[lbo-talk] No easy way to put a face on the stay-at-home recession

Sheldon humanist.observer at gmail.com
Sun Apr 5 13:45:26 PDT 2009


On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:56 AM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2910bf1a-2079-11de-b930-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
>
> Financial Times
> No easy way to put a face on the stay-at-home recession
>
> By John Lloyd
>
> Published: April 3 2009 19:12 | Last updated: April 3 2009 19:12
>
>> It is almost unimaginable that any of that will come back in these shapes.
> Not many till the soil now, and they will not be the worst hit. The
> industrial working class still exists and it is now seeing jobs disappear;
> but it is much less numerous. The dispossessed working and middle classes
> are not setting up tent cities in parks.

Wrong!!!! this guy has his head up his ass! Democracy Now! just covered tent cities in Seatle WA last week. But you don't need the alternative left wing media to find info on the return of Hoovervilles, google results:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/19/seattle.tent.city/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26sacramento.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26776283/



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