[Jumper]

Even 9.1% is not bad when compared to the rest of the Western Industralized Countries. Germany has 5.5 million out of work in a population of 85 million people. France is reported to have around 12%, that on top of 55 year old retirees and mom's taking up to 5-years off to start the kids off in life. Here in Belgium, unemployement is around 10% and suffering from an underworked population like that of France. South Korea is in recession. The entire world has many people out of work. High energy prices, the World Trade Bombing and the global terrorism network is taking a toll; protectionist trading partners hurt the US as well.

Get the picture? So who's fault is it that the World is in Recession? Certainly not the Republicans, not Bush.... 'Nuff Said.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

The unemployed in socialist countries have all kinds of government programs, including health care, to fall back on, America doesn't. Rather high unemployment is one of expected negative effects of socialism.
The current high unemployment in America is not due to some ordinary economic cycle, but to our lousy trade policies and the new offshoring and outsourcing trends.

[grania]

So who's fault is it that the World is in Recession? Certainly not the Republicans, not Bush.... 'Nuff Said.

I haven't read one post here that blamed GWB and his team for causing the problem. But he's President now, and with one signature he can end the influx of foreign labor, and, in the name of national emergency send home every non-citizen who is doing a job that an unemployed or underemployed US citizen is qualified to do.

[varon]

Even 9.1% is not bad when compared to the rest of the Western Industralized Countries. Germany has 5.5 million out of work in a population of 85 million people.

In my book Germany's 5.5 million out of 85 million looks like a 6.5% unemployment and compared to 9.1% looks pretty darn good.