[PBRSTREETGANG]

As an aside, the NY Times has gone up to $1 for the regular local edition. Not sure why it's so costly now, since they seem to make up many of the stories themselves.

[ChemistCat]

In times of higher employment, they'd be whining about long work hours, inadequate benefits....

I am not saying being unemployed isn't a REAL problem, but these are people who are going to be discontented with the rosiest status quo.

[pabianice]

As an aside, the NY Times has gone up to $1 for the regular local edition. Not sure why it's so costly now, since they seem to make up many of the stories themselves.

Their advertisers are bailing-out; they can smell a dying paper. So the newstand price is raised to help offset the declining ad revenue.