Originally posted by Odysseus
In March 2003, more than 108,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate held at 5.8 percent. In addition, unemployment insurance claims hit their highest level in one year; more Americans stopped looking for work last month because they were discouraged over job prospects, and the critical growth in the service sector has abruptly ended. Under President Bush, unemployment has increased 41% and long-term unemployment has increased by 170%. [Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4/3/03].
So when the DLS is showing bad news, blame W.? I don't know any friends or family who got or lost a job (no one I know has ever lost a job) because of a presidential administration.
Why are there more beggers in the city, where there is more business and opportunity? More competition for that job? I have very little compassion for those who don't want to work for their earnings. And it's mostly because I HAVE TO work and I HATE it. I wish I could live in Hawaii and drink all day. I've got bills and I dont want to burden other people with them, so why would they burden me with their expenses?
I was in Boston with friends and just before a concert we went to the package store. A bum was sitting outside panhandling and my friend gave him the change in his pocket. The bum followed us into the store, proceeded to the checkout counter and POINTED and MUMBLED his request for whiskey to the clerk. That's not painting a good picture for bums in my mind. And the guy spilled all the change he had in his cup on the counter. The clerk looked nauseated.