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"John H" wrote in message ... On 5 Mar 2005 08:55:05 -0800, wrote: If you're not one of the "haves" and you're trying to pay rent, buy groceries, clothe and educate a couple of kids, pay for more or all of your family health insurance (hundreds of dollars per month, typically) and keep an old car running on the $535 a week average wage in the US right now it would be very optimistic to consider the current status "good news". Especially when, even after 262,000 jobs were "created" last month, the unemployment rate also went *up*. Hey Chuck, what is the educational background of the bottom 20% of wage earners? Why does someone making $7.00 an hour have two kids? Where does personal responsibility enter your calculations? Besides that....the "average wage" is a meaningless number......that would include teens, retirees supplementing their SS, second income workers, etc etc. The unemployment went up because more people are starting to look for employment. How the hell could Bush affect these 'problems' you present anyway? Raise taxes and give them more money? John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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