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Stephen Foley: The real work there is still to do on US jobs - Business Comment, Business - The Independent

US Outlook: When the US last emerged from recession, after the dot.com bust, the Bush administration presided over what became known as the "jobless recovery". If they get it right, a new generation of leaders might just spark a jobs-led recovery.

This week's White House "jobs summit" was a photo opportunity, but there is already the hum of ideas in the air about how government can support job creation. This is in contrast to the early 2000s, when the government cut taxes, sat back and waited for the jobs to materialise.



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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Dec 5th, 2009 at 11:23:11 AM EST
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If they get it right, a new generation of leaders might just spark a jobs-led recovery.

OK, fine.

1. Bomb the crap out of China; use nukes if you want to.  Destroy their factories; level them.

Do that and watch what happens.  Plenty of jobs.  Done.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 06:29:07 AM EST
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hmm, I'm not sure the chinese would take kindly to having their cities destroyed.

But there are a lot of things that america (and other economies) could and should do to boost or provide employment. Unfortunately the leader of the republican party doesn't believe those are real jobs.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 07:51:57 AM EST
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Screw the frickin' Chinese.  They're COMMUNISTS ... the ENEMY! ... REMEMBER?!  Oh, they're making the ultra-wealthy even wealthier while they generate cheap crap sold at Walmarts.  That's different.  They're great folks now.

Bomb the shit out of them.  Forget this Afghanistan crap.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 08:08:48 AM EST
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Bad day at the office?
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 07:57:53 AM EST
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I'm in one of my MOODS!  I'm tired of all the bullshit.  I'm tired of seeing the planet destroyed so that the average idiot can reproduce ad nauseam likes it's some profound undertaking. I'm tired of the super-wealthy running the show so they can live their puny lives in obscene luxury.  I'm just plain FED UP!!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 08:04:19 AM EST
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I'm inclined to agree. But I'm not fed up - I'm scheming.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 09:29:52 AM EST
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