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[benzdealeror2]

Intellectual property rights of American companies, .... All together, 42 steel companies have. gone bankrupt since 1998

http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/jobs/upload/bushrecord_jobsoverseas.pdf

Jobs Flying Faster From U.S.
Estimate for 2006 Raised by 40% -- to 800,000

http://www.mindfully.org/WTO/2004/Offshoring-US-Jobs18may04.htm

Out Of India
More American Companies Are Sending Jobs Overseas

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/23/60minutes/main590004.shtml

Since 2001, America has lost 3.1 million private-sector jobs. Where have all the jobs gone? Overseas, in many cases. In addition to cutting jobs to increase profitability, companies are looking overseas to save money in labor costs.

http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/careerresources/a/offshore.htm

Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore
Shell companies in Cayman Islands allow KBR to avoid Medicare, Social Security deductions

http://boston.com/news/world/articles/2008/03/06/top_iraq_contractor_skirts_us_taxes_offshore/

October foreclosure filings surge
More than 50,000 lost their homes in October; foreclosure rates expected to rise in 2008 as adjustable-rate mortgages reset.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/29/real_estate/foreclosure_activity/

January foreclosures up 57%
Filings saw yet another big jump last month, compared to levels a year ago; 45,327 homes were lost to bank repossessions.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/26/real_estate/foreclosures_rise_again/?postversion=2008022605

Foreclosure prediction for 2008: 1.4 million homeowners

http://blog.cleveland.com/pdworld/2007/11/foreclosure_prediction_for_200.html

WASHINGTON — More than 40 state governments have contracted with companies in India and other low-wage countries to help administer new food-stamp and other taxpayer-funded programs, according to a study released Wednesday by a technology workers union.

http://trenches.wordpress.com/2004/07/15/most-state-governments-shipping-jobs-overseas/

ECB warns crashing dollar may stop Fed cuts
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/14/bcnfedcut114.xml

Inflation Data 2000- to present

http://www.inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/CurrentInflation.asp

[benzdealeror2]

The Real Unemployment Rate is 23%:
How and Why Jobs are Vanishing from America

http://www.exilemm.com/e-sub-realunemployment.shtml

The US has a "real" unemployment rate of 13.3%

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/15/82034/1813

There are different estimates of the number of unemployed and the unemployment rate (in percent). This paper explains the differences and adds other categories that might well be described as unemployed. While official unemployment in June 2006 is 4.8%, real unemployment is 12,3%, which includes those who want a job now but are classified as "not in the labor market" and additional jobs needed to keep up with population growth since April 2000 when employment began to decline.

http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/unemploy.shtml

[skono4]

"95% employment"
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yeah, and inflation is under control as well

it's amazing what you see when you close your eyes and just BELIEVE!