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2016 Postmortem

LonePirate

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7. I long for the day when invisible white collar workers are as deified as much as blue collar workers

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 11:58 AM

Dec 2016

Much of the Democratic voting base in urban and suburban areas are white collar workers and service workers. Yet it's the concerns of the blue collar workers which receive all of the attention even though our economy is moving away from blue collar work into degreed work. Evidently the present and the future do not matter much as much as the past.

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Trumps attacks on rigged trade deals resonated with communities devastated by mass job offshoring [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

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That is why Bernie would have been the perfect candidate to run against Trump. SamKnause Dec 2016 #3

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LOL SamKnause Dec 2016 #6

I long for the day when invisible white collar workers are as deified as much as blue collar workers LonePirate Dec 2016 #7