When the health care insurance employees lose their jobs (6-10 million), I wonder what effect that will have on this figure.
Well, actually, it is. If you want to tack on a percentage point since Obama has been in office, fine. But from my hazy memory, I don't recall the unemployment rate being zero last December. Perhaps you have a link?
Well this isn't good news. I also am constantly hearing the economy is stablizing and slowly recovering . . . so are things getting better or worse?
If there's any massive job loss that would actually bring me joy, this would be it. I've never dealt with a health insurance company employee that I wouldn't prefer to see fired.
My wife works for Kaiser. I'd like to see you lose your job. What service to you provide for people? How do you help others?
If anything, this will result in more jobs in insurance. More people covered, more regulations = more employees needed. barfo
So what you're stating is that none of the unemployment is Bush's fault? Perhaps you can clarify? I said you could tack on some additional since Obama has been around but I really don't see how you could logically blame all of the unemployment on Obama.
Hey, I don't like some insurance companies (not all, but some) but I'd never wish a person to lose their job. Trying to struggle to make ends meet for weeks or months or years is absolutely no fun at all.
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds...ment_rate&tdim=true&q=unemployment rate chart Unemployment was 8.5% when Bush left office. When Bush took office, it was 4.7%. However, I don't think Bush had anything to do with a few of those percentage points that it rose. The economy was going to come back to Earth as that was right at the beginning-middle of the dot com crash. That had more to do with banks investing wildly in speculative ventures. Thank goodness they've learned their lesson.
Obviously, I feel bad for people's personal lives when they lose a job. But I certainly wouldn't say that "I'd never wish a person to lose their job." Some jobs shouldn't exist. Some people don't belong in certain jobs. Some companies have such a crappy culture that fosters lousy behavior that the only way to clean it up is for lots and lots of employees in that company to lose their job. It's simple accountability. America's ability to fire and hire people much more easily than many other industrialized countries has always been a big competitive advantage. I'd feel bad for PapaG's wife personally if she lost her job. But I might not regret that her job no longer exists.
Yes you did. The thought that all employees of health care companies are unfit to be employed make me see you in a completely different light. I'll pass along your love to people who's lives were saved when health carriers went above and beyond- which happens a hell of a lot more than you'd ever care to admit.
