Workers Not Confident In U.S. Job Market (1/3 can't make ends meet)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/28/business/main4391088.shtml

Survey Finds One-Third Of Americans Say They Don't Earn Enough To Make Ends Meet

NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2008

(AP) American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released Thursday.

When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65 percent said it was, matching the level of the 2001 recession, according to the survey by Rutgers University's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.

With unemployment at 5.7 percent, the highest level since 2004, and weekly unemployment claims hitting a six-year high earlier this month, workers are worried about everything from their weekly hours to their total pay.

As for retirement, many agree with Ray O'Connell, 56, an editor of engineering and computer science journals in New York City. "Won't happen," he said.

The survey found one third of workers said they often don't have enough money to make ends meet.

About one-third of respondents say the amount they owe on credit cards exceeds their retirement savings; another 3 percent say their credit card debt would cancel out their retirement account, according to the random survey of 1,000 people, 587 of whom are in the labor force.


FULL story at link.

[opihimoimoi]

1. The GOP has fucked the American Dream ,,,and they have the GALL to deny it.

Bastids....

The GOP is into Hero Worship....McFriendMyAss is their latest model/choice/selection

So who are Heros?

Those that perform above and beyond the call of Duty...usually throwing ones self on a grenade saving the rest of the squad, etc

But what of them blokes who broke the Japanese Code...thereby saving tons of lives and made it possible to win Victories in naval Battles??? Where are their Medals?

and the Peace Corp guys??? Where are their Medals???

There are so many other Heros in almost every aspect of our lives....Acts/Deeds/and Ideas that save misery, energy, and Lives..all missing Recognition on a National Scale...instead we see a Freedom Medal going to George Tenet...who fucking lied to our Nation...WTF?? A Medal for LYING????

We are so fucked....