[lbo-talk] OWS Demands working group: jobs for all!

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 25 11:28:10 PDT 2011


At 11:16 AM 10/25/2011, Eric Beck wrote:


>The full employment argument assumes that once it is achieved, then
>the next stage of socialist development can begin. It's never worked
>this way.

otoh, there's never been full-employment.


>In fact, the segment of the population that has the best
>conditions, that has the closest thing to full employment--white
>males--is also the most reactionary, nasty, vindictive, and punitive.

What about all the wildcat strikes and absenteeism in the '70s? If full-employment doesn't threaten bosses, then why do they work so hard against it?



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