"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:01:47 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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This basic concept has been talked about for a long time. I find it truly
loony that if you say you're in school, e.g., training for a new career,
you're unemployment benefits suffer. Of course, this would be unpopular,
mainly because it's a complicated explanation... not that it doesn't make
some sense.


but of course we know that, according to the right, unemployment is
caused by the lazy middle class.


Much of the current unemployment is caused by the elimination of jobs due to
outsourcing overseas. Jobs "added" so far this year don't even keep up with
the numbers of new people just entering the job market, let alone decent
jobs for those who have been laid off, a fact that the liberal press likes
to overlook.

A serious program to save existing jobs and promote the creation of new jobs
is needed to get out of this economic slump. Time for the POTUS and
congress to face facts and stop throwing money at the problem as a temporary
fix. Get tough with trade agreements and create incentives to manufacture in
the USA . Most people want to work.