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Originally posted by John D Harris:
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Originally posted by Gab:
Except, under Bush 3 MILLION JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST!!! Okay, in the last few months many jobs have been created but they're paying less and there's still 1.2 million jobs less than when Bush first took office. You call that a good economy? Did you even know that percentage of unemployment you're shown doesn't count the people who've been out of work for a year or those who have given up looking for work? I'm sure there's lower unemployment and poverty in other countries (mostly European) If you want me to give some sources, I can but that will some take research and I don't that much time.
If you don't give a rat's ass about what the world thinks, then it's no wonder that a lot of people hate the United States and are unwilling to cooperate. You need the help of other countries to successfully wage the War on Terror. Iraq really had nothing to do with the war on terror and was waged on the basis of misleading information about WMD and links to al-qaeda. Yes Saddam was an evil dictator, but if Bush really wanted to go
about establishing democracy, he could be doing it in 30 different countries.
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OK Gab what was the USA unemployement rate in 1996? what is the unemployement rate now? which one is lower which one is higher? What was the avg. US unemployement rate for the 8 years of enlightenment('92-'00)? Which is higher the umeployement rate now or then? I'll take your bet on the unemployement rates of other contries exspecily(sp?) European countries all day long, we can compare you WILL find the USA unemployement rates are considerably lower useing the standards you are applying to the current situation in the USA of 5.6 % unemployement. Oh and while you are at it I believe you'll find the unemployement rates also don't included those that are self-employeed. So don't try and give me the "ones that have stopped looking" crap, if they stopped looking they don't deserve a job. Their fault not anybody else's fault, they CHOOSE to stop looking. If I can find a job I want I'll take a job I can get, but that's me I don't think anybody owes me anything I an responsible for my own life and actions, the rest of you people can do what you want, sit and complain, get off your butt and do something It matters not to me. I'll be doing something I've got to many people depending on me! For me to be sitting arround and whinning about this or that.
We may just start on making nearly 30 countries democratic that's for the future I have no problem with that, do you?
Why the "Hale" should I care about what others think, when they sure as "HALE" don't care about what I think? that is an extremely arrogant point of view for them to have: You the USA must care about what we think , but we don't have to care about what you think! I don't deal with or accept Arrogant Hypocrits points of view, Nor I believe they have to deal with or accept mine. That is called being fair. [/QUOTE]Guess what Harris? Unemployment in 1996 was at 5.4%. That's lower than it is now. In 1992, unemployment was at 7.5%. From then on unemployment gradually decreased until 2001. In 2000 unemployment was at a low 4%. In 2001 (the year Bush took office) unemployment rose to 4.7%. By 2003 unemployment was at 6%. Only recently has unemployment decresed.
Source. Have you even forgotten about what I've said about percentage of unemployment does not count people who've been out of work for a year? That's important to know considering the fact that 3 million jobs have been lost under Bush. If you have enough time and willing to do some research on other countries economy and unemployment percentage, then I suggest you check out
this site for information on other countries econonmies. I'll just say that some countries like Britain, Sweden and Norway have lower unemployment.
If the United States really cares about establishing democracy and saving peoples lives instead of oil, African countries like Sudan are good places to start proving it.
I'm not sure it's a case other countries not careing about what the U.S. thinks, i think it's more of a case of them being pissed with the U.S. for not giving a care about what they think. I merely broughts this up because earlier it seemed like you were basically saying SCREW YOU WORLD!!
[ 08-04-2004, 10:25 PM: Message edited by: Gab ]