The 86 million Invisible Unemployed

[malamute]

Originally Posted by MTAtech

Well, people who got to college on average earn a million dollars more in a lifetime. That's a good reason to invest in education -- but it's not surprising that conservatives want to also disinvest in higher education. They want to disinvest in everything else.

But the whole position seems to me to be hypocrisy. Conservatives claim the government shouldn't interfere in the economy, them blame Pres. Obama for not creating jobs.

Will they still when half of them cannot get jobs -- or like the liberals are now admitting, just don't want to work if work involves any effort.

Supply and demand. When there wasn't an over-abundance of college graduates and when college meant something, yes, a college graduate could find a job and earn more.

College is the new high school however, many college graduates today are functionally illiterate and many have zero work ethic, and universities have become degree mills. Will they be able to earn more? How is that a guarantee?

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by Aganusn

What's your suggestion? Maybe we should start another war? Or let me guess? Lower taxes?

Suggestions?

1. Corporate consumption tax that rewards net exporters

2. lowering corporate taxes

3. eliminate Obamacare

4. allow domestic energy exploration

5. allow the Keystone pipeline

6. Renegotiate NAFTA and China most favored nation trade status

7. National right to work law

8. Enforce illegal immigration


There you have it- instant economic recovery. Of course, these are all things that Obama opposes.


Balance the budget? Easy

15% VAT tax coupled with a Constitutional Balanced Budget amendment. In this fashion, you allow "the pig" that is the federal government to continue spending at current levels with some potential to actually pay down the debt.

[cruxan]

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by cruxan

Great post. It looks like the Obama economic plan.

[texdav]

Originally Posted by gomexico

The answer: Yes. The responsibility for the long-term employed rests on the shoulders of President Bush, and Congress. The turn-around and path back to better employment has taken place under President Obama.

The path only started once Obama foolishness was stop after the mdterm elctions.That was because he is anti-wall street;anti-business'anti-religion and too busy pushig his socail agenda to pay attentio to the basics . he has shown that he even with two eyars of clear power couldn't do nayhting but drive unemployemnt upward even spending 11/2 trillion. he invested the stimulus in his polical goups not infrastructure and he did nothig for the seconf hal;f of TARP which was for housing. After enarly four years people are still waitig for that housig plan Geithner and Obama promised thre years ago.Record number of non-participating adults that is the only thnig lowerig the unemployemnt under Obamas leadship. Even the FED does not expect to riase rates until 2013.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

Balance the budget? Easy

15% VAT tax coupled with a Constitutional Balanced Budget amendment. In this fashion, you allow "the pig" that is the federal government to continue spending at current levels with some potential to actually pay down the debt.

Explain how a VAT is anything other than regressive.