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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (559653)	4/5/2004 5:23:34 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) of 769667

<<Well, realistically speaking maybe we are just gonna have to learn to accept a 5.7% unemployment rate.>> But if we continue to create less jobs than we do workers, we're screwed. 700k jobs in 7 months won't do it, that's not a good recovery. <<After all thats is LOWER then Clintons AVERAGE unemploment rate in his 8 years AND I would point out that there are many (probably a majority) of economists that will tell you a 6%ish unemployment rate is about NORMAL for USA.>> I've noticed you often use the word "then" instead of "than." I agree that our economy has a built in unemployment factor, and in fact needs some slack to facilitate changes in the economy. That's why i find it so disingenuous when conservative say on the one hand 6% unemployment is normal and healthy and on the other hand they blame the unemployed for their plight saying anyone who wants a job enough can get one. So which is it? If we're going to have an economy where a certain amount of unemployment is natural and healthy, shouldn't we use federal tax dollars to take care of the unemployed when they aren't working? Steve Dietrich

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