Saturday, September 25, 2004

United States Economy

This is an interesting article. We're all doomed. Especially us tech workers. I'm not a liberal by any stretch, but the middle class is vital to the economy in this country, and we appear to be making it go away.

VDARE.com: The Jobs Crunch: A Progressive Indictment Of Immigration—And Both Parties, by Randall Burns: September 23, 2004 The Jobs Crunch: A Progressive Indictment Of Immigration—And Both Parties [Peter Brimelow writes: At VDARE.COM, we often get mail from disgusted Democrats, and even lonely liberals, wanting to know why their party refuses to address immigration reform too. Randall Burns, one of our ablest correspondents, writes here as a self-described “progressive.”] By Randall Burns The chart below was a centerpiece in the Kerry campaign’s Our Plan for America. It's stark message: America is facing stagnant job growth. Traditionally, progressives have been very concerned about jobs and the distribution of wealth. But do Kerry and Edwards really understand the employment problem—or the..."