reply to post by Subjective Truth
Yes, I agree that the unemployment benefits are the duct-tape that is holding this go-kart together. Only problem is the duct tape has been sitting
out in the sun to long, the glue is going bad, and we jumped the curb into oncoming traffic on the freeway.
Well, the other duct tape that is holding the country together is the fact that 1/3 of the workers in the country work directly or indirectly for the
government. That is also starting to fall apart because we no longer have the tax base to support this kind of spending (not that we did in the first
place...). The government is an out of control gremlin that got fed after midnight, and there's not enough food to feed it anymore. This is
compounded worse because as government jobs are laid off, it makes the unemployment situation even worse!!
And even if we stopped spending on these pointless, unjustified wars, that would only make the unemployment problems even
worse!
You are right though... The country truly is screwed when the benefits run out. Many more mortgage defaults, homeless through the roof, the economy
will take an even larger hit. Its gonna be scary in the next year, they can't keep extending benefits forever, and a few jobs here and there won't
cut it.
This "green jobs" crap is a joke, for every single "green job" created it costs like half a million dollars a year and causes the loss of 2 other
jobs, pretty much. (non-scientific numbers).
[edit on 28-2-2010 by seattletruth]
