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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (159079)	8/23/2003 12:37:25 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

The other day on the radio, i heard dean say that we (the Government)need to create "jobs programs." great.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (159079)	8/28/2003 6:18:04 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

The economy is going through tough times. The average American family is in trouble. The economy has been losing good jobs, and the benefits that went with them, at an astonishing rate. true enough. It doesn't have to be this way. Our economy has proved its resilience time and again. The skills and productivity of the American worker are the envy of the world. When we have had clear direction and effective leadership, we have created millions of jobs, raised the incomes of all Americans and diminished the gap between rich and poor. what planet is he on? our troubles now, imho, are due to the fiscal excesses (bubblemania) at the hands of bill clinton's administration. under bill clinton, the gap betweem rich and poor grew so fast one's head would spin trying to watch it zoom up. dean is just spouting political nonsense to fool the people into thinking "dem = prosperity." let me tell you, i live in california under the worst governer in the history of the united states. he's democrat joe "gumby" davis (paint him green and you'll know what i mean!). But over the past two and a half years, the number of unemployed Americans has gone from under 6 million to over 9 million. Worse, the number of long-term unemployed -- those who have been looking for a job for more than 6 months -- has tripled to almost two million workers. These numbers are part of a larger story. the unwinding of a dangerous bubble fomented by bill clinton's administration. The promise of America has been based on the understanding that hard work would pay off in a better job and a brighter future for the next generation. We need to restore that promise. Millions are unemployed, and millions more are underemployed in dead-end jobs. Wages are stagnant. Job security is disappearing. One out of four U.S. workers is free-lancing, employed in a temporary job, self-employed or working part-time. Studies show that workers who lose manufacturing jobs take an average 13% pay cut in their next employment. i believe it. again, i blame clinton more than anybody for this. and alan greenspam. When companies cut back on health-care benefits and guaranteed pensions, what is a guaranteed pension? i've never had one. workers are hit hard. Studies by scholars, including Karen Kornbluh of the New America Foundation, show that families compensate by running harder, and that stress can become unbearable. There are elderly parents to care for, children to educate, and the need to save for a secure retirement. Married couples now work 10 weeks longer each year than they did in 1968, and live with an accumulation of debt that threatens financial disaster. who made that debt so easy to get? bill clinton / alan greenspan. the 10 week longer statistic is misleading - more women have chosen to work. of course it is up.