Comments on: America: Land Of The Unemployed – 3 Unemployment Charts That Will Absolutely Shock You

By: mickey

mickey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:15:28 +0000

No silly its not the unions..They were your last hope of a good life..you blew it because you were too cheap to pay your small dues so you would have collective bargining power and legal protections from the wealthy owners of your factories and your greasy politicians who were afraid of the unions.. the reason your life sucks is that you are in competition for survival with the third world..You will loose every time until you live just like the poor of the world do..in a grass shack with no water or electric..that is what globalazation is all about..selling you down the river so the rich get richer and the poor (thats you) can just die and get out of the way.. If more of you spineless sheep had stood up for yourselves and joined the workers unions that you had, you could have fought for your right to have a decent life the overlords and billionares and big business would not have outsourced your lazy hides and ruined the future for your kids and grandkids if you had not let them do this to you.. If you don’t like it..leave the USA..they are looking for qualified well educated highly motivated workers to mop floors all over the world..

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:02:31 +0000

WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!! You have been asleep and it is time to WAKE UP..

By: joe

joe — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:06 +0000

Okay lets all just face the facts!! Unions are alot ofthe problem period!!take for instance,all government jobs be it county,state,federal or your local police,sheriff and all politicians,have better health coverage ,retirement pensions than the average person that goes out to work everyday!!we are luckey to be able to get paid holidays, vacation,let alone sick days.We also have to save for our own retirement with what little we can save!! they get all of this handed to them!!and i’d be willing to say 75-80% couldn’t put a honest full days work in!!You and i are paying thier saleries!!Through taxes upon taxes!!turn pike fees,hunting and fishing liscenses, tags on yer cars,smog fees,and fines,why do you think they keep making new laws!!so they can write more tickets and finesso the can creat revenue!!so lets get back to the basics less goverment equals less taxes and we can keep more of what we work for!!PERIOD!! then maybe we might have sum money to save for our future!!

By: lbj

lbj — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:55:06 +0000

the money the gov’t is pumping into the economy is mainly for fat cat bankers and w.s brokers so they afford that second home in the hamptons or palm beach. that new bmw or fully loaded bentley were bought with “stimulus dollars’, whatever left goes for bonuses and to pay unemployment benefits till infinity.

By: sharonsj

sharonsj — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:09:23 +0000

Blaming the unions is incorrect. Only about 10% of workers belong to unions and I don’t think any of them ever got a 25% increase in pay. My nephew belongs to a union and his latest pay raise is an extra ten cents an hour!

The unemployment increase is due to (1) Congress giving tax breaks to corporations who move off-shore, (2) home buyers being conned into adjustable mortgages they can’t afford, (3) illegal aliens who work for less–and no benefits–and foreigners brought in to take our better-paying jobs, (4) high credit card interest rates, (5) increasing rates of inflation for property taxes, school taxes, utilities, food, education, medical costs, etc., while income remains flat, so no one has any “discretionary” money left.

Without extra money to spend, our consumer society is collapsing and businesses close–because consumerism accounts for 70% of our economy. The rest belongs to “service,” which ranges from fast-food outlets to Wall Street. However, Wall Street produces nothing; they get rich by pushing around pieces of paper and collecting fees each time that paper changes hands.

Unless we go back to producing products here, putting tariffs on imports, and buying American, we will remain screwed.

By: NewAmericaNow

NewAmericaNow — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:12:50 +0000

This article is very true. We can’t sustain this debt much longer its only a matter of time. See my vdeos on youtube that are meant to educate to the need to prepare and how. Start with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WZqeDUzrI

and watch the rest and read my blog and Prepare. God Bless all who help themselves with proactive steps.

By: Thomas G Fruge

Thomas G Fruge — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:30:33 +0000

I just watched a video on YouTube call “Possum Living.Living with little or no money”
About a book that was written by Dolly Freed.
Its how Her and her Dad live without working for others.
They farmed and Hunter gathering.
Doing odd jobs and living off of 1500.00 a year.
Of course this was in the 70′s
But still I think its the answer to the peoples problems.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:22:52 +0000

I like the comment “All of their jobs have been shipped off to Mexico, China and India.” Why is this the case? High labor and benefit cost? It seems American workers feel entitled to high pay. Unions are the worst, demanding 10,15,20 even 25% pay spikes. And now Obamacare and Cap & Trade costs coming; how mnay more jobs will be lost? I read the Cap & Trade bill that was put out a few months ago and there are 20+ pages devoted to welfare benefits for displaced workers. Historic election; I’ll say. The joke is on us.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:02:39 +0000

I am hoping the article is inaccurate, but my soul indicates disaster in the looming.

By: Wade

Wade — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:51:44 +0000

We are no longer in a Recession in this Country; it’s a Depression.