dagblog - Comments for "The US economy and jobs: the basic arithmetic" http://dagblog.com/link/us-economy-and-jobs-basic-arithmetic-13905 Comments for "The US economy and jobs: the basic arithmetic" en By starving the unemployed. http://dagblog.com/comment/156480#comment-156480 <a id="comment-156480"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/156403#comment-156403">Unemployment helps keep</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>By starving the unemployed.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:38:16 +0000 Flavius comment 156480 at http://dagblog.com Unemployment helps keep http://dagblog.com/comment/156403#comment-156403 <a id="comment-156403"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/156390#comment-156390">Best grafs imo: These</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Unemployment helps keep inflation under control.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:26:51 +0000 Resistance comment 156403 at http://dagblog.com Best grafs imo: These http://dagblog.com/comment/156390#comment-156390 <a id="comment-156390"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/us-economy-and-jobs-basic-arithmetic-13905">The US economy and jobs: the basic arithmetic</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Best grafs imo:</p> <blockquote> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">These swings from excessive pessimism to excessive optimism, and back again, are preventing the public from understanding the real picture of the economy – which is, in fact, awful. This is like baseball fans standing up and cheering wildly when their pitcher throws a strike, then falling into despair when the next pitch is a ball, ignoring the fact that their team is losing 12-0.</p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">The discussions of the economy have lost sight of the basic score. The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/useconomy" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 86, 137); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " title="More from guardian.co.uk on US economy">US economy</a> is operating at close to 6% below its potential with employment down by almost 10 million compared with its trend level. This is an incredible waste of resources. It is also devastating to the unemployed workers and their families.</p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "> </p> </div></div></div> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:09:14 +0000 EmmaZahn comment 156390 at http://dagblog.com