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It's no longer "government by the people or for the people", it's become "government by the corporations and for the corporations". There is also something in the Constitution about the government promoting the general welfare --- but that doesn't mean putting Americans on welfare, it's supposed to promote our well-being.

To each his needs, from each his abilities.

Seriously though. Just three and a half years ago, Greenspan was warning us about the evils of full employment. When GWB took office, he made it clear that he was totally comfortable with a 70% drop in the NASDAQ, and presumably with the historic drop in business spending it reflected. If it weren't for 911 neither one of them would have ended their destructive economic policies.

I happen to believe that the jobs situation isn't that bad and that many people are going into business for themselves, but if GWB hadn't been an economic moron until his second round of tax cuts, it wouldn't even be an issue.

The job situation presents a conundrum. Why do off the boat, hard working immigrants (BTW-legally here) seem to all be working 2 jobs and buying their homes within a couple years while lots of Americans are boo hooing about not being able to find a job?

I see them every day and even here in Western NY - the land that time forgot - immigrants are all working and going to school to improve themselves---getting ahead and not griping about free trade and jobs going overseas, ad nauseum.