Well the dummies still haven't figured out why the US economy is stagnant... and neither has the NY Times.
Dummies in denialOmaha Steve (35,995 posts)
Many Rival Nations Surge Past the U.S. in Adding New Jobs
Source: NY Times
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
The American economy may be the world’s biggest, but when it comes to job creation since the recession hit at the end of 2007, it is far from a leader.
Indeed, contrary to the widespread view that the United States is an island of relative prosperity in a global sea of economic torpor, employment in several other nations has bounced back more quickly, according to a new analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The government reported Friday that the nation added 175,000 jobs in May, continuing a 32-month run of job gains. The unemployment rate moved up slightly to 7.6 percent, from 7.5 percent in April.
But overall employment in the United States remained 2.1 percent below where it was at the end of 2007, according to the statistics bureau. By comparison, over the same period, between December 2007 and March 2013, the number of jobs was up 8.1 percent in Australia; Germany, the biggest economy in the troubled euro zone, has managed a 5.8 percent gain in employment.
FULL story at link.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/business/employment-in-us-lags-where-it-was-in-2007.html?partner=EXCITE&ei=5043&_r=0
And awaaay we go:
closeupready (19,628 posts)
4. Nationalized health care, generous maternity benefits, free higher education
(or rather, higher education which is 100% subsidized by taxpayers), etc.
That's the ticket!!!! I wonder how the dummies would like paying the taxes they have in Germany... not mention the Germans look down on people like the dummies.
Katashi_itto (1,800 posts)
29. Germany is one of the places I want to move to after I finish my Masters
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All the other graduate students I know want out of the US
Go ahead. I'm sure Germany wants masters degrees in Womyns studies. Loser.
SunSeeker (5,264 posts)
30. Aargh. We lose people like you but we keep the baggers.
Ummm... how about 30 million uneducated mexicans that ya all wanna give amnesty to? At least the tea party folks all have jobs making more than min wage that ya all master degree folks can't seem to land.
Now we get to the real reason folks:
Yavin4 (18,599 posts)
35. Also, they cannot collect your student loans if you're abroad.
I suspect that we will see a lot of young people flee the U.S. because of this reason.
Katashi_itto (1,800 posts)
41. Yup, I've looked at that too
So this dummie got an education on the taxpayer dime and now wants to leave? Typical liberal.
RKP5637 (25,763 posts)
27. Pretty much the same for me, I graduated in the early sixties. Our school
system seemed to have everything. I was in the scientific curriculum track, but also took all of the vocational classes too. I love to work with my hands.
I was also very involved in music, and we had all types of musical opportunities, plus very extensive clubs for students with all sorts of interests that met after school each day or whenever for several hours. It was a school system that addressed just about all needs for helping youth get a start in life.
And it was a school system that recognized kids have all sorts of interests. Basically, the school system helped kids channel those interests into being a productive member of society in a way that was fulfilling to the kids. It didn't work all of the time, but most of the time it did.
Now the school system is rated near the bottom of the list. Many jobs in the community have been off-shored and the area has a shabby look. I just look back from when I was a kid and one had the feeling anything was possible, now today it's what might be possible. Our country is eroding and it is not being properly addressed.
Umm dummie... who has been running the education system for the last 4 decades? Hint: It ain't conservatives!!!!
freshwest (32,065 posts)
7. Our government can't take the direct actions Germany has because of the Radical Right being in power
and our RR is worse than what they are dealing with over there.
We are exporting jobs to Germany? Who knew!!!!
YeahSureRight (102 posts)
19. The jobs that have been created are crap jobs just like all the jobs
created under Reagan but that may have been the plan all along considering that certain people in power still admire RR and implement the same or similar policies.
It's a fairly large campfire. That is the best of it though.
