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Mutt,
It's the volume that matters.
When 5% of the population is out of work, or illegal immigrants are working poor people.. It's easy for many American to overlook them. However when it is more than half our population and many are hard working law abiding citizens... It becomes much harder. We are headed for massive unemployment on a global scale. More people in the world not working than working. All of those extra people are a big enough force to do a huge amount of damage. It is much easier to destroy than to create, especially in large numbers. It is time to figure out what to do with all the extra people and start doing something about it. A 32 hour work week is the fastest and easiest short term move. I am shocked it has not gained momentum already. If companies have to pay time and a half for all hours over 32 in a week, you'll see a lot of hiring. Sabbaticals and furlough programs would also make sense. There are other things that can be done, but it all starts with accepting the fact that we have more hard working people than there are jobs, and that the number of jobs will continue declining while populations continue rising. They aren't bums, hobos or idiots - they are extra people.
Imprisoning many of them is more expensive. Creating wars of choice is ineffective. Kicking them over and over when they are already down is dangerous. It's time we start to address it as a real issue, rather than just salving the symptoms it causes. In a few decades -population, water supply and extra people will be the main issues on everyone's mind.
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