CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Let me turn to you George and ask you about the unemployment numbers. Is that something of a trend or is that scratching the surface? What difference is that going to make?
WILL: Not much. First of all, 80,000 isn’t nearly enough to accomodate even the natural growth month by month of the workforce. There are two bits of good news in there. The 80,000 is a net number. The private sector created 104,000 jobs. The public sector happily shrank by 24,000 jobs. Both of that’s good. Link
Because those public sector jobs weren't important! Those people didn't have families or mortgages or car payments or healthcare needs or contribute to their local economy! And they didn't add anything to our nation. That would be a ridiculous notion. I mean, they were teachers and policemen and firemen and civil servants. We're all better off to add another 24,000 names to the unemployment rolls!
Another reason I'm no longer a conservative.
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