Palin Star Tribune
From:
Wizard Marks
Date:
Sep 20 19:08 UTC
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N. Krasnoff: "Don't forget about the displacement of American (and Minnesota)
workers by the illegals. For every illegal that's hired, one American (or
Minnesotan) loses a job opportunity. Except for "discouraged" workers -
probably meaning those who aren't looking for work - the others classes don't
belong in the calculation."
When they count the unemployed, they count "Americans," (but only those born in
the US of A.) It requires another thread, which I am unwilling to start, to
deal with "illegals" and that they are taking "American" jobs. We only seem to
count the people of color, but those without a green card are from Europe as
well and they are coming here by the long ton.
"Discouraged worker" is a term used by the State of Minnesota. It refers to
those whose unemployment benefits have run out. Yes, if we want to continue the
false statistics about the percentage of unemployed, we will continue to
exclude soldiers, prisoners, and the underemployed. Soldiers muster out,
prisoners are returned to society (particularly since recent "official"
pronouncements saying that too many prisoners are in jail for trivial reasons
which needs to be dealt with through a community system), and the underemployed
have become a concern of state governments.
As Ken Kesey once remarked, "You're either on the bus or you're not."
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