Posted on 07/31/2004 6:20:55 AM PDT by kellynla
If things are so bad, then why are they so good? Consumer confidence, as judged by the Conference Board, is now at a two-year high, boosted by an improving jobs market. The percentage of Americans who consider jobs hard to find is the lowest since October 2002. However, according to the speakers at the Democratic National Convention -- including former Presidents Clinton and Carter, and former Veep Al Gore -- the jobs picture is terrible and confidence is low. Things, they say, couldn't be worse.
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No doubt that's true. Some 900,000 jobs have been created in the past year -- close to 1.3 million jobs if you count jobs taken by the constant stream of "recent" immigrants.
Both Parties favor all kinds and numbers of immigration including ILLEGAL immigration. They would "regularize" the latter.
Is that why pundits left and right leave out of the jobs picture the results of studies such as the Pew Hispanic Center's report? It said that of the 1.3 million jobs created in the past year 28 percent went to recent immigrants. More established immigrants and citizens (8.2 million according to the BLS June, 2004) are still looking for work. I am sure there are at least 360,000+ among the 8.2 million that would take those jobs.
Both Parties have completely discounted citizenship?
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