If private industry does not start to hire soon, everyone will be dependent on the government.
That's a feature to them...not a bug.
We only hire people when customers show up and sales increase. We don't see this happening so we are not hiring more people. The only stimulus that will turn the economy around is an increase in aggregate demand for private sector goods and services. Only people who sell stuff to road builders are having a good year and these businesses don't maintain large employee bases. If the Dems just sent every man, woman and child in America a check for $50,000 and told them to "live it up a bit" the recession would be history (and, so would the dollar, but that's a tale for later). This stimulus is about making Democrats VERY, VERY rich at the expense of the rest of us...
Chicago Labor Leaders Rally for New Jobs on Labor Day
Illinois’ unemployment rate is higher than nation’s
By IVANNA HAMPTON
Updated 7:48 AM CDT, Mon, Sep 6, 2010
The unemployment rate could finally stop its painful ascent in 2010, according to economists.
About the only thing working in Chicago this Labor Day is a group of people who want jobs.
The Chicago Federation of Labor is holding rally and picnic at Millennium Park at Randolph St. and Michigan Avenue at 11 a.m. Monday, according to a press release to call for good jobs and a strong middle-class before its members and their families.
Currently, Illinois’ unemployment stands at 10.3 percent above the nation’s unemployment rate of 9.6 percent.
Labor leaders are preparing to flex their political muscle as the November election approaches.
Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias and other elected officials are scheduled to attend.
Meanwhile, schools, government offices, postal services, courts and banks are all closed today.
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I would imagine that’s the whole idea; then all historical wrongs can be righted.