On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:26:47 -0400, P. Fritz wrote:


And most are temporarily out of work, just the the majjority that lack
health insurance...it is a temporary condition, besides, basic economics
teaches that around 5% unemployment is healthy.......if the labor poor
shrinks too much further, it leads to a rapid increase in labor cost,
which can cause rapid inflation.

I'm assuming a typo, that you really wanted to say "labor pool", but I
find your usage somewhat telling.