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Jewish World Review Oct. 9, 2012/ 23 Tishrei, 5773 8.1 percent, 7.8 percent --- whatever By Cal Thomas
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | To the millions of Americans unable to find work, to college graduates who can't get a job and are living with their parents, to the underemployed who are working at jobs far below their skill set and experience, and to those who have given up looking for work altogether, a 7.8 percent unemployment rate is meaningless. The economy stinks. And try as they might -- and they are trying mightily to rescue a man they sold to voters four years ago as a political messiah -- major media can't seem to transform a failing president into a success. "Fall in jobless rate strips Romney of an argument" was the gleeful headline in the
Does one have to be the economic equivalent of a "birther" or "truther" to question the timing of unemployment numbers below 8 percent, especially so close to an election? Far more ominous is the rapid rise in gasoline prices in
It sounds like the plot of a disaster movie, which, in fact, it is. Timed perfectly to address public angst is "Atlas Shrugged II," the second film in a planned trilogy, opening Though "Atlas Shrugged" was published in 1957 as a warning against centralized political control, the movie's message is as contemporary as today's news. The film's producers describe the storyline on IMBD.com this way: "The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment tops 24 percent. Gas is That "someone" is the government. Its "fair share law" limits production and, to borrow a modern term, seeks to "spread the wealth around," thus stifling innovation, risk-taking and capitalism. If Taggert finds the creator, government loses. Democrats hail the 7.8 percent unemployment number without irony, having criticized the Bush administration in 2004 when unemployment was 5.4 percent and gas prices were below A This is not cause for celebration. The best course for economic revival is to fire the president. Re-electing Obama will only give us four more years like the last four. Some of those working part time, or at jobs they cling to out of necessity, may well find themselves part of a higher jobless rate with dim prospects for their future. If the Obama policies continue, "Atlas Shrugged" won't be a work of fiction. It will be seen as prophecy.
JWR contributor Cal Thomas is co-author with Bob Beckel, a liberal Democratic Party strategist, of "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America". Comment by clicking here.
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