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Unemployment Crisis Is Still Rising
« on: December 05, 2009, 05:07:41 am »
 :icon_rr: Is there any good news to report! That's all you here on the radio station's and the News. Unemployment is at an all time high at 12% - 8-9 million American ( White, African-American, Latin-American, Pink, Purple) out of work, who cares what color you are...we need JOBS!

How could this happen, one of the greatest country on earth... And your trying to tell me that our so-called government can't create jobs for it's people or build factories and start making stuff again- but they can go spend Billions in other countries to help them rebuild their lives...What About Us!

Don't get me wrong, I want to help other people in need no matter where they live - it sadden me when I watch the news that a lot of countries around the world are starving and greatly need medical supplies or what have you. I don't know about you, but I was always taught before you clean someone else house, you need to clean yours first...and I still live by that rule today.

Here in my home town Chicago (IL) the unemployment office's and job fairs, look like a rock concert, I stood in line for 7 hours and I myself have been out of work for 1 year 5 months. I filled out every job application I could get my hands on... oh yeah! I did the Internet profile thing too! I never in all my years seen so many desperate men and women looking for work, mostly men! something came across my mind all of sudden as a father while standing inline - all these men have families, what does it do to a man's ego when he can't support his family. Desperate men Do Desperate Things!  Idle Mind Is the Devil's Work Shop! you get the picture.

Here is my American Stimulus Package Proposal:

1.We as American's need to treat our politician's just like an employer would do when you first start a new job. You got 60-90 days to prove you can handle this job - if not, your a$$ is out of here! NEXT!!!

2. All the 8-9 million American people that's out work and including myself, should march on Washington DC or U.S. Capital and demand our government to create jobs and start rebuilding America again...I bet you we will have jobs by tomorrow morning!

Care to add to the proposal - I would appreciate your thoughts!

Terry Clark

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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2009, 05:59:56 am »
It is not the government's job to create jobs.  Sure, they can pay someone to dig a hole and another person to fill it.  Real productive.  They need to get their hands out of things.  Government is the problem, not the solution. 

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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 06:02:47 am »
I just lost my job on Thursday and my husband has been unemployed for a year now. So, how do we explain to our children in a few months why we don't have a home to live in an cars to drive any more. It's getting bad, really really bad. I worked for a fortune 500 company that promised they weren't going to lay people off. Instead they underwent some serious changes and if you weren't up to par, you were booted out.
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2009, 04:13:55 pm »
I just got laid off a few weeks ago. It is scary out there that is for sure!

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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2009, 07:11:49 pm »
It is not the government's job to create jobs.  Sure, they can pay someone to dig a hole and another person to fill it.  Real productive.  They need to get their hands out of things.  Government is the problem, not the solution.  

Actually the federal government is legally responsible for maintaining a reasonable level of unemployment through fiscal policy.  Legislation was passed quite some time ago (the name of the bill evades me at the moment) requiring the federal government to do so, so yes, it is their job to a certain degree.

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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2009, 07:51:50 pm »
I live in Michigan with the highest umeployment rate and I am going to be needing a job here to pay of student loans. considering my county is only 8.5% probably because of the casino and college in this town but I have filled out maybe 60 applications and no one wants me.

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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2009, 07:57:46 pm »
I live in Michigan with the highest umeployment rate and I am going to be needing a job here to pay of student loans. considering my county is only 8.5% probably because of the casino and college in this town but I have filled out maybe 60 applications and no one wants me.
OMG! i also live in Michigan!!! but I'm only a high school student. i want a job to help out my family because they are also going through some financial issues...my dad just lost his job after being laid of for about...a year. and my mom is in school.....without a job. so now both my mom and dad are looking for jobs atm, that why i don't expect any Xmas presents this year.

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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2009, 05:54:04 pm »
It is not the government's job to create jobs.  Sure, they can pay someone to dig a hole and another person to fill it.  Real productive.  They need to get their hands out of things.  Government is the problem, not the solution.  

Actually the federal government is legally responsible for maintaining a reasonable level of unemployment through fiscal policy.  Legislation was passed quite some time ago (the name of the bill evades me at the moment) requiring the federal government to do so, so yes, it is their job to a certain degree.

The federal reserve is in charge of fiscal policy, not the government.  Of course, the people who work for the fed are appointed by the president.  Therefore, their jobs depend on the president keeping his.  I know of no bill or legislation that was passed requiring government to maintain a reasonable level of unemployment.  If there is one, I would like to know where to find it.  The only employment the government needs to legally worry about is the employment of their own government employees. 

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« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 06:10:29 pm »
:icon_rr: Is there any good news to report! That's all you here on the radio station's and the News. Unemployment is at an all time high at 12% - 8-9 million American ( White, African-American, Latin-American, Pink, Purple) out of work, who cares what color you are...we need JOBS!

Here is my American Stimulus Package Proposal:

1.We as American's need to treat our politician's just like an employer would do when you first start a new job. You got 60-90 days to prove you can handle this job - if not, your a$$ is out of here! NEXT!!!

2. All the 8-9 million American people that's out work and including myself, should march on Washington DC or U.S. Capital and demand our government to create jobs and start rebuilding America again...I bet you we will have jobs by tomorrow morning!

Well first of all, the nations unemployment DROPPED from 10.2% to 10% this month...Don't know where your getting your facts from but they are wrong. The worst of the recession is over.

1. Employers do that already...are you stupid? If you are still doing bad at your job after 60-90 days they let you go...You should know this being an adult

2. You are an idiot. By marching to Washington and demanding jobs do you think they will just hand them to you? Thats a hell of a lot of money to dish out, and it is useless to the economy. Government spending doesn't help a recession, it only causes short term inflation, just as the stock market is doing now. It has risen 25% in the last year, which is useless. The government won't create a job from millions and pay for it. Say you make $35,000 per year for 1 million americans...Thats $35 billion we don't have. If you knew simple economics and had some common sense you would know both of your 2 solutions are equivalent to an elementary kid's opinion on the economy. They offer no such solution and just a crazy idea.

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« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2009, 06:14:56 pm »
My proposal: Get the government out of the "free" market, and the the fre market work the way it's suppose to!  That's why everything costs so much, everything the government gets involved with sky rockets!  Take college for example, all the subsidies for college let schools charge anything they want for tuition because they know the government will give students scholarships to pay for it.  That's my 2 cents anyways.

 @kesto4  ...worst of the recession is just begining, 1 month of a .2% loss in unemployment and a small quarterly profit does not mean the worst is over.  All the gov. stimulus has done is slow the recession and make it worse in the long run.  Technically, the recession is declared over when 2 quarters are profits.  The next 2 years are going to be hell.

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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2009, 12:50:14 pm »
My proposal: Get the government out of the "free" market, and the the fre market work the way it's suppose to!  That's why everything costs so much, everything the government gets involved with sky rockets!  Take college for example, all the subsidies for college let schools charge anything they want for tuition because they know the government will give students scholarships to pay for it.  That's my 2 cents anyways.

People always scream that.  And then monopolies and oligopolies develop, block entry into the market, charge higher than socially acceptable prices, have the ability to provide inferior goods, etc.  And then those same people are screaming for the government to regulate the monopolies and oligopolies.  Make up your minds.  Neither economic extreme will ever work -- a completely free market economy has downfalls; a completely socialist economy has downfalls.

As for the university, are you suggesting the government stop providing funds to public universities/colleges?  Do you not realize how expensive tuition would be if the government provided no funding?  Have you ever seen the tuition at a private university -- why do you think their tuition is so high compared to a public university?

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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2009, 01:12:36 pm »
My brother has been out of work since last March. It is a horrible situation that has turned life upside down for him, his wife, and child. There is so much work that needs to be done in this country. We need a work program similar to the New Deal. I can still see some the fine walls and other projects that they built in my home town during the Great Depression. That's what we need, and training for the new green tech jobs.

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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2009, 02:45:04 pm »
:icon_rr: Is there any good news to report! That's all you here on the radio station's and the News. Unemployment is at an all time high at 12% - 8-9 million American ( White, African-American, Latin-American, Pink, Purple) out of work, who cares what color you are...we need JOBS!

Here is my American Stimulus Package Proposal:

1.We as American's need to treat our politician's just like an employer would do when you first start a new job. You got 60-90 days to prove you can handle this job - if not, your a$$ is out of here! NEXT!!!

2. All the 8-9 million American people that's out work and including myself, should march on Washington DC or U.S. Capital and demand our government to create jobs and start rebuilding America again...I bet you we will have jobs by tomorrow morning!

Well first of all, the nations unemployment DROPPED from 10.2% to 10% this month...Don't know where your getting your facts from but they are wrong. The worst of the recession is over.

1. Employers do that already...are you stupid? If you are still doing bad at your job after 60-90 days they let you go...You should know this being an adult

2. You are an idiot. By marching to Washington and demanding jobs do you think they will just hand them to you? Thats a hell of a lot of money to dish out, and it is useless to the economy. Government spending doesn't help a recession, it only causes short term inflation, just as the stock market is doing now. It has risen 25% in the last year, which is useless. The government won't create a job from millions and pay for it. Say you make $35,000 per year for 1 million americans...Thats $35 billion we don't have. If you knew simple economics and had some common sense you would know both of your 2 solutions are equivalent to an elementary kid's opinion on the economy. They offer no such solution and just a crazy idea.

You sound really angry and insulting here.  Why would you talk like this and be abusive to someone just speaking their mind?  While the recession is not as steep as it was, the economy is very, very poor.  It will take years and years to rebuild.  It's no fun being out of work, I lost my job over a year ago, as our entire office closed.

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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2009, 06:03:46 pm »
@kesto4  ...worst of the recession is just begining, 1 month of a .2% loss in unemployment and a small quarterly profit does not mean the worst is over.  All the gov. stimulus has done is slow the recession and make it worse in the long run.  Technically, the recession is declared over when 2 quarters are profits.  The next 2 years are going to be hell.

There is no recession.  By every credible definition it ended some time ago, and most economic organizations support this.

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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2009, 06:07:49 pm »
It is not the government's job to create jobs.  Sure, they can pay someone to dig a hole and another person to fill it.  Real productive.  They need to get their hands out of things.  Government is the problem, not the solution.  

Actually the federal government is legally responsible for maintaining a reasonable level of unemployment through fiscal policy.  Legislation was passed quite some time ago (the name of the bill evades me at the moment) requiring the federal government to do so, so yes, it is their job to a certain degree.

The federal reserve is in charge of fiscal policy, not the government.  Of course, the people who work for the fed are appointed by the president.  Therefore, their jobs depend on the president keeping his.  I know of no bill or legislation that was passed requiring government to maintain a reasonable level of unemployment.  If there is one, I would like to know where to find it.  The only employment the government needs to legally worry about is the employment of their own government employees. 

err the Federal Reserve is part of the US federal government, thus fiscal policy is determined by the government, as I said.

As for the bills:

The Employment Act of 1946:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Act
Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Employment_and_Balanced_Growth_Act

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