[BushCountry]

A layman veiw.

The United States' Unemployment rate is lower than almost any other nation. If the GDP was at 3 to 5% we would have almost no unemployment (5% or lower is consider full employment). You will not get a GDP close to 5% with trade barriers, I am sorry.

[sarcasm]

Actually, 6% unemployment is very high for the United States. There have prolonged periods (1951-72) when the average was under 4%.

[A. Pole]

The United States' Unemployment rate is lower than almost any other nation.

Unemployment rate does not measure the real joblessness. Many people are not counted, others are counted as employed if they do part time temporary odd jobs, while trying to get the real job back. There are lies, bigger lies and statistics.

Also other countries count unemployment differently. Besides, your way of reasoning is - "in other countries like in Liberia or Chad people starve and get chopped into pieces so consider yourself being in the paradise", or "why are complaining about your chest pains? - the guy next to you has sarcoma!"

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Numbers that have been cooked by every administration for decades are worthless.