Submitted by Jeremy (not verified) on Thu, 2006-10-19 20:50.
See, I read a lot of conservative news and web sites and they haven’t been promulgating the idea that the DOW means the economy’s stellar. Most of them have been harping on low unemployment, what there is of job creation, and the housing construction boom.
To counter those things you have to hit back with real wages. It’s a bit of a damper to harp about job creation through the last election to now, then turn around when there are jobs and say it’s not good enough, but it’s true. It’s great people have access to jobs, but what kind of jobs are they? How well are they paying? How many people who should be working in other fields are taking lower-paying jobs to pay the bills?
Kind of the situation I find myself in. I’m single and pulling in a modest salary, I do have a small portfolio I’ve built up over the last half-decade, and I can save, but I can’t find a new job.
Don't forget unemployment.
See, I read a lot of conservative news and web sites and they haven’t been promulgating the idea that the DOW means the economy’s stellar. Most of them have been harping on low unemployment, what there is of job creation, and the housing construction boom.
To counter those things you have to hit back with real wages. It’s a bit of a damper to harp about job creation through the last election to now, then turn around when there are jobs and say it’s not good enough, but it’s true. It’s great people have access to jobs, but what kind of jobs are they? How well are they paying? How many people who should be working in other fields are taking lower-paying jobs to pay the bills?
Kind of the situation I find myself in. I’m single and pulling in a modest salary, I do have a small portfolio I’ve built up over the last half-decade, and I can save, but I can’t find a new job.