On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > (This current row is no different. We go into a hissy fit over an > unemployment rate that most countries would die to have.) >
You know, I read this bit the other day and it's been sticking in the back of my head. I wondered if it was true at all, so I did some quick searching about unemployment rates by country. I went to the CIA World Factbook as they tend to have good info on these sorts of things and lo and behold, they do rank this info: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html In short, the US comes in 108 out of 199 countries in unemployment rate, so there are 107 countries with lower unemployment rates and 90 with higher unemployment rates, so that claim is demonstrably false. Furthermore, look at the countries that have recently been undergoing upheaval in the Arab Spring. Egypt has a lower unemployment rate. Syria has a lower unemployment rate. Algeria is one spot higher in the list. Jordan is a couple percent worse than us. Morocco has a lower rate. You get the picture. People aren't whinging about the unemployment rate in the US (though it certainly isn't good), they are protesting about the fundamental inequality in the current economic/political system. More wealth is concentrated in the hands of the top 1% than any time since the Great Depression. Corporations are now considered "people" under the law. Governments have been given wide latitude to enact eminent domain for "economic development". Unregulated financial groups brought our country to the brink of collapse and are now back to raking in record profits after we bail them out without any changes in the rules that govern them. The foxes are guarding the henhouse. That's why people are protesting. Cheers, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343303 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
