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In a nutshell...
Too many people, too few jobs.
So what are the options...?
* Create more jobs and opportunities.
Seems so easy, but not when considering globalization and automation
* Reduce population growth.
China planners had the foresight to what was coming 30+ years ago
* Eliminate some of the population.
Extreme, but some people, including in the power-elite, ponder that as a serious option.
* Paying under-employed / unemployed people - welfare, the dole, etc.
Much of Europe embraces this model - and increasingly the U.S. too, as unemployment / lack of opportunity becomes more like Europe's
What other options are there?
Imho, long political diatribes, such as the first post, are meaningless.
Bickering about Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, etc is a waste of time, since the major political parties are primarily populated by people with similar motivations - ego and lining their own pockets - nothing new there - that's the nature of politics.
As for the Free Market ... a myth! The U.S. is not even close to a free market. And be glad it's not - for if it was, unemployment would be even higher and working conditions far worse - the 19th century, child labor, Standard Oil, etc comes to mind, as well as, offshore nations of today - is that the kind of country one really wants to live in.
Anyways, as for the "truth" ... we are in this together - a truly modern society recognizes that and seeks to raise standards, not lower them. As of the moment, the U.S., as like most everywhere else, is caught up in the race to the bottom; lowering standards - a race in which most everyone, except the power-elite (people with wealth, often measured in billions, on direct dial with top political and business leaders), ultimately loses.
Ron
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