cross-posted from Progressive Junction
In November of 2008, approximately 10.3 million people in the U.S. were unemployed according to the Department of Labor. This number is more than the entire population of Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. However, the number does not include another 6 million or so people who are underemployed, nor does it include recent college grads who cannot find work but cannot file for unemployment due to not having worked. Needless to say the American job market is in dire straits and getting worse.
A week ago, this was a minor issue for me personally. Sure I care about the unemployment rate and the economy as a whole, but like a good progressive, I also care about peace, and the environment, I care about civil liberties like gay marriage and abortion rights, and I especially care about the corruption and down right ignorance of the right wing and how their ideology has ruined this country for eight long years.
But that was last week.
Read More