The Jobs Crunch

randall_burns writes "Neither major party is accurately describing or combatting the Jobs Crunch that Americans are facing. Bad immigration policy-and bad trade deals are combining to decimate the middle class in America."

Unemployed first post.

[Anonymous Coward]

Unemployed first post.

I have made it with a woman.

[Anonymous Coward]

Inform the men.

Re:All I know is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, the old saying:

A recession is when someone you know is out of work.
A depression is when you are out of work.

Re:All I know is...

[here4fun]

Ah, the old saying:

A recession is when someone you know is out of work.
A depression is when you are out of work.

Then we are in a MAJOR depression.

Re:Thank god for that article

[Anonymous Coward]

And they say that Americans can't do sarcasm (that was sarcasm, right?).

What's with the mods?

[Gentlewhisper]

Ah, the old saying:

A recession is when someone you know is out of work.
A depression is when you are out of work.

This should be insightful.

Then we are in a MAJOR depression.

This should be funny

...and a recovery is when George Bush is out of work.

This should be +5 funny!

USA == Europe evaluates to TRUE.

[gd23ka]

I live here in Germany in the economy and one thing for sure, I'm in no way better off here than I would be in the US. The ruling socialist party has decided to stop unemployment benefits altogether after the year of unemployment insurance is up and have decided to switch those unemployed over to the welfare system where they all get a monthly EUR 345 ($360) and even less in the eastern part of Germany. In addition to the $360 they get another modest housing allowance which is capped at around $250. Personally, if I were out of luck I wouldn't even qualify for their welfare because I would have to report all of my and my wife's property and income which is not allowed to exceed $7000 for people our age.

You lose your bet: If a person here stops going through the unemployment or welfare system then they are dropped from the statistics. The labor department actually works hard to bring unemployment statistics down by actively expelling people from the system whenever and by whatever means they can.

The newest development over here is workfare where they plan on putting millions of qualified people to work in menial jobs for welfare money.

Looks like we're comparing oranges and oranges here.

Finally you don't care how much worse Europe is. Think of it this way.. Europe is another place you can not escape US unemployment. Wouldn't it be great to be able to say, fuck you, Bush I am taking my business elsewhere? I would sure as hell love to say Fick Dich, Schroeder you fucken sierra club commie!

People over here are comparing their situation to four years ago before the socialist party took over. They voted for the fascist party in the state elections.

Re:All I know is...

[sporktoast]

Step 1: Set up business.
Step 2: Wait 2 days.
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Profit!!

Re:All I know is...

[mrgreen4242]

by using OUR BRAIN.

You see, you have use your BRAIN to come up with an idea... I had an idea once... It was a Jump to Conclusions mat!

2 days to set up a profitable business

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Hey!

I've seen you on night-time cable!

profitable in 2 days..

[Anonymous Coward]

you'd be surprised how little time it takes to manufacture amphetamines....

And of course, once you've got a load made, you're going to have to employ a few people to help you shift it..