[BillM]

If the US is a becoming a nation of whining losers, it deserves what it gets. At some point, it will partition into people who want to learn and work and those who don't. It will probably be Civil War 2.

[FITZ]

The problem is ---- this government expects those of us still working to support those who no longer are. In this city alone 14,000 people lost their jobs within a few years to NAFTA --- many will never work again --- but guess who pays for their living? The people must pay --- so is it so horrible we'd prefer they be working and pay for themselves?

[StatesEnemy]

If the US is a becoming a nation of whining losers, it deserves what it gets.

LOL... meanwhile the gap between the our Corporate masters and the rest of us, continues to grow.

The fact is, outsourcing has nothing to do with the "Free Market" - it is simply an end around that uses the lower living standards of producers in one country (producing goods they could not afford) and pedaling them to a country that has a temporarily higher standard of living.

[petercooper]

If the US is a becoming a nation of whining losers, it deserves what it gets. At some point, it will partition into people who want to learn and work and those who don't. It will probably be Civil War 2.

Exactly! I'm tired of hearing about the how there millions, maybe tens of millions of unemployed. Gimme a break. Yes there are probably some people out there who are down on their luck who can't get work. But the unemployment rate is 5.6%. That's pretty low. Do we really want everyone working. What % of the 5.6% is made up of truly unemployables or incompetents? I'm sick of hearing that this is the worst economy in 50 years. Damn Dims (and some FReepers)