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CarrieLynne

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7. I wonder how many adults in the USA are capable of working and how many jobs there are available..

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 01:19 PM

Jul 2013

I'd be willing to bet that theres not enough jobs for everyone to work......so there HAS to be some unemployed...why mistreat people when theres inevitably going to be some that cant work....

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War On the Unemployed - By PAUL KRUGMAN [View all] kpete Jul 2013 OP

.. abelenkpe Jul 2013 #1

They won't be happy until everyone is working for minimum wage. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #10

A boss who pays you minimum wages is telling you fasttense Jul 2013 #16

Again, thanks for posting. Every one on DU needs to know that the 6 heirs HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #2

Dickens didn't make anything up. Brigid Jul 2013 #18

Yep, if Immigration passes, one more step in this direction with more H-1B visas on the market... cascadiance Jul 2013 #3

and the "inevitable" one for 2016 said, "outsourcing will continue". nt antigop Jul 2013 #8

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #4

I have always wondered where the nineteen50 Jul 2013 #5

If not for our daughter SCVDem Jul 2013 #6

You're right. Where are the jobs? abelenkpe Jul 2013 #21

The only acceptable stimulus is tax cuts for the wealthy and military spending. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #23

I wonder how many adults in the USA are capable of working and how many jobs there are available.. CarrieLynne Jul 2013 #7

not to mention that those older, capable of working, are often discriminated against due to age. nt antigop Jul 2013 #11

Mark Blyth, Professor at Brown University, Offers a Better Explanation mckara Jul 2013 #9

There was a bit posted somewhere recently by Blyth, DU I think, that I watched. toby jo Jul 2013 #14

Don't Give Me No Stinking Facts DallasNE Jul 2013 #12

Out one side of the con ctsnowman Jul 2013 #13

Paul is STARTING to "get it" but some want to criminalize being unemployed.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #15

The 1% think everything rightfully belongs to them, Brigid Jul 2013 #19

Just consider the talking point: "Just how much of MY MONEY do you feel you are entitled to?" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #20

"Well, now you know. And you should be angry." Brigid Jul 2013 #17

he sorta undermines his argument hfojvt Jul 2013 #22