America’s 14 million unemployed aren’t just competing with each other for jobs, they’re also up against 8.8 million part-timers who want full-time work. When (if?) the economy improves, more competition may ensue as 2.6 million workers who have stopped looking return to the job market. Obama’s got the solution, another stale remake of “The King’s Speech.” Is hiring 25.4 million caddies for his next round of golf out of the question?
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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