Starbucks Workers Join IWW

Interesting that you are all for the government protecting those willing to work for less but don't want any government protections for those wishing to collectively bargain. There must be balance in our system of law or there is not law but legalized anarchy by those controlling the law. That is the essence of capitalism in America today. Slowly but surely business is strangling the good out of America to profit by it. When major cartels control the costs of labor, labor will work for poverty wages because that is all that is available. I suspect you find yourself in what you believe is some safe haven from this legalized anarchy. Only time will tell, but I doubt it. If not you, then your children or grandchildren will pay the price for this short term frenzy of greed.

I would like to remind everyone, that we do not have an economy to be served by the people, but rather we have an economy to serve the people. People come first. People are more important than money, machines, technology and quarterly returns.

The idea of people competing against one another for lower wages, or less health care is extremely foolish.

This type of competition has been tried before, and it always results in failure. When left unchecked, it often results in wars. Greater competition between nations led to WWI, WWII and almost to WWIII.

It is a foolish notion to suggest people should compete for a limited amount of goods instead of sharing what was available and working together with good morals to create more.

Life is not a race or competitive struggle. People are not animals who must compete against each other for everything from money, jobs and women. Books that teach this should be thrown in the garbage can and banned from all school systems in America as being "anti-social".

Civilized people use common sense and forgiveness to solve problems. Civilized people know that cooperation creates far more happiness for everyone and reduces social problems dramatically.

Countries who have seen too much war already, like Germany and Japan, should put all their funding in the American democratic party. The Republican party's platform is one that is heading towards war.

Whichever nations want to see a calmer, more peaceful America, and a more peaceful world, should support Kerry and the democrats 100%.

The stripping of American worker benefits and shipping of good American jobs overseas is destabilizing America to a point which will not benefit other nations of the world. It is creating a dangerous, unstable environment in a nation that has 30,000 nuclear warheads.

Vote Democrat for a return of jobs to America

Good Social programs needed in America

What color is the sky on *your* planet?

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Well said.

William R. James

WRONG. GOD comes first. And here in America GOD is MONEY.

That is our reality. Wouldn't the dream of "people first" be something to realize? Probably not in our lifetime.

Which people? The self-described "activists" who think they have some right to impose their wishes upon everyone else?

ALL people Stan. Even you. Imagine a world where people were ALWAYS more important than money. Hard to imagine and probably never attainable, but a nice thought. Ever have a nice thought about mankind Stan?

No, that's socialism = Communism.

Americans will never be free until the statist American state has been eradicated.

Those who love freedom vote Libertarian.

Right on brother. Anyone who talks about society, or "the people" are traitors to the constitution and enemies of Liberty.

Money is the only true GOD. Capitalism the only valid Religion.

Those who love Liberty vote Libertarian.

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I don't waste my time imagining silly Utopias and trying to design societies around them. I'm more interested in reality, and societies that work within those constraints...

Have you ever seen the phrase "We the people"?