.

I thought this was a Hillary-bashing thread.

That was my Bernie support showing through apparently.

Corrected, thanks for the heads up!