It is worse than you think…
The unemployment numbers. Look at where the jobs are being cut.
Construction and Manufacturing in the top 4 industries affected, with rates in the double digits. Indeed, the 18% for construction is approaching Great Depression levels.
Delaware’s unemployement figures are go9ing to be staggering next month, per Tommywonk:
Sorry to bust this sad bubble…not included in these numbers are all those unemployed workers from months ago, whose unemployment already ran out…if you factor all those numbers in, some polls say we are already nearing 22%…..the great depression numbers were around 26%.
Where are the voices of the Unions? Why are union leaders not mobilizing and organizing their members? Why are we doing nothing about these numbers. France, Germany, Italy, Greece, England and other countries workers are IN THE STREETS everyday. Guess the dimwitted citizens of this country are a) still in denial, 2) think the guvmint bailout is coming soon, 3) are brain dead.
And as if this isn’t bad enough. The Repuk’s in the house and senate are now against having Obama cap the pay of those who receive our tax Money. Do you think these Assholes will ever learn
I call bullshit. They obviously aren’t counting all the construction going on in Irag and Afghanistan
I hope that no one here is naïve enough to think that passing this bill in February is going to start infrastructure construction projects in March — unless you are thinking about March of 2010.
Please note: Dana has now resorted to arguing that the economic recovery projects will not begin fast enough.
Most of these building projects in the infrastructure categories can be started in the spring. That would be “shovel ready”.
There are others (like the FutureGen boondoggle) that will take a number of years to get off the ground. That, however, is counted in the Energy category and not bound by “shovel ready”.
I don’t see any reduction in Government jobs. Delaware has over 47,000 workers in state and local government.
Mike P why are you complaining about Government jobs in Delaware. If I remember corredtly you have attempted to get one of those.
Geek the only people working in Iraq and Afganistan are grave diggers and opium farmers! Still wonderin how that opium gets out of Afganistan to markets round the world….coming to a street near you.