Posted on 10/07/2004 10:00:52 AM PDT by Smartaleck
Edited on 10/07/2004 10:19:45 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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I thought this was a debunked lie. I believe the US had something like 135 million jobs in 2000 and now has 137 million jobs. Figures are from memory, so I could be off a bit.
Note: this is NOT about the number of illegal immigrants, or other factors of population increase, such that job growth has not "kept up". The phrasing is "total employment" which (I think) must be the raw figure of 137 million jobs, a 2 million increase in the past 4 years.
Am I wrong?
It should be no surprise that that marxist rag is spewing out disinformation to the American People.
But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.
~Karl Marx, "On the Question of Free Trade" - January 9, 1848
What you say is true ( a lot of 23-yr-old web designers were getting $100,000 in 2000) -- but overall, household wealth and home ownership rates are the highest ever. So the image that a lot of dot com ex-millionarires are now flipping burgers is not too accurate, IMO.
That shouldn't be too long, say 1 or 2 months, given our national lack of attention span and unwillingness to learn from history.
It'd would be nice if Bush brought up a few of these things tomorrow night, and if he forcefully articulates the truth that his economic record is actually good considering all that the economy has had going against it since he took office; things that were beyond his control like the shock of 9-11, corporate scandals, and the inheritance of an economy that was clearly on the down slope of the business cycle.
I hate to sound like a dick, but I just don't have confidence in Bush's ability to think on his feet, so I hope such responses are drilled into him by his preppers.
That's a start. There are more factors as I'm sure FReepers will point out. I speculate that more people are changing jobs more often also. In addition, many are leaving the job market to become entrepreneurs, hopefully to create more jobs that way eventually.
I know Bush stated recently, possibly in his convention address, that he pledges to increase U.S. exports. Gee, it's about time. Could we get him to include los illegales (who are stealing jobs from citizens) in that category? Heh heh.
High-paying phoney-baloney jobs that don't produce anything. Are you sure you're not talking about government bureaucrats? Of course, the difference is that the government jobs continue in perpetuity with fat pension plans to boot.
One shouldn't forget that the dot-com sector has led our economic recovery from the Clinton/Bush recession. I'm not counting the oil sector because that's largely due to dollar manipulation.
Its hard for Bush. When you honestly point out all of the things beyond his control that have hurt the economy, then he risks being made into mr. excuses by the Dems. Also, people just don't want to hear that the economy follows cycles of growth and decline, and that we are in the beginning of a long growth period, helped in part by his tax-cuts, and that no President has the magical powers to snap his fingers and make the economy even stronger.
Its also hard because you know that the majority of those talking heads want to pronounce the Dem the winner of any debate, but its just damn puzzling how Bush could have had such similar non-verbal responses to Kerry in the first debate that Gore had to him in their first debate; responses that made Gore look so bad. How could he make the very mistake that had helped him before? A sizeable lead nationally, and momentum in all the key battleground states are gone as a result.
In my mind I'm already trying to find the possible silver-lining: If Kerry wins, then we won't have Hillary in 2008.
I'm afraid now that if Bush loses he'll hurt GOP Senate Candidates in states like NC, Colorado, South Dakota, Louisiana, etc.
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