1. This war economy impacts the economy negatively in a very major and fundamental way.
2. These wars kill jobs the same way they kill people.
3. Robert Reich refuses to acknowledge that the way to create jobs is by putting people to work through massive government programs that are created to solve the problems of the people.
An example of #3 woulds be a National Public Health Care System which would create around ten-million new jobs providing the American people with free health care for much less than wars and militarism cost us.
Robert Reich does a good job as far as he goes but it is intellectually dishonest of him to leave militarism and wars out of his "analysis."
Robert Reich, who is obviously on his way to support Obama, again, this time for re-election, as he tones down his criticisms of Obama's handling of the economy while NEVER having criticized Obama's militarism and wars which have played a major part in just what Reich says he laments: making the rich richer as these Wall Street coupon clippers profit from militarism and wars and these wars are the primary contributor to our Nation's debt which is one more aspect of what makes the rich, richer since the Wall Street bankers profit from this debt through the interest charged.
Robert Reich has failed to note here, or anyplace else, how paying these interest rates on this debt requires "austerity measures" which further impoverishes us all.
How can what amounts to dumping our Nation's wealth into the deepest depths of the oceans not have a major impact on our "economic dilemma?"
I think this should be further discussed before Robert Reich's analysis is accepted as fact and truth when it would appear he has intentionally left out the most important and fundamental reason for what he correctly calls it: our economic dilemma.
When people like Robert Reich provide such shallow thinking intentionally leaving out the most important fact we should be challenging him not just passing this information along without questioning and comment.
There is, in fact, an organized attempt being made to make it appear that we can discuss our economic problems by leaving militarism and these wars out of the equation; we can't if we want to solve "our economic dilemma."
I would challenge Robert Reich or anyone else to explain how we can solve our "economic dilemma" without peace.
With this video by Robert Reich we see the dishonesty we get from Obama and his supporters. Of course, these wars are Barack Obama's Achilles' Heel so the reason why the real cost of these wars and how they negatively impact and are major contributors to "our economic dilemma" seem rather obvious--- again we get misinformation rather than the cold hard truth that these wars are killing jobs just like they kill people and workers without jobs are going to be poor as will those employed who have austerity measures imposed on them they will become impoverished even though they work--- often two or even three jobs.
I do not argue that Reich's views should not be distributed but these views that are very typical of Democrats who think they can talk about "our economic dilemma" without confronting the impacts of militarism and wars for political expediency are simply dishonest and wrong. Come to think of it, this is why we have a peace movement in the first place which organized labor's leaders, like Robert Reich, want to remain aloof from.
These wars and our economic woes are inseparably linked.
Just ask anyone:
How is Barack Obama's Wall Street war economy working for you?
Alan L. Maki
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Alan L. Maki
Director of Organizing,
Midwest Casino Workers Organizing Council
58891 County Road 13
Warroad, Minnesota 56763
Phone: 218-386-2432
Cell: 651-587-5541
Primary E-mail: amaki000@centurytel.net
E-mail: alan.maki1951mn@gmail.com
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