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World Socialist Website
05-19-2012, 07:22 AM
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest maker of personal computers and server systems, plans to cut as many at 30,000 jobs next week.

More... (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/hewl-m19.shtml)

Dhalgren
05-19-2012, 10:16 AM
Christ, it just gets worse and worse. Hewlett-Packard shitcanning 30,000, the Post Office lopping off another 28,000, Staples and T-Mobile firing 2,000-odd more. 200,000 out of work folks losing their unemployment in one-fell-swoop last week... Shit, how is old Barry going to spin all this? There will be no joy in Mudville tonight...

blindpig
05-19-2012, 11:07 AM
Christ, it just gets worse and worse. Hewlett-Packard shitcanning 30,000, the Post Office lopping off another 28,000, Staples and T-Mobile firing 2,000-odd more. 200,000 out of work folks losing their unemployment in one-fell-swoop last week... Shit, how is old Barry going to spin all this? There will be no joy in Mudville tonight...

Shovel ready! Tax breaks for 'green industries'! Tax breaks for 'small business'! More trade agreements! Unleash American business! Eviscerate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, OSHA, Dept of Education..........

"Um, how about something like the WPA?"

Are you a terrorist?

anaxarchos
05-20-2012, 06:25 PM
The Recession is over and now there is no demand. There won't be any "going back to..." until something changes. There is too much capital, too many countries (all developed or "developing"), too many entitled with too little that can be borrowed on, and too little that can change any of it.

A "reconfiguration" is required. We will see who will be the first to say it.

Dhalgren
05-20-2012, 07:12 PM
The Recession is over and now there is no demand. There won't be any "going back to..." until something changes. There is too much capital, too many countries (all developed or "developing"), too many entitled with too little that can be borrowed on, and too little that can change any of it.

A "reconfiguration" is required. We will see who will be the first to say it.

Christ...The "reconfiguration" is something to dread...