[Texas_Dawg]

Without jobs, in one or two generations you have rampit drugs/prostitution/crime.

Great. Even if this is true, where are we without jobs? The unemployment rate, a lagging indicator, is 6.2%. Do you realize the rest of the world, including Europe, would love to have 6.2% unemployment right now?

I don't blame crime on poverty. That's what Democrats and Leftists do.

[jpsb]

Just about all the males in my little town are unemployed and not one of them is counted in the government count. They haven't worked, other then cash handy man type jobs for the rich, in years and years and years.

[A. Pole]

The unemployment rate, a lagging indicator, is 6.2%. Do you realize the rest of the world, including Europe, would love to have 6.2% unemployment right now?

You need to remember that unemployment rate is counted differently in different countries. Also the safety net in Europe is different.

Comparing unemployment rate in US with that of France or Sweden is like comparing federal income tax with the total tax in those other countries. Makes you feel good.