>> ^alcom:

Settle down, everyone. No, she's not talking about the world[sic]. Being poor in the USA is still better than being poor in Somalia. But one is painting with an absurdly broad brush by stating that a significant majority of people struggling to make ends meet can simply get a job to satisfy their luxurious eating needs. A 9% unemployment rate isn't self-inflicted.
>> ^bobknight33:
Don't be so stupid. She is not talking about the wold.
She is talking about lazy people who would rather collect the 99 weeks then magically find a job.
What a great straight talking American. >> ^Peroxide:
Almost a billion or more people in the world today face starvation.
So, Michelle, is a whole 1/7th of the world's population just too darn lazy to punch in their time-cards?
What a stupid, selfish, disgusting human being.




Aye, and that figure is only the number of Americans who have sought work in the past 4 weeks, the real unemployment figure if measured by Western European/Japan/Canada standards is 16.6%.

That's over 50 million people.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/The-real-unemployment-rate.aspx