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And then I see this post; Moron I have a life and what we post here is not going to change the world, you also exists in a shell. Much the same shell I might add our bizarre teachers in our Universities which allows them to formulate realities based on their limited worlds. They, as you, construct walls of indifference unable to see outside of their mundane little existences developing false senses of superiority; elitist if you may. You share much the same defenses as our mundane sequestered false esteem elite and will fight tooth and nail not to realize they are mostly psychotic and wrong, Obama listens to your type, which will be his down fall not the Republicans. I find you pompous and a fool without the strength or ability to even comprehend outside of your illusions and bubble; in the least very amusing. Hence my willingness to post a blurb response with moron attached, I live my life willing unprotected from reality and have the strength to take my bumps and bruises, you Moron! :-)
Also once again stop floating your posts and attach them to a conversation it is just a weak suck move to twist your responses and protect your ignorance.
Robert J. Samuelson
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The first Labor Day, held in New York City in 1882, was less a celebration of the dignity of work than a demonstration in favor of the eight-hour day, down from the prevailing 10 to 12 hours. Compared with then, American workers have come a long way. Congress made Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, and over the years, it evolved into a day off rather than a moment to reflect on the state of labor, broadly defined and extending beyond unions. Well, not this year.
It's the bleakest Labor Day since at least the 1980s (unemployment: 10.1 percent in September 1982). With the unemployment rate at 9.7 percent in August and expected to go higher, cheery news is scarce. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a liberal think tank, has painted a statistical portrait of today's labor market. Here are some lowlights:
• Since the recession's start in December 2007, the number of lost payroll jobs totals 6.9 million. A third of today's jobless have been unemployed more than six months, almost double the share of a year ago and a post–World War II high.
• Wage growth has slowed dramatically. In the first half of 2007, all private wages and salaries rose at an annual rate of 3.7 percent; in the first half of 2009, the increase was 1.3 percent.
• The unemployment and "underemployment" rate is 16.8 percent—that includes the officially unemployed and part-time workers who'd prefer a full-time job, as well as discouraged job seekers who have stopped the hunt for work.
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