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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (155260)	1/29/2011 1:27:45 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541627

"The lesson for the super rich in our country is not to let it go too far" I think they may already have. Just won another insidious game...get their tax breaks, which really whacked the budget, which means cut everything on us again. May be able to close Pandora's box if they start spending on us, but,... From the Drum, Ghung on January 29, 2011 - 12:25pm "The median age in Egypt is 24." KSA median age: 24.9 years male: 26 years female: 23.4 years (2010) en.wikipedia.org KSA unemployment: 11.6% (amongst males) Egypt unemployment: 9.4% en.wikipedia.org KSA has undergone a baby boom recently, 38% of population is under 15, so in about 5 years there is going to be alot of young people looking for something to do. Just sayin'. == From da Rat But the good news in some quarters is tempered by troubling unemployment statistics for new college graduates. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that while the increase in job opportunities has led to a flattening or slight decline in unemployment rates for most job seekers, the unemployment rate for new bachelors’ degree grads jumped from 7.9% in December, 2009 to 9.6% in December, 2010. Getting onto the career ladder has never been harder for this group. curranoncareers.com == EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH - SUMMER 2010 From April to July 2010, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old rose by 1.8 million to 18.6 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This year, the share of young people who were employed in July was 48.9 percent, the lowest July rate on record for the series, which began in 1948. (The month of July typically is the summertime peak in youth employment.) Unemployment among youth increased by 571,000 between April and July , about half as much as in each of the two previous summers. (Because this analysis focuses on the seasonal changes in youth employment and unemployment that occur each spring and summer, the data are not seasonally adjusted.) bls.gov Kids have already taken to the streets over tuition increases (in England, too). Our kids have guns. So do old farts who fear damage to their SS & Medicare. We didn't have guns at demos during Nam. Kids on the streets of Chicago had rocks. Grownups at teaparties now have guns. I'm just sayin', too. They're closing down the textile mills across the railroad tracks Foreman says, "These jobs are going boys, and they ain't coming back To your hometown